Chief Engineers & Facility Managers Conference: Retrocommissioning
Buildings need tune-ups, and F&S’ cross-disciplinary retrocommissioning (RCx) teams do important work to make sure utilities and systems are doing what they should and working correctly… including at the right times. RCx teams at F&S are made up of eight people: two electricians, two temperature control mechanics, two sheet metal workers, one engineer, and one programmer. Andy Robinson, energy services administration engineer, gave a talk … Continue reading Chief Engineers & Facility Managers Conference: Retrocommissioning
Chief Engineers & Facility Managers Conference: Overview
Of the crowd of 60 attendees at the Chief Engineers and Facility Managers Conference, most were from either the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign or another Illinois university or community college. And despite the size and location of the institution, all who came to Champaign for the conference were looking for advice and ready to share a success, particularly with the general concept: how do we … Continue reading Chief Engineers & Facility Managers Conference: Overview
Shop Spotlight: Insulators
When it’s cold out, we all need a blanket to stay warm. Mechanical systems are just as receptive to that extra layer, and in fact, insulation accomplishes many things that make campus more sustainable. The F&S Building Heat & Frost Insulators, called shop 52 at F&S, provide insulation fabrication for systems in buildings all across campus – often in tight spaces, basements, and attics alike. … Continue reading Shop Spotlight: Insulators
F&S Welcomes Parkland Students in Tour of Crafts & Trades
Students from the Parkland College Highway Construction Careers Training Program (HCCTP) toured the home of F&S crafts and trades, the Physical Plant Services Building (PPSB). There, they visited and interacted with forepersons and supervisors with many shops: laborers, pipe trades, sheet metal, carpenters, painters, ironworkers, elevator mechanics, electricians, and operator-engineers. Greg Moen, supervisor of building craftspersons, led the tour, offering key advice and words of … Continue reading F&S Welcomes Parkland Students in Tour of Crafts & Trades
Chez coin display: “Breathtaking” work by mill
The Chez Veterans Center (CVC) is a special place for special people, home to student military veterans at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. There, Veterans can meet and visit with others, including those who live in the facility. The staff, and the facility itself, help make life easier, including for those with disabilities from their service. The F&S mill shop recently made something for CVC, … Continue reading Chez coin display: “Breathtaking” work by mill
F&S’ Luis Michel’s Help a “Matter of Life and Death”
As Told by Rose Sisco, Illinois ExtensionMumford Hall “It was really fortuitous.” “You know how bad it was on Monday. I got out of my car where I park out back at Mumford Hall. That day, it was a sheet of ice. I couldn’t get out.” Before Rose could think or notice, Luis Michel, a pipefitter was on his way to assist her to the … Continue reading F&S’ Luis Michel’s Help a “Matter of Life and Death”
“All in” on Zero Energy at ECE: Now 1 Year
A celebration for the 1-year anniversary of the Electrical & Computer Engineering Building’s (ECE) ‘net zero energy’ mark was held there in the atrium, a huge study and hang out location for students. It made sense, given recognition of the building’s ability to impact academic research. Basically, students can plug in at a computer and be able to study how energy is collected, stored, and … Continue reading “All in” on Zero Energy at ECE: Now 1 Year
Shop Spotlight: High Voltage Electricians
When plugging in those string lights, winter holiday decorative trees, and other displays, a wire connects to the outlet. Those plugs send out 120 volts of electricity, keeping lights shining bright throughout the night. One team at F&S regularly deals with and considers lines with a voltage of that times 100. F&S utility distribution electricians, also called high voltage electricians, monitor and repair power lines … Continue reading Shop Spotlight: High Voltage Electricians
F&S Teams Help Preserve History at Skeuomorph Press
Dr. Kamarah and the Facilities & Services leadership team at UIUC have been instrumental in making the seemingly impossible a reality for the Skeuomorph Press, a unique place on campus that preserves traditional printmaking and book arts. The Skeuomorph Press & BookLab is dedicated to teaching students these traditional crafts; however, the press relies on an array of historical equipment, including iron hand presses that … Continue reading F&S Teams Help Preserve History at Skeuomorph Press
NEWS NEWS: College of Media broadcast studio renovated
Dateline: Urbana, Illinois, Richmond Studio at Campbell Hall, home of the College of Media channel UI7 and classes in broadcast journalism. An open house, October 23. Dozens gathered there to celebrate the new space, the Richard and Leslie Frank Newsroom, including Brian Williams of broadcast news fame, and Illinois men’s basketball coach Brad Underwood, who graduated with a degree from Kansas State University in radio … Continue reading NEWS NEWS: College of Media broadcast studio renovated