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Shop Spotlight: Temperature Control Brings the Heat

Like most other past winters in Champaign-Urbana, a cold front hit campus hard in January 2025, causing temperatures to plummet to around 0 degrees Fahrenheit for days on end. That’s when the F&S Temperature Control shop does some of their most important work, bringing the heat to buildings, or parts of buildings, that may start suffering from cold. Most impressively, a combination of efforts helped … Continue reading Shop Spotlight: Temperature Control Brings the Heat

Travis Tate
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Future Ready Parking with EV Charging at Lot E15

By Jalynn Bugaj, customer relations & communications intern With the construction of Steven S. Wymer Hall on the former site of parking Lot E12, nearly all parking spaces in that lot have been permanently removed as of May 8, 2023. To offset this change, a new parking structure was built at Lot E15, located at 404 E. Pennsylvania. Before construction, Lot E15 had 294 parking … Continue reading Future Ready Parking with EV Charging at Lot E15

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F&S Looking for University Construction Vendors: “We Invite You to Join”

The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is always looking for more Illinois-based companies to perform the work of designing, building and maintaining facilities and land on campus. A team of attention-detailed F&S Capital Programs experts help businesses cross different thresholds to allow them to bid for work to be done. They are the ones to shepherd the project along, and help contractors earn the opportunity to … Continue reading F&S Looking for University Construction Vendors: “We Invite You to Join”

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Shop Spotlight: The Garage – Keeping Campus Rolling

The F&S Garage services a wide range of vehicles, including F&S Car Pool vehicles, shop trucks, electric cars, garbage trucks, Zamboni machines, and nearly anything else with an engine. The garage is responsible for keeping the university’s fleet running smoothly, ensuring that all vehicles are maintained, repaired, and ready for use. The Dream Team of Campus Fleet Care The attendants handle essential tasks such as … Continue reading Shop Spotlight: The Garage – Keeping Campus Rolling

Jalynn Bugaj
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Shop Spotlight: The “Key” Players Behind Campus Security

By Jalynn BugajCustomer Relations & Communications intern When it comes to keeping doors and locks in check, F&S locksmiths have the key to success, making sure everything from squeaky hinges to secure entry systems are working smoothly! On campus, the locksmith shop makes new keys or copies, replaces locks and door hardware, changes or repairs combination locks, repairs locks, door closers, and door hardware, and … Continue reading Shop Spotlight: The “Key” Players Behind Campus Security

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Snowy Daze: Parkland Students Tour F&S Facilities

F&S, and the crafts and trades nation-wide, are always looking for the next generation of skilled, passionate professionals who maintain critical utilities systems. Buildings have required heating and electricity for decades, and will continue to for the foreseeable future – it might be the folks from a recent tour to do just that. Parkland College, located in Champaign, is just the place for many students … Continue reading Snowy Daze: Parkland Students Tour F&S Facilities

Travis Tate
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President’s House and Grounds Upkeep: “Exceptional”

The President of the University of Illinois System appreciates and values F&S work done at the President’s House, even without considering transformation of beech tree to valued milled artifacts. As one would expect with a home of such symbolic and real world value, the President’s House, completed in 1931, is as marvelous as dozens of other iconic campus buildings. Making it a functional living quarters … Continue reading President’s House and Grounds Upkeep: “Exceptional”

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New Furniture from President’s House: Beech Tree Source of Pride, Memories, Collaboration

By Jalynn BugajCustomer Relations & Communications intern A beech tree from the University of Illinois President’s House was given a new purpose after it had to be cut down in 2022. The tree’s significance was not just botanical; it had witnessed decades of life at the house. When Andrew Burnett, F&S mill foreperson, first met with Roberta Johnson Killeen, wife of President Tim Killeen, and … Continue reading New Furniture from President’s House: Beech Tree Source of Pride, Memories, Collaboration

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Killeen: F&S a ‘Jewel in the Crown’ of U. of I.

The story of the beech tree at the President’s House was driven mostly by the love the Killeen family had for it – from a toddler grandson to President Tim Killeen and his wife Roberta Johnson Killeen. Johnson Killeen has been an avid gardener in her time at the President’s House, and she valued the beauty and size of the tree; in the growing season, … Continue reading Killeen: F&S a ‘Jewel in the Crown’ of U. of I.

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Training for Excellence

By Jalynn BugajCustomer Relations & Communications intern At Facilities & Services, we keep things running by staying sharp, safe, and ready for anything! Training is important for the shops and trades because it not only enhances skills, but helps to improve safety, and keep teams up to date with the best practices. Training ensures that operations run smoothly and effectively. Ask the grounds workers, refrigeration … Continue reading Training for Excellence

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