Facilities Management

Both UC Davis custodial services teams – Facilities Management and Student Housing and Dining Services – announce that they are the esteemed recipients of the university’s Staff Assembly 2021-22 Citation of Excellence team award.

With the help of Fleet Services, Facilities Management (FM) is here to share fuel-saving tips! Whether you are preparing for a road trip, driving around town, or using an FM vehicle, here are steps that you can take to save fuel. 

Facilities Management Custodial Services strives to provide consistent and concise training for their staff. If we are to do the job ‘right,’ we need to know the correct way of doing it, and that only comes through an organized and planned training program. At Facilities Management Custodial Services, they have taken steps to provide exactly that!  

Facilities Management's Fleet Services has worked tirelessly to combat current obstacles regarding catalytic converters.  As local theft and supply chain challenges increase, a catalytic converter shortage has led Fleet to take constructive measures.

All work orders and follow-up information flow through the Customer Experience Center. You can feel the charge in the air from all of the moving parts being put into place as this group takes information from customers and ensures it goes to the right technician quickly. Read more about what this team has been up to.

An academic collaboration with UC Davis Chemical Engineering (Process Systems Engineering) results in an algorithm that optimizes chiller deployment. As a result, the university improves its green energy use and saves money. Interested in the details? Learn more in the published research article.

"I work with safety on my mind so I can spend quality time with family; not laid up having them take care of you," says Mike Campos, HVAC Controls Supervisor.  Facilities Management (FM) leadership is serious about safety and applauds staff for using safe practices. Utilizing our safe-minded staff such as Mike, input from Allen Tollefson, AVC Facilities Management, along with a team of staff, FM is excited to launch a new safety campaign in 2022! This campaign will highlight that safety is a top priority for FM staff using direct quotes and pictures from our staff! FM staff will be interviewed to understand your "why" you are safe at work. Stay tuned for more information on the FM Safety Campaign 2022 in the upcoming months.

The Camp Fire of 2018, burning 153,336 acres, changed lives and how California communities respond to wildfire and smoke events. Although Davis is located a little over 100 miles south of the origin of this fire, this was a historical event for UC Davis as the smoke from this fire impeded our daily operations. Read about the safety measures that we implemented to prepare us for future events.

Irina Skiba is the Assistant Director of Business Operations and has been with UC Davis since August 2019. Quickly learning her position in the middle of COVID-19 Pandemic, Irina has become a considerable asset to Facilities Management (FM) during this time!