Mission - MSU Physical Plant Division
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The Physical Plant
Division provides and maintains the University's physical environment. The
Division's primary purposes are:
- to keep the
University's buildings clean and sanitary;
- to operate,
secure, maintain, and repair the buildings and appurtenances, and the
campus utility distribution systems;
- to provide
an adequate and reliable source of electricity, steam and potable water.
These are, in
turn, the primary missions of two of the Division's units; Building
Maintenance, and Power and Water.
Other
key functions:
- to provide services
and facilities for reliable data, video, and voice communications, and
to provide 24-hour campus directory information assistance (Telecommunication
Systems);
- to coordinate
and direct planning and design of major new facilities; to plan the
extension renewal and replacement of plant facilities, to maintain all
facility records, to provide daily construction field inspection (Engineering
and Architectural Services);
- to achieve
prudent energy usage (Power and Water and Maintenance Services);
- to provide vehicle
transportation through charter buses, vehicle leasing, and vehicle fuel and
maintenance (Transportation Services);
- to provide
solid waste disposal as well as recycling services (Recycling and Waste
Management);
- to provide
accounting, business, and human resources support to the division and
its customers (Business and Personnel).