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For the United Nations World Water Day on March 22, 2012, UVa Facilities Management Sustainability Coordinator Nina Morris and Abby Credicott, 4th Year Arts & Sciences major and Sustainability student employee, invited passersby to take the Tap Water Challenge to test their knowledge of other sustainable efforts. During their lunch break, Facilities Management's Project Services Masonry team members Robert Kolb (R) and Tim Proffitt (2nd from right) are assisted by Fourth-year student Christa Doerwaldt with the Tap Water Challenge at the March 2, 2012 United Nations World Water Day event on the South Lawn. Robert and Tim are among the Project Services teams working on the renovation of nearby Pavilion X. Facilities Management's 2012 GED class celebrated their success with readings of their essays published in Voices of Adult Learners and a reception March 27. The Voices of Adult Learners is an event included in Charlottesville's annual Festival of the Book.  (L-R) GED Instructor Dorita Wood, winners Dedrick Johnson and Dorothy Payne, GED Instructor Nancy Smith, winner Lois Jones, and fellow student Faye Hocker. Attendees March 28 GED Class Reading: L-R (front) Corey Tyler, Marcellus Drakeford, Hassan Mahamud, Abdalla Mohamed; (seated) Anna Meredith, Virgie Chambers, Geraldine Babb, Dedrick Johnson, Dorothy Payne, GED instructors Nancy Smith and Dorita Wood, Mohamed Mohamud; (standing) Charlottesville City Schools Adult Education Coordinator Susan Erno; John Scott, Jamal Gordon, Roxie Kingston, UVa Chief Human Resources Officer Susan Carkeek, Fannie Anderson, Wanda Anderson, Lois Jones, Faye Hocker, Mary Jasper. Turf Maintenance Crew members Otha Vannoy (L) and Jonathan Racey (R) install straw matting after grading and seeding a worn and eroded hillside. Facilities Planning & Construction Academic Division Director Annette Cyphers reviews construction drawings with Associate Director of Building Services Vibha Buckingham. Health System Physical Plant (HSPP) Zone 1 Maintenance team will be responsible for the new facilities when renovation of the MICU on 3 West is completed.  Here, Plumber Steamfitter Chuck Kritner shows Plumber Apprentice Caitlin Murtaugh a medical gas valve box and alarm panel that will serve the wing of patient rooms with medical piped gas such as oxygen, carbon dioxide, nitrogen and medical air. Plumber Apprentice Caitlin Murtaugh tightens an angle stop for a patient room sink in the MICU on 3 West, which is currently undergoing a major renovation at UVa Health System.  To offer apprentices the opportunity to learn a wide variety of facilities, services and situations, their work assignments are rotated each year among shops on the Academic and the Health System sides of the University. Masons Glenn Tolbert (L) and Tim Proffitt (R) restore an inside wall in Pavilion X. Electrical Apprentice Spiro Jokic worked with Project Services electrical journeyman mentors as he helped complete installations in the recently renovated Camp Library at The Darden School of Business on North Grounds. The new FM-SEAS building is under construction across from Slaughter Recreation Center.  Floors 1 and 2 will be occupied by Facilities Management, and Floors 3 and 4 will be occupied by the School of Engineering and Applied Science. Associate Director of Building Services Vibha Buckingham (left) talks with 9-year Building Services employee Latisha Irving about her work in the Mary and David Harrison Institute for American History, Literature, and Culture and Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library. Carpenters Robbie Kincaid (L) and Linwood Marshall (R) review the Pavilion X drawings before they begin restoration work. Heat Plant modules that acquire and control the medium temperature hot water system operations based on the systems demand. Housekeeping Supervisor Wanda Snead place "Flip the Switch" reminders by light switches throughout Gilmer Hall. These and other reminders are part of Sustainability's "See Why" campaign. The 195 year old staircase on the east side of Pavilion X is protected from restoration activity. Associate Director of Building Services Vibha Buckingham (left) talks with Alderman Library Building Services employee Robin Ruffner-Newman. The new UVa track at Lannigan Field. Housekeeping and Recycling Lead Worker Bob Robinson (center) and Housekeeper James Bledsoe (R), who has worked with the North Grounds Housekeeping for more than 6 years, were on their way with supplies for an assignment in Darden when they stopped to welcome HR&T Generalist Mike Henshaw who joined the HR&T Office in November. The Emily Couric Clinical Cancer Center has been awarded green building LEED® Gold certification; shown here with the LEED® plaque are (L-R) Facilities Management's  Senior Construction Administration Managers Chris Hoy and Bree Knick, and Senior Project Manager Fred Dunn. Plumber Apprentice Dakota Peregoy installs pipes for a fan that will direct warm air to the offices above the underground parking garage for McLeod Hall. Newly upgraded medium temperature hot water distribution pump system for campus medium temperature hot water.  From left to right, Will Moore, Project Manager; Mark Roach, Assistant Director of Energy and Utilities; Mike Garascia, Construction Administration Manager; Pete Kowalzik, Main Heat Plant Engineer. Mark Roach (L), Assistant Director of Energy and Utilities and Will Moore (R), Project Manager, standing in basement level area near heat exchanger hydronic piping of the newly renovated medium temperature hot water system at the Heat Plant. Medium temperature hot water annunciator screen showing medium temperature hot water system information in main heat plant controls room. Seated here is Mike Garascia, Construction Administration Manager. March 5, 2012 brought a snow to fill the field at Scott Stadium. Elsa L. Sherrill joined Facilities Management's Human Resources & Training team in December as an HR generalist. Facilities Management honors David Londree, a Trades Utilities Senior Worker with the Housing Maintenance Zone, who performed CPR to save a colleague's life one January morning. The Darden School of Business Camp Library was designed and built in-house by Facilities Management Engineering & Design and Project Serivces divisions. Pictured here are (L-R) Lead Drafter/Designer Jennifer Oman (seated), Construction Project Manager Jerry Craig, Associate Director for Project Services Mark Stanis, Drafter Samuel Walker (seated), Interior Designer Amy Wells and Architect/Designer Eugenio Schettini. (L-R) Architect/Designer Eugenio Schettini and Construction Project Manager Jerry Craig stand proudly with tools of the trade in the newly renovated Darden School of Business Camp Library. Project Services Carpenters Anthony Whindleton (L) and Matt Pannell (R) consult drawings for the renovation of the Cisco Telepresence room, a dedicated immersive classroom in Clemons Library's third floor.
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Facilities Management Housekeepers Honored by Curry School at April 12 Reception

Mark C. Hampton (center), Associate Dean of Administration and Planning at the Curry School of Education, congratulates Building Services team members (L-R) Allen Peters, Mary Booker, Rodney Smith, and Jessica Worley for their dedication to the School and professionalism in their work.

Other honorees Cameron Beamer and Donnie Armstrong were unavailable for this photo.

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