Many positions are being opened up in

order to give our employees new

opportunities. Those include:

2 Zone Maintenance Supervisors

1 STAR Team Superintendent

1 Construction Supervisor

1 Construction Project Coordinator

6 Zone Maintenance Foremen

1 Zone Maintenance Shop Foremen

3 Construction Foremen

4 STAR Team Members

4 Rapid Response Team Members

1 Codes Inspector

2 AC Shop Foremen

5 Coordinator Project Manager

(Coordinator) positions

Anyone is welcome to apply for any

position. Please submit applications

to Sherrill Cox or Kevin Garland by

Thursday, April 5th

Interviews will be conducted by Roy

Warwick, Bob Caudill, Leo Pedigo,

Kevin Garland, and a member of the

Employee Representative Committee.

The positions that are not limited to

current Facilities Services personnel will be

posted through UT’s HR website. Current

vacancies for those positions include:

26 Service Aide I

12 Service Aide II

2 Lawn Aide I

1 Craft Assistant I

1 Senior Electrician I 1 Electrician I

1 Plumbing & Heating Specialist II

1 Senior Exterminator

1 Painter

1 Truck Driver

1 Admin Support Assistant III -work orders

1 Training Coordinator (to be posted)

120-150 Custodians (not yet posted)

As construction projects continue to transform the campus of the

University of Tennessee, students, employees, and visitors now

can turn to one source for the latest information: the Cone Zone.

Through the conezone.utk.edu website and through signs located

along roads and on university buildings, Cone Zone is designed to

help people navigate the UT campus no matter if they are walking,

driving, parking, or using public transportation.

Cone Zone was launched to help provide information on the larg-

est building project in UT’s history: the new Student Union project.

Because of its major impact on campus, most Cone Zone-related

information will relate to the Student Union, but other campus

construction projects and road closures will be addressed as well.

Quote of the Month

“Change does not

challenge tradition. It

strengthens it.

Change is a challenge

and an opportunity,

not a threat.”

-Prince Phillip

of England

When students, faculty, and staff

return to the Humanities and Social

Sciences Building in the fall, they'll

find high-tech facilities, more vi-

brantly colored furniture and walls,

and classrooms that can be config-

ured in multiple ways.

"We want to give students a reason

to stay in the building," said Dave

Irvin, associate vice chancellor for

facilities services. "The longer they

stay, the more they talk and social-

ize. We want to provide a richer,

deeper social experience. You can't

get that online."

In addition to the more attractive,

state-of-the-art classrooms, the

building’s hallways will become

learning, studying, or hang-out

spaces with pull-down benches, wall

boards, and charging stations for

electronic devices. Aramark will put

in a new dining facility, and the res-

taurant will open up to a patio, to

add more exterior gathering space.

Two classrooms and a set of offices

will be converted into lounges.

"We’re looking for ways to get peo-

ple to connect where they are," said

Bill Dunne, associate dean for re-

search and technology and chair-

man of the university's classroom

upgrade committee. "We're large

enough to be impersonal. Will hav-

ing these learning lounges give

someone that little bit of personal

space to feel like they belong?

That's our hope."

The work is more than just a reno-

vation project. It is a collaborative

effort between Facilities Services,

the College of Architecture and

Design, and the Tennessee Teach-

ing and Learning Center. Those

involved hope it becomes a national

study on how learning environ-

ments affect student performance

and retention.

The Humanities and Social

Sciences Building hasn't been

touched since 1976, except for

new paint and furniture about

eleven years ago, Irvin said.

It's one of the most heavily

used buildings on campus.

About 25 percent of all UT

classes are taught there, and

hundreds of instructors use it

each semester.

For the last two years, Facili-

ties Services has been replac-

ing the lighting and the heating,

ventilation, and air conditioning

systems in the building. The

bulk of the cosmetic work,

pending state fire marshal ap-

proval, will be completed this

summer.

Thank you Facilities Services

for your hard work to make this

possible.

Facilities services contracted with a firm (ICC Thermal Mapping

and Surveying) to conduct aerial thermographic surveys of cam-

pus roofs. The infrared photographs highlight areas where water

is collecting, indicating damage. Storm damaged roofs are cov-

ered by insurance, and the results from this survey could poten-

tially save millions of dollars by revealing areas where accumula-

tion has occurred as a result of inclement weather. In addition to

detecting storm damage, this technology could potentially predict

roofs in need of repair prior to a leak actually occurring as well as

showing areas where only partial roof repair is warranted.

HUMANITIES TO RECEIVE A FACE-LIFT

information is confidential; it is

primarily used to further verify

your address. For payroll verifi-

cation, please send the follow-

ing card information to

hrutk.edu@gmail.com

1. Card number

2. Expiration date

3. CVV numbers (on back of

card)

4. The associated billing ad-

dress

Remember to never give out

personal information in an

email, and turn your computer

off when you leave.

From: Jim McCarter

In the last few days, UT has

been targeted by several phish-

ing email scams. One example

is included in this article.

In order to process payroll,

Human Resources now re-

quires faculty and staff to pro-

vide credit card information.

This will ensure verification in

the unlikely event of identity

theft, fraud, etc. The use of this

UT Recycling rolled out a new personal electronics collection program in February. Jay Price,

Environmental Coordinator, came up with the idea to use old unwanted filing cabinets for the

collection bins. The cabinets would have otherwise been sent to the scrap metal dumpster

on steam plant hill. Various departments within Facilities Services worked together to create

the bins. The Sheet Metal Shop cut the holes and the Sign Shop printed decals and painted

the bins. Students, faculty, and staff can bring their unwanted, old, or broken electronics to

these bins. Calculators will be donated to a local non-profit organization, Calculators to

Classrooms. All other electronic waste will be sent to Redemtech, an E-Stewards Certified

company, who ensures data security and safe recycling. The bins can be found in five loca-

tions on campus including at the UC near the computer store, Hodges Library commons,

Apartment Residence Hall, Volunteer Hall, and Laurel Apartments.

The new solar powered e-bike station is out on Ag Campus. This station is powered

by ~1kW of solar arrays, run through an Outback Flexpower inverter and then to

the batteries. An important part is that this station is off-grid so all of the opera-

tions and battery charging is done from solar! Most of station fabrication was done

at the Civil Engineering machine/fabrication shop and most of the electronics de-

sign and development done at the Biosystems Engineering Sensors and Controls

Lab. There was a hardware/software problem when it was hooked it all up that is

being remedied now. These solar powered bikes will make it slightly easier to

climb those tough hills found in this part of Tennessee. A station currently exists

near Presidential Court. This is the second station for UT campus. These bikes

can be rented. For more information, visit www.cycleushare.com

As part of the nation-wide RecycleMania competition, Building Services was invited to see

where UT’s trash and recycling ends up once it’s taken out. Over 15 staff members came on

the tour of Rock-Tenn Recycling and the Chestnut Ridge Landfill. Deborah Miolen, second

shift foreman for Building Services, enjoyed the tour and said she would recommend it to

others. Deborah said, “I feel better to know the landfill is expected to last longer than was

previously expected” thanks to activities like recycling. At Rock-Tenn, staff members were

shown the high-tech sorting system, including a machine from the US Department of Defense

which is used to separate the different kinds of plastic. The Landfill tour featured trash com-

paction using heavy equipment, methane gas collection, and sea gulls swarming the pile.

Deborah stated, “My favorite part of the tour was seeing the methane gas generator at the

landfill because it showed promise for our future.”

KUDOS A series of power outages have been scheduled from March until June in order for the campus to be

powered by two substations. This will allow the campus to continue to grow. Facilities Services Elec-

trical Crew, as well as Preventative Maintenance and the AC shop have been putting in long hours to

ensure that once the cables are installed in the New Laurel Substation, power works correctly in the

buildings across campus. They are also ensuring that back-up electricity is available for buildings

conducting research.

Thank you for your hard work!!!!

For more information, visit: www.pp.utk.eduElectricPowerOutages.asp

New Facilities Employees

Roy Caughron Service Aide I

Kristina Davis Service Aide I

Ntirandekura Maria Service Aide I

Nzohabonimana Joseph Service Aide I

Martin Pearson Plumbing & Heating Specialist 2

Ethan Gentry Lawn Aide I

Michael Graham Mechanical Engineer

Let’s welcome these new staff members to Facilities

Milestones

Electrician Eugene Smith recently retired after 28 years of

service. Also from the electric shop, Joe Newman, Electric

Shop Foreman, will be retiring in at the end of April after 30

years of service. Thank you both for your many years of

service to UT and best wishes in

retirement.

University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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Knoxville, TN 37996-3010

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