News Features

Crew assists football team

The MSU football team was off to Orlando, Fla., on Christmas Day for New Year's Day Capital One Bowl, and the Physical Plant custodial set-up crew was there to help pack. Read more...

Crew responds to pipe break

During the late afternoon hours of Dec. 31, a Maintenance crew fixed a broken condensate pipe which serves Brody Complex and Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center. Read more...

Crews fix cavalcade of calamities

The Physical Plant had quite a long to-do list of campus building emergencies over the past holiday week. Read more...

MSU Campus Snow Plan

As snow and ice make their Michigan winter return to campus, several campus partners are ready to react. Read more...

MSU earns FRIB facility

Michigan State University will be the site of the $550M Facility for Rare Isotope Beams research facility. MSU beat out Argonne National Laboratory for the project, due in no small part to Phys Plant staffers. Read more...

Landscape Services Tackles Heavy Snowfall

With the heavy snowfall on Friday, Dec. 19, Landscape Services employees had their hands full trying to keep the roads clear and safe. Read more...

Crew repairs water main pipe

The Phys Plant Mechanical Maintenance Crew worked quickly to repair a broken water main pipe Dec. 17. Read more...

Physical Planters in print

The Detroit News snapped photos of two Phys Planters at work during the ACC/Big 10 Challenge at Ford Field. See photos...

Watch Physical Plant employees on TV

Check out two TV programs for a glimpse of some familiar faces. Phys Plant employees can be seen on the Big 10 Network and ABC over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Read more...

Physical Plant to roll out FAMIS Xi

The MSU Physical Plant's Applications Staff will roll out FAMIS Xi to its users in mid-January 2009. A town hall meeting was held Nov. 21 to give current FAMIS users information about the upgrade. Read more...

Galleries

Custodial installs Breslin floor at Ford Field

Physical Plant's Custodial department provided the set-up crew for taking down and rebuilding the basketball floor for the ACC Challenge game. See photos...

Physical Plant staffers enjoy volleyball game

As part of the Participatory Management initiative, Physical Plant employees received tickets to the Sept. 27 MSU/U-M women’s volleyball game. Many wore their new Physical Plant t-shirts to the event. See photos...

News Archive

• Mary Beth LaForgia receives Jack Breslin Distinguished Staff Award
• The staff at Landscape Services is battling a campus-wide enemy
• Workers Improve Blind Baseball Technology
• Remembering Lenny
• Employees Spiff Up Sparty in the Knick of Time
• Well Main Break Causes Three-day Repair