The office of Facilities and Planning did not exist as a full-time staffed administrative department at WSU until 1947. Prior to this a University Architect served as the construction officer of WSU dating to 1911. Facilities and Planning was later renamed as Facilities and Development in 1993, and then as Capital Planning in 2001. The office of Facilities Operations descended from the Physical Plant in 1998, which in turn descended from Building and Grounds in 1967. While each line of programs has existed separately some migration in function has occurred over the years. The primary difference between Capital Planning and Facilities Operations is the cost of the project in question.
Contains memoranda, correspondence, building plans related to the study of the Power Plant and Engineering Building. Also includes building inspections and operation and maintenance manuals related to buildings on the university. Files range from around 1999-2004.
This is an unprocessed collection. Any arrangement reflects either a pre-existing order from the records' creators or previous custodians, or preliminary sorting performed by staff.
Items are in no particular order, some items contained in folders but are for the most part loose.
This collection is open and available for research use.
Copyright restrictions apply.
[Item description]
Preliminary Guide to the Washington State University Facilities Operations Records, 1999-2004 (UA2005-06)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
This material was received anonymously at WSU Libraries' MASC by drop off on April 11, 2005 and retained as UA2005-06.
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