“Our clients go home at night, and they come in the next morning with a light switch moved and a door replaced,” said Dan Lindsey, a Shop 53 carpenter. “It’s just simple.”

Support and care. That’s the feeling you get when you talk with any member of Shop 41, Facilities Maintenance & Construction’s night maintenance team.

The cherry blossoms have bloomed, the sun is starting to peek out from the clouds, and ducklings will soon take up residence at their favorite campus fountain. In the early hours of Tuesday, April 5, maintenance crews from Facilities Services installed a campus icon almost as famous as the fountain itself, the duckling ramp.

When tree removal is necessary on campus, one of the best ways to use the wood is to make it into something new. Under Grounds Management’s wing, campus trees take on new life through the salvage wood program.