Plant Operations’ Quick Facts
- Plant Operations has nearly 1,300 very talented people.
- 1,030 Plant Operations employees are represented by one of three Unions: the American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO (AFSCME, Local 1583), the University of Michigan Skilled Trades, or the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE).
- 261 Plant Operations employees hold non-bargained-for positions, including: 95 non-exempt professional/administrative, 156 exempt professional/administrative, and 10 technical staff members.
- 543 Gigawatt Hours (million KWH) of electricity are used by UM per year.
- The Central Power Plant buys 3.8 billion cubic feet of natural gas per year.
- In total, UM consumes 2.70 trillion BTU's of energy per year.
- More than 50,000 tons (600 million BTU/hr.) of chilling capacity is operated and maintained.
- UM uses over 20 percent of the water consumed in Ann Arbor (or 1.4 billion gallons per year).
- In FY 2007, 2,121 tons of paper and 154 tons of mixed containers were collected for recycling.
- Over 6,140 tons of trash was sent to the landfill.
- In partnership with the City of Ann Arbor, Waste Management Services piloted the first food waste composting program in the State of Michigan.
- Over 35 tons of food waste was composted in FY 2007.
- The University of Michigan was recognized as the 2001 Outstanding School Program by the National Recycling Coalition.
- 110,000 fans at every football game, generated 15.7 tons of empty water bottles and 10.94 tons of cardboard for recycling during the 2006, 7-game season.
- Including utilities, Plant Operations total transactions processed were $323 million in FY 2007.
- The Plant Operations Call Center issued over 58,000 work orders in FY07.
- Construction Services performed over $30,000,000 worth of construction in FY07.
- The average custodian cleans 32,000 sq. ft., Building Services cleans 250 General Fund buildings.
- Preventive maintenance is scheduled for over 38,900 pieces of building equipment.
- Plant Operations issued over 45,000 preventive maintenance work order phases in FY07.
- Over 103,000 work orders were issued in FY07.
- There are approximately 40,000 locking doors on campus. On average, over 14,700 keys are issued each year. Slightly over 7,500 keys are returned each year.
- We maintain and test over 57,280 fire protection devices and 2,620 sprinkler valves.
- 1600 fume hoods are maintained by Plant Operations.
- The 800Mhz trunked radio system consists of 3 towers, nearly 1,650 radio units and 6 dispatch consoles at the Department of Public Safety and some units are configured to interface with the Washtenaw County 800 Mhz radio system. On a typical day, the system handles over 10,750 calls.
- There are over 650 users authorized access to the Plant Operations Facility Management System (FMS).
- In 2008, the Plant Operations computer network consists of 61 unit specific servers, 461 desk workstations, and 72 laptops in addition to 3 home computers. There are 719 Plant Operations employees with computer accounts. A team of 7 system administrators and 2 webmasters support the Plant Operations computer network.
- There are 140 outlying boilers on campus maintained by the Outlying Boiler Shop.
- Utilities maintains 500 roadway lights, 2700 pedestrian lights, 900 parking lights, and 100 field lights on campus.
- Grounds Services maintains 43,954,509 SF of land in Ann Arbor.
- 6,789,271 SF is building footprint (15%).
- 37,165,238 SF is open space (85%).
- We maintain 11,832,296 SF of turf.
- If you were to mow this in a straight line using a standard push mower you would travel 1,160 miles or from Ann Arbor to Tampa, Florida.
- We maintain 295,830 SF of annual and perennial beds.
- Equal to 11 football fields.
- We maintain 1,927,086 SF of planting beds.
- Equal to 42 football fields.
- We maintain 4,066,758 SF of sidewalk, plaza, and specialty paving.
- You could build an 8 foot wide sidewalk from Ann Arbor to Saginaw with this amount of paving.
- We maintain approximately 14,000 inventoried trees on campus
- 6-1/2 miles of tunnels with 29 miles of pipe carry most of the utilities throughout the central campus.
- There are 249 General Fund buildings containing 14,300,114 GSF(Gross Square Footage) as of June 1, 2008.
Content modified: August, 2008
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