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Brigham Young University. Department of Buildings and Grounds

 Organization

Administrative History

The Department of Buildings and Grounds (1947-1954) coordinated the maintenance of Brigham Young University campus buildings and grounds.

The Department of Buildings and Grounds was established in 1947 under superintendent Leland M. Perry and became the Physical Plant Department in 1954. Various supervisors reported to the superintendence who reported to a vice president of the University.

The department was responsible for the following: installations, alterations, and maintenance of the campus communications systems, such as telephones, fire alarms, and the distribution of campus mail; custodial work in all campus buildings; landscaping, care, and maintenance of all grounds, vacant lots, and other property owned by the University, including parking and campus police; maintenance, operation, alterations, and repair of all plumbing, heating, ventilating, and electrical systems on University property; mechanical shops operated by the University; carpenter shop and mill operated by the University (this did not include academic shops); maintenance, repair, alterations, and up-keep of all University-owned buildings; all new construction on University-owned property; a central warehouse and receiving department for the University; engineering, design, and survey or inspection work pertaining to maintenance of new construction; perpetual inventory of all furniture and equipment of the University; custody, maintenance, and repair of all automotive and other mechanical equipment of the University; central key register and control for the entire University; management and operation of Wymount Village.

In 1954 the Department of Buildings and Grounds was renamed the Physical Plant Department.

Citation:
BYU Organizational History Project, Nov. 9, 2011: Dept. of Buildings and Grounds (1947-1954; buildings and grounds maintenance; Leland M. Perry superintendent; Physical Plant Dept. in 1954; campus communiations systems, telephones, fire alarms, mail, custodial work, landscaping, property maintenance, construction, engineering, inventory, automative equipment, key register and control, wymount village)

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Physical Plant Department director audiocassettes, approximately 1960-1980

 Series — Box 49: Series 8 [Barcode: 31197232580024]
Identifier: UA 1330 Series 8
Scope and Contents

Contains audiocassettes from the director's office of the Physical Plant Department. Includes audiocassettes of songs and views of South Pacific, a devotional from Gordon B. Hinckley, and tapes of people such as Paul Knapp, George Moore, Darrell Monson, Frank Briogens, and others. Materials date from between approximately 1960 and 1980.

Dates: approximately 1960-1980
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / UA 1330, Physical Plant Department records

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