Inside Facilities

Many people who smoke want to quit and have tried to stop multiple times. On average, it takes smokers four to six tries before they are finally smok- free. One such individual is a Facilities tradesperson who works on central campus. He started experimenting with cigarettes around the age of 11...

Yale’s West Campus is beautiful all year long, but especially in the fall, as its trees and bushes turn vibrant shades of red, yellow, and orange. The 136-acre campus includes 1.6 million square feet of space spread across 22 buildings. While mother nature works her autumnal magic on the grounds...

Recently, I called into the Facilities Customer Service Center (203-432-6888) about unusually cold air temperatures on my floor. Not long after, Steve Warner and Jim Brosious from Central Campus Facilities Controls stopped by to check the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system...

The Yale Science Building (YSB) opened in August! Located in the footprint of the former J.W. Gibbs Laboratory building on Science Hill, YSB offers faculty and students seven stories and 280,300 square feet of newly finished space.

Construction of YSB began in 2017, after the demolition...

Every year, Yale Facilities Services ordered thousands of white bar towels. These industrial rags were used throughout campus for cleaning. Then, when worn out, were thrown out. A more sustainable program was introduced some years ago and recently expanded using microfiber clothes to clean...

Congratulations to Jennifer Weldon, who was recently promoted to associate director for Contract Administration. Jennifer has been at Yale, in that department, since 2013.

She has led many initiatives in best practices, coordinated with the Office of General Counsel and Risk Management,...

Many members of Facilities came out for Staff Appreciation Day or participated in Staff Spirit Week both held in June.

Summer is no longer a sleepy time at Yale; in years past it was a time for renovations and yearly vacations. Now, between commencement and early August, Yale hosts over 10,000 residential guests who come to campus for various summer programs that include: Exploration Senior Program (EXPLO), Yale...

Lynda Munda Kasongo is always on the move. Her life in New Haven is not only a happy one but a busy one! Lynda works the 4:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. shift at Kline Geology Lab as a custodian. When she’s not helping keep the campus beautiful, she is busy being a wife, the mom of two small boys, and...

It takes a village to get the campus prepped and pretty for Commencement and reunion weekends. A dedicated team of supervisors and staff work tirelessly to ready the buildings, grounds, and walkways for the graduates,...

There are miles of pipes at Yale, and sometimes they leak, break, or burst. The Yale Plumbing Team for Central Campus keeps busy repairing and maintaining large and small pipes. In all, the plumbers cover 13.5 million sq. ft. of building space including the Athletics’ fields and buildings. They...

If you’ve ever walked into a Yale building, office, or stairwell and smelled fresh paint, it’s because Yale painters were making their mark. Most of us don’t realize the skill needed to efficiently paint an area—large or small...