THE UTD MERCURY

Tag: Facilities Management

  • Trees tagged to monitor health

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    Over the past two months, Facilities Management has worked to tag and record data for about 5,000 trees on campus in the hopes of joining a national arboreal conservation program and to simplify grounds maintenance. Using a company called Arbor Pro, Landscape Supervisor Jay Jascott hired experts to come to UTD and identify the species…

  • UTD investigates bug clouds

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    Clouds have been noticeable since beginning of year, stem from large amount of excess water Facilities Management will begin to implement strategies this month to eliminate the clouds of gnats that stretch 150 yards on the North and South malls on campus. Sam Eicke, the assistant director of Facilities, is in charge of resolving the…