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Campus Operations and Planning consists of nearly 1,300 team members across Facilities Services, Grounds and Landscape, Operations Safety and Compliance, Planning, Design and Construction, and Utilities and Energy Management. Together, these teams build, maintain, renovate, and revitalize the University’s spaces and infrastructure and help ensure they are safe for students, faculty, and staff to learn, teach, conduct research, and work

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Handcrafted Restoration Brings Shine Back to the Tower

Oct. 1, 2025

Decorative artisan Nancy Lee Morris is no stranger to restoration efforts at The University of Texas at Austin. After working on both Battle Hall and Hogg Memorial Auditorium, Morris is back to give new life to the spandrels adorning the Forty Acres’ most iconic building: the Tower.

UT’s historic preservation planner, Kim Barker, is helping restore the Main Building to its original state

Sept. 29, 2025

The goal of the Tower restoration now underway is to return the University’s emblematic landmark not to what it was before the rust set in but to its original 1937 state. Knowing exactly what it looked like then, however, is trickier than you might think.

Navigating Campus is Easier with a New UT Map

April 22, 2025

Campus Operations has launched a new and improved campus map!

Why UT is developing largest 'WaterHub' of its kind, and how it'll use the reclaimed water

Jan. 23, 2025

Austin American-Statesman The University of Texas will develop a 9,600-square-foot water processing facility — the largest of its kind in the nation, it says — on campus to decrease its reliance on Austin Water and reduce its usage by 40%, it announced Thursday.

UT Austin unveils revolutionary water facility to cut water usage while saving millions

Jan. 23, 2025

KVUE AUSTIN, Texas — A new state-of-the-art project aims to revolutionize water use at the University of Texas at Austin. The university is developing a 9,600-square-foot processing facility on campus that will allow it to decrease its water usage by an estimated 40%.

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