{"id":20100,"date":"2020-05-01T14:41:23","date_gmt":"2020-05-01T18:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpo\/?p=20100"},"modified":"2020-05-04T11:31:13","modified_gmt":"2020-05-04T15:31:13","slug":"working-together-fmo-keeps-going","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpo\/2020\/05\/01\/working-together-fmo-keeps-going\/","title":{"rendered":"Working Together, FMO Keeps Going"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Leslie De Leon<\/em><\/p>\n

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Over the last few months, the Facilities Management & Operations<\/a> (FMO) team has been tackling the coronavirus outbreak head-on as part of the University\u2019s response to COVID-19<\/a>. Running three shifts each day, our Trades<\/a> and Custodial<\/a>\u00a0staff have been working nonstop to keep our BU community safe, clean, and prepared<\/p>\n

Managing over 300 buildings across three campuses, BU\u2019s Custodial area managers have been working diligently after students, faculty, and non-essential staff left the campuses nearly empty. Area Manager \u00a0Roger Seale explains how his team has been adapting to the new protocols,<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe do sanitizing on all common areas, including door handles, door knobs, handrails, stairwells elevators.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

There are many challenges Roger and other 18 area managers are facing, but they are working together to overcome them, \u201cWe reduced the number of people that are normally required to do a project\u2026we\u2019re doing detailed cleaning throughout to get caught up so that if we have to re-open a month or two from now, a lot of the work would be done\u2026 and ready to go.”<\/p>\n

Ken Parlee, an area manager on Bay State Road, is also keeping a good mindset throughout this challenging time.<\/p>\n

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\u201cBill [Walter] has let us use other spaces while this is going on so we can keep the distance and still enjoy our fellow workers… We\u2019re wearing masks, we\u2019re wearing gloves, sanitizing, hand washing, we\u2019re doing it all, all day long.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

FMO has been working together to tackle everyday challenges. Different departments are helping each other work efficiently. \u201cIf a trades guy gets a call that something is leaking, say a plumber, we will go disinfect that bathroom before he goes in and fixes it. Trades and Custodial, we are really one thing, we work very close.\u201d Ken adds. We are all grateful for the hard work all of FMO has been putting in and we can\u2019t wait to see those beautiful May flowers bloom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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