About

Building & Landscape Services is dedicated to campus building and landscape physical asset stewardship and customer service.  Stewardship opportunities occur within the support we provide in our daily building operations, maintenance, landscape, and custodial services.

 

BLS Org Chart

Drone footage of east side Iowa City University of Iowa campus

Building Operations and Maintenance

Building mechanical, electrical and plumbing, control support, Fire & Life Safety, and more.

Custodian sweeping

Custodial Services

Space cleaning, restroom cleaning, sanitizing, and restocking, specialty cleaning, and more.

Hawkeye Grass

Landscape Services

Turf management and tree care, sidewalk and road maintenance, litter control, and more.

Fire Safety

Fire & Life Safety

Safety inspections, maintaining testing and maintenance requirements, repair support, and more.

100,000+

data points collected across 52+ UI Smart Buildings

Smart Building Technologies

UI utilizes smart building technologies through our Fault Detection and Diagnostics (FDD) program. FDD is a software tool used to proactively discover building system problems and identify optimization opportunities before they lead to alarms, excessive waste of resources, occupant discomfort or system failure.

$85,000

cost avoidance through a collaborative high quality water investigation with ENGIE.

Asset Optimization Services

Asset Optimization Services (AOS) helps keep campus running efficiently and reliably by bringing together experts from maintenance, construction, and utilities. AOS focuses on reducing costs and improving the long-term performance of buildings, ranging from individual pieces of equipment to entire building systems.

Emergencies

Please call 319-335-5071 (available 24/7).
For all other requests, please use the FM@YourService Portal.

Go to FM@YourService

Contact Us

Andy Bruckner

Director, Custodial

andrew-bruckner@uiowa.edu

 

Scott Gritsch

Director, Landscape Services

scott-gritsch@uiowa.edu

 

Julie Sychra

Director, Building Operations and Maintenance

julie-sychra@uiowa.edu

 

Staff Directories

Custodial Services Staff Directory

Landscape Services Staff Directory

Building Operations and Maintenance Staff Directory

Building and Landscape Services News

In the News

UI Landscape worker throwing dirt into the back of an orange service vehicle bed

FM Landscape Services talks spring prep, sustainability, and more

Thursday, April 17, 2025
Daily Iowan
Michael Weikamp, Landscape Manager, and Andy Dahl, Campus Arborist, were featured in a Daily Iowan article highlighting the University of Iowa's Landscape Services team as they gear up for the spring and summer seasons. The two discuss the transition from winter, cleaning up campus grounds, and planting efforts to beautify the university ahead of major events like commencement. Read the article by the Daily Iowan to learn more.
Arboretum Story Map screen grab of campus map overview

FM Launches UI Arboretum Story Map

Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Facilities Management
FM Landscape Services and the GIS team have collaborated to create an interactive and visual story map of some of our most notable trees and gardens on the University of Iowa campus arboretum. Visit the story map to learn more about our literary grove, state champion trees, and our collection gardens.
FM Landscape Services team receives Tree Campus USA award

UI Honored with 16th Consecutive Tree Campus USA Award

Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Facilities Management
The Landscape Services tree crew was recently honored with a 2024 Tree Campus Higher Education Award. The UI was the first college in Iowa to win the award in 2009 and is one of only eight Tree Campus Higher Education award winners in Iowa. This is the 16th year in a row that the UI Tree Crew has received this honor. Learn more about our tree campus status on FM’s Tree Campus Higher Education page.
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