IIT Facilities

Unlock your Divvy membership!!!
We have reinstated our relationship with Divvy, Chicagoland’s bike share system. Divvy offers discounted annual membership for all IIT students, faculty, and staff.
1. Sign up for the IIT membership plan here: https://divvybikes.com/pricing/divvyforbusiness/student
2. Enter program code IIT298DIV

The Divvy for Everyone (DFE) membership allows students who receive federal aid and anyone who is low income or receives government assistance to only pay $5 for one year on unlimited 45 minute bike rides. Apply for the DFE program here: https://divvybikes.com/pricing/d4e.

Any questions, contact [email protected].

Divvy for Everyone (D4E) | Divvy Bikes The Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) offers a discounted Divvy Annual Membership to low-income residents of Chicago – find out if you qualify.

We have posted two positions in our Facilities team! Tag someone who might be interested and have them apply!

Sustainability Manager
https://iit7.peopleadmin.com/postings/8523

Director of Project Management
https://iit7.peopleadmin.com/postings/8528

Director of Project Management In 1890, when advanced education was often reserved for society’s elite, Chicago minister Frank Wakely Gunsaulus delivered what came to be known as the “Million Dollar Sermon.” Gunsaulus said that with a million dollars he could build a school where students of all backgrounds could prepare fo...

We have selected a team of awesome students to get our Sustainability Student Office off the ground again. Check out one of our new team members at Commencement this year. Gibson Ofremu comes from Nigeria and is bringing a fresh look to sustainability given his background as an Earth Scientist and Geologist! Stay tuned to meet our other team members!

You did it, IIT Class of 2022! Congratulations to all of the graduates!

Facilities staff performed an electrical switching operation associated with our Smart Grid that took place today to allow contractors working on the renovation of Carman Hall to safely accomplish some electrical work within the building. See them suiting up!

How much do you know about our planet? Test your knowledge and Happy Earth Day!

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We are celebrating over 20 years with Cintas, our provider of Facilities uniforms!

We just had our first in-person training in 2 years! And as a bonus, with this break in weather, we were able to get outside and practice scaffold set up. Great to see our staff working together!

Resurfacing on Federal St. between 31st and 34th is happening now through the end of the week. Please note that these updates may affect parking in the C2 and B5 lot as well as on 34th St. between Federal and Dearborn. We expect work to be finished and will showcase safer and smoother rides on the street by next week.

A zebra doesn't change its stripes, but they do need to be refreshed! The burgundy-on-black zebra-stripe facade on our iconic McCormick Tribune Campus Center is being renewed after 20 years. The project includes an elastomeric acrylic base coat (first photo) topped with an elastomeric acrylic burgundy stencil coat. Second photo shows before (left) and after (right). Third photo shows the stencil. Credit to Combined Roofing Services LLC, and Holibard and Root, for their work on this project.

We've been busy preparing to welcome new and returning students, faculty, and staff. Note our three Mies van der Rohe housing towers, two completely renovated and one just starting, a brand new roof on the McCormick Tribune Campus Center, and an excellent job by our grounds crew on our historic Alfred Caldwell landscape. More on Caldwell here https://lnkd.in/eSwwH5d

Facilities is helping to promote Earth Day by preparing some of the flower beds around campus for new plantings.