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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Architectural and Engineering Services Department of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records #40250, University Archives, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Received from the Architectural and Engineering Services Department in November 2002 and January 2006 (Records transfers 20021107.1 and 20060130.1).

Sensitive Materials Statement

Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.

The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.

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• College facilities--North Carolina--Maintenance and repair.
• Universities and colleges--North Carolina--Buildings--History--20th century.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Buildings.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--History.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Architectural and Engineering Services Dept.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Physical Plant Dept.

• Office of the Vice Chancellor for Business and Finance Records (#40095)
• Facilities Planning and Design Office Records (#40100)
• Physical Plant Records (#40102)

The university's Physical Plant Department, established in the 1930s, for many years was responsible for facilities maintenance and for repair and renovation projects whose cost was below the threshold for capital improvements. In the mid-1990s, Architectural and Engineering Services, a unit of the Facilities Planning and Design Office, assumed responsibility for these projects. In 1998, following an administrative reorganization, Architectural and Engineering Services became a separate department within Facilities Services. The Architectural and Engineering Services Department later was renamed Design and Construction Services and became part of Facilities Operations, Planning and Design.

Specifications and cost estimates for projects were created by the Physical Plant Department and later by the Architectural and Engineering Services Department. University personnel performed much of the work on these projects; however, contractors also carried out project work.

Records, 1972-1997, consist chiefly of project specifications and project files relating to the maintenance, repair, and renovation of university facilities. Files include correspondence, plans, sketches, cost estimates, and other materials. The earlier files appear to have been created by the Physical Plant Department. Later files, beginning in the mid-1990s, appear to have been created by Architectural and Engineering Services.

Records are arranged as received.