Facilities Team Finds Fix for Bellmont Hall Elevators AC Fail, Saves Texas Longhorns Football Season, Academic and Operational Access

Picture this: it’s a few weeks before the Texas Longhorns football team takes the field for the first home game of the 2022 season. It’s August, and the unyielding Texas heat lingers in the air, permeating the campus. Now imagine the air conditioning (AC) unit that serves the elevator control room at L. Theo Bellmont Hall (BEL) fails, which in turn causes the elevator systems there to automatically shut down as a heat safety measure.

Values at Work Series: Facilities Services developed our core values of Service, Integrity, Teamwork, Excellence, and Stewardship (collectively referred to as SITES) based on the way we approach our work. Our values can be found throughout our areas of services in many ways.Through a series of articles, the Values at Work Series is devoted to providing a closer look at how our values are hard at work. Each article focuses on an area of service and how that group incorporates our values in a significant way. We are proud of our employees who continue to serve as an example of “walking the talk” every day.