Department of Facilities Management and Planning

About Us

The Department of Facilities Management and Planning works with the campus community to help UMass Lowell achieve its mission by providing a highly functional, attractive and safe campus environment. We ensure that the physical campus environment — comprising 43 buildings with diverse uses and 100 acres of open space and parking lots — meets the educational and research needs of the University today and in the future.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Planning: Guiding and supporting the evolution of the physical campus environment through feasibility assessment, programming and design of major capital projects, oversight of real estate transactions, transportation planning, and providing campus-wide standards.
    Beth Rubenstein, director, Campus Planning and Development
  • Facilities Information Systems: Providing maps, floor plans, tabular data, 3D models and other information essential to planning, design and construction initiatives, as well as to day-to-day University operations.

  • Facilities Operations and Services: Coordinating vital functions related to the usage, maintenance, repair, safety, energy utilization and construction of UMass Lowell buildings and grounds.

  • Program Management: Executing all campus design and construction projects, from scoping and design, through construction and move-in.
    Jean Robinson, Director, Capital Projects