Facilities Operations

ARDC's Facilities Operations supplies support for all of the units at the Agricultural Research and Development Center. This involves maintaining facilities used by all departments and helping departments maintain or modifying their facilities.

Facilities that all departments use include the roads and the central water system at the ARDC. Most of these facilities were installed when the former Nebraska Ordnance Plant was constructed where the ARDC is now located.

There are approximately twenty six miles of "public" roads and over twenty five miles of water mains and two water towers serving the water system. Units or departments at the ARDC also have their own roads and water systems and Facilities Operations helps them maintain their systems. The main facilities that other departments own are buildings. There are over 180 buildings at the ARDC.

The Facilities Operations staff works with all departments to help them maintain or modify their buildings. The Facilities Operations staff includes a Facilities manager, a trades Supervisor, two carpenters, two electricians, a landscape maintenance person, a plumber, and a heavy equipment operator.

Facilities Operations staff members include:

Richard Anderson Facilties Operations Trades Supervisor Phone: 402-624-8045; Campus: 5-8045 Email: randerson3@unl.edu
Kirk Bartek Electrician III Phone: 402-624-8047; Campus: 5-8047 Email: kbartek1@unl.edu
Ed Booth Electrician III Phone: 402-624-8047; Campus: 5-8047 Email: ebooth1@unl.edu
Jon Kern Plumber/Pipefitter II Phone: 402-624-8047; Campus: 5-8047 Email:jkern2@unl.edu
Brian Lessmann Landscaping Assistant Phone: 402-624-8045; Campus: 5-8045 Email: blessmann1@unl.edu
Jerome Masek Heavy Equipment Operator Phone: 402-624-8047; Campus: 5-8047 Email: jmasek3@unl.edu
Doug Rudeen Carpenter II Phone: 402-624-8045; Campus: 5-8045 Email: drudeen1@unl.edu
Jeff Stuehmer Facilties Operations Manager Phone: 402-624-8016; Campus: 5-8016 Email: jstuehmer2@unl.edu
Jon Swanson Carpenter II Phone: 402-624-8045; Campus: 5-8045 Email: jswanson2@unl.edu