{"id":8,"date":"2012-02-02T14:49:36","date_gmt":"2012-02-02T14:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mancini.brandonu.ca\/physical-plant\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2026-08-21T13:04:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T18:04:30","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/physical-plant\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Leadership Team<\/h2>\n<p><strong>TBA &#8211; Director, Physical Plant<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>204-727-9659<a href=\"&#109;&#x61;i&#108;&#x74;o&#58;&#x54;r&#101;&#x6d;b&#97;&#x74;h&#78;&#x40;b&#114;&#x61;n&#100;&#x6f;n&#117;&#x2e;c&#97;\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>TBA\u2013 Acting Facilities Manager<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>204-727-9661<a href=\"m&#97;&#105;&#x6c;&#x74;&#x6f;:T&#114;&#101;&#x6d;&#x62;&#x61;t&#104;&#78;&#64;&#x62;&#x72;&#x61;n&#100;&#111;&#x6e;&#x75;&#x2e;ca\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Team Leads<\/h2>\n<h3>Trevor Kalinowich \u2013 Chief Engineer \u2013\u00a0IUOE-A<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>204-727-9620<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"ka&#108;&#105;&#110;&#111;&#x77;&#x69;&#x63;&#x68;&#x74;&#64;b&#114;&#97;&#110;&#100;&#x6f;&#x6e;&#x75;&#x2e;&#x63;a\">&#107;&#x61;&#108;&#x69;n&#111;&#x77;&#105;&#x63;h&#x74;&#64;&#98;&#x72;&#97;&#x6e;d&#x6f;&#x6e;&#117;&#x2e;c&#x61;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Oksana Bihdan \u2013 Lead Hand \u2013 IUOE-D<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>204-727-9620<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"&#x6d;&#x61;&#x69;&#x6c;&#x74;&#x6f;&#x3a;&#x62;&#x69;&#x68;&#x64;&#97;&#110;&#111;&#64;&#98;&#114;&#97;ndonu&#46;&#x63;&#x61;\">bihd&#97;&#110;&#111;&#64;&#98;&#114;&#97;&#x6e;&#x64;&#x6f;&#x6e;&#x75;&#x2e;&#x63;&#x61;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Oksana Bihdan is a Lead Hand of Physical plant at Brandon University, overseeing a team of Building Service Workers and Groundskeepers since June of 2015. 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