{"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":"2025-12-22T08:32:55","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T14:32:55","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>Alvin Puhach &#8211; Acting Director, Physical Plant<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>204-727-9659<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"&#x6d;&#97;&#x69;&#x6c;&#116;&#x6f;&#58;T&#x72;&#101;m&#x62;&#97;t&#x68;&#78;&#64;&#x62;&#114;&#x61;&#x6e;&#100;&#x6f;&#x6e;&#117;&#x2e;&#99;a\">&#x50;&#x75;&#x68;&#x61;&#x63;&#104;&#65;&#64;&#98;ran&#x64;&#x6f;&#x6e;&#x75;&#x2e;&#x63;&#97;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Matt Morehouse \u2013 Acting Facilities Manager<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>204-727-9661<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"&#x6d;&#x61;&#x69;&#x6c;&#116;&#111;:Tr&#x65;&#x6d;&#x62;&#x61;&#116;&#104;N&#64;b&#x72;&#x61;&#x6e;&#x64;&#111;&#110;&#117;&#46;c&#x61;\">&#77;o&#x72;e&#x68;o&#x75;&#115;&#x65;&#77;&#x40;&#98;r&#x61;n&#x64;o&#x6e;&#117;&#x2e;&#99;&#x61;<\/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=\"&#107;a&#x6c;i&#x6e;&#111;&#x77;&#105;&#x63;&#104;t&#x40;b&#x72;&#97;&#x6e;&#100;&#x6f;&#110;&#x75;&#46;c&#x61;\">k&#97;&#x6c;&#x69;n&#111;&#x77;&#x69;c&#104;&#116;&#x40;&#x62;r&#97;&#x6e;&#x64;o&#110;&#x75;&#x2e;c&#97;<\/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;\">&#x62;&#105;&#104;d&#x61;&#x6e;&#111;&#64;&#x62;&#x72;&#97;nd&#x6f;&#110;&#117;&#46;&#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. Oksana earned a Bachelor Degree in Philology (Interpretation\/Translation) at the International University of Human development in Kiev, Ukraine in 2006. Oksana is passionate about providing excellent customer service and a clean and welcoming environment for students, faculty, staff and visitors on Campus. \u00a0She is driven by desire to inspire and develop others.<\/p>\n<h2>Office Administration<\/h2>\n<h3>\u00a0Julie Ramos Strahl \u2013 Administrative Assistant &#8211; MGEU<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>204-727-9736<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"&#x6d;&#97;&#x69;&#x6c;t&#x6f;&#58;r&#x61;&#109;o&#x73;&#115;&#x74;&#x72;a&#x68;&#108;j&#x40;&#98;r&#x61;&#110;&#x64;&#x6f;&#110;&#x75;&#x2e;c&#x61;\">&#x72;&#97;&#109;o&#x73;&#x73;&#116;r&#x61;&#x68;&#108;j&#x40;&#x62;&#114;a&#x6e;&#x64;&#111;n&#x75;&#x2e;&#99;a<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Julie Ramos Strahl is the Administrative Assistant for the Physical Plant.\u00a0 Julie has worked in several areas of academia and has a wealth of knowledge in administrative operations.\u00a0 Julie&#8217;s extensive experience and project coordination is an asset to the department.<\/p>\n<h3>Stacey Harper \u2013 Office Assistant &#8211; MGEU<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>204-727-9620<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"ma&#105;&#108;&#x74;&#x6f;&#x3a;&#x68;ar&#112;&#101;&#x72;&#x40;&#x62;&#x72;an&#100;&#111;&#110;&#x75;&#x2e;&#x63;&#x61;\">&#x68;&#x61;&#x72;&#112;&#101;r&#64;&#x62;&#x72;&#x61;&#x6e;&#100;&#111;nu&#x2e;&#x63;&#x61;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leadership Team Alvin Puhach &#8211; Acting Director, Physical Plant 204-727-9659 &#x50;&#x75;&#104;ac&#x68;&#x41;&#64;&#98;r&#x61;&#x6e;&#100;&#111;n&#x75;&#x2e;&#x63;&#97; &nbsp; Matt Morehouse \u2013 Acting Facilities Manager \u00a0 204-727-9661 &#77;&#x6f;&#114;&#x65;&#104;&#x6f;u&#x73;e&#77;&#x40;&#98;&#x72;&#97;&#x6e;d&#x6f;n&#117;&#x2e;&#99;&#x61; &nbsp; Team Leads Trevor Kalinowich \u2013 Chief Engineer \u2013\u00a0IUOE-A 204-727-9620 &#x6b;a&#x6c;i&#x6e;&#111;&#x77;&#105;c&#x68;t&#x40;&#98;&#x72;&#97;&#x6e;&#100;o&#x6e;u&#x2e;&#99;&#x61; Oksana Bihdan \u2013 Lead Hand \u2013 IUOE-D 204-727-9620 &#x62;&#x69;&#104;&#100;an&#x6f;&#x40;&#x62;&#114;an&#x64;&#x6f;&#x6e;&#117;&#46;c&#x61; Oksana Bihdan is a Lead Hand of Physical plant at Brandon University, overseeing a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/physical-plant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/physical-plant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/physical-plant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/physical-plant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/physical-plant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":52,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/physical-plant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":864,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/physical-plant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions\/864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/physical-plant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}