Facilities Development and Management

Facilities Development and Management is committed to ensuring the safety and success of the university community.

ASU Facilities Development and Management maintains and services all university-owned property, and develops and constructs innovative and sustainable facilities. FDM’s vision is to contribute to and guarantee the success of the university’s mission by creating and caring for the ASU campus and environment. Our vision is to provide quality customer service, effectively steward our resources, and meet the needs of the university through creative and collaborative efforts.

LEED updates: As of April 2025, ASU has eight Platinum, 37 Gold, 31 Silver, and one certified LEED building certifications.

View all ASU LEED certifications.

Questions about LEED? Email Sustainability Practices.

Facilities database: For all ASU facilities information, review the Facilities Data Sheets.

Construction progress: View an interactive map of current construction projects across the four ASU Phoenix metro campuses: Downtown Phoenix, Polytechnic, Tempe and West Valley.

Administrative Services delivers support for FDM departmental human resource needs and data management tools. The department offers FDM organizational development and facilitates strategic employment solutions through recruitment of permanent and temporary employees, and provides FDM centralized salary planning, payroll/PeopleSoft management, and time and labor support. 

Office of the University Architect provides planning and design guidance for ASU capital improvement projects. Responsibilities include campus and space planning, architectural programming, review and design. The University Architect and staff impart expertise and project management for spatial resource management, interior design, architecture, landscape architecture, environmental graphics, sustainability and historic preservation.

Business Operations provides centralized budgetary and accounting support for all FDM departments, including FACMAN, at ASU campuses. The department ensures that sound checks and balances are in place and in compliance with all ASU and ABOR policies.

Business Operations encompasses all State, Local, and Foundation FDM accounts and provides support to all in the following ways:

• Ensures that FDM closes each fiscal year in good financial standing.
• Establishes internal departmental budgets.
• Manages all research-building operations and maintenance budgets.
• Provides professional accounting guidance and advice.

Another key function of Business Operations is utility forecasting and utility fiscal management for ASU campuses. The department establishes the maintenance labor rates in support of FACMAN-provided service work for all campuses. Business Operations generates the O and M cost models for new facilities and buildings at ASU as well as handling the property management, custodial and fleet contracts that support the campuses. 

Business Operations also manages FDM billing, which provides the following:

• Distributes departmental Voyager Fuel Cards.
• Manages campus insurance claims.
• Manages charges to other departments for service work performed.

Capital Programs Management Group is responsible for oversight of design, renovations of facilities and infrastructure, new construction, and managing consultants and contractors. CPMG departments provide design services, Board of Regents and legislative project approvals and reports, and accounting support.

Facilities Management is comprised of maintenance shops, service units and business partners at the four ASU campuses and ASU sites. FM provides services for campus grounds, infrastructure, and building components, including plumbing, carpentry, electrical, painting, heating, ventilating and air conditioning. FM oversees building automation systems in keeping with state and federal energy mandates, manages custodial business partners, and performs minor renovations.