The Office of Physical Plant, responsible for engineering, maintenance, and planning on the University campus, was established in 1967. Previously, since 1943 these had been the responsibility of a Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds within the Bursar's Office and later the Dean of Administrative and Financial Services. Physical Plant was organized in four divisions, reflecting its responsibilities, in 1969: Operations and Maintenance, Design and Planning, New Construction, and Administrative Services. In the 1980s it was re-organized, with two departments, Plant Operations (1989-1997) and Plant (later Physical) Design and Construction, under the Director of Physical Plant. The two departments were further separated in 1988. Physical Design and Construction merged with Facilities Planning and this operation was renamed Campus and Community Planning in 2001. Plant Operations was eventually absorbed into Land and Building Services.