Physical Plant
| Preventive Maintenance | Corrective Maintenance | Department Charges | Critical and Non-Critical Work Orders |
All Physical Plant department supervisors ensure that regularly schedule maintenance is performed. Preventative maintenance includes inspections of all fire safety alarms, safety devices, pressure checks, media filter exchanges, heating and cooling preservation, routine painting, maintenance, and testing to ensure safe equipment operation.
Corrective Maintenance is any non-scheduled maintenance that is requested to the Physical Plant office such as window replacement, replacement of doors, repair and assembly of furniture, broken blinds, leaking faucets, broken floor tiles, clogged sinks, etc.
The Physical Plant services are performed and funded by the Physical Plant. Non-chargeable services include any request that is directly related to the normal operation and maintenance of the building structures such as normal wear and tear, regular maintenance, regular custodial, common areas, etc.
Department services are performed by the staff in the Physical Plant or in some instances sourced out, but are funded by the individual departments. These costs are not included in the Physical Plant budget. All material and labor are provided at cost, which are billed prior to the work being started.
Departmental Charges included, but not limited to:
Installation and maintenance of special equipment such as ventilation fans, lab equipment, audio/visual equipment, etc.
Installation of electrical outlets, phone outlets, television cable drops, etc.
Maintenance of lab equipment.
Hanging pictures.
Moving and assembling furniture.
Additions and renovations of office areas per departmental request.
Painting-other than regular maintenance.
Set-up and takedown for special events.
Door lock changes, re-keying of locks or cutting keys per departmental request.
Critical and Non-Critical Work Order Requests
The computerized work order system is used for critical and non-critical work orders as well as preventative maintenance work orders. Work orders are initiated by faculty or staff by calling the Physical Plant office or by using the Online Request Form. Students may contact Housing & Residence Life at 205-665-6235 or submit a work order online. A work order is then created with all the appropriate information and distributed to the appropriate maintenance supervisors. Once the work is completed paperwork is returned to the Physical Plant office.
Call the Physical Plant at ext 6130 to report any problems or requests needing services. Please give as much detailed information as possible to ensure services are appropriately carried out. Physical Plant employees are only allowed to perform work listed on the work order assigned to them.