Departmental Equipment Repair

Departments have the responsibility for maintenance of departmental equipment. This responsibility includes, but is not limited to:

• office equipment, laboratory furniture and equipment
• research equipment
• refrigeration and air-conditioning units other than those designed specifically for general building ventilation or cooling
• recording equipment, public address systems, audio-visual equipment installed for the department
• printing/duplicating, presses and newspaper equipment
• book stacks, library equipment, tables, etc.
• portable fans, desk lamps, etc.
• booths and environmental rooms for classroom and research projects
• bulletin boards
• film storage and processing equipment
• laboratories, tables, sinks, lockers, exhaust hoods, movable bookshelves, file cabinets and casework
• plumbing piping down to floor below equipment including shut-off valves
• return and waste piping down to floor below equipment including controls
• electric, air and steam systems down to floor below equipment

Requests for repair of departmental equipment or minor renovations should be made on a Request for Facility services form and sent to the Facilities Operations Center. A cost estimate of the work will be made and returned to the department. Work will not begin until authorization from the department fiscal officer is received.