Maintenance Services

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Location: 1405 N Ring Rd Tucson, AZ 85719
(520) 621-3000

 

The Executive Director of Maintenance Services oversees Construction Project Managers, the Renovations Team, and the following trades shops: 

  • The Carpentry Shop (including the Door and Floor Shops)
  • The Lock Shop and Access Control
  • The Paint and Sign Shops
  • The Plumbing Shop
  • The Mechanical and HVAC Refrigeration Shops
  • The Sheet Metal/Welding/Insulator Shops
  • The Roof Shop
  • The Sierra Vista Campus Maintenance Crew.

Assisting the Director are:

  • The Assistant Director for Fire Safety and Maintenance oversees:
    • Fire Safety, Fire Prevention, Electrical Services, Life Safety Systems (including the Elevator and Generator Shops)
  • The Manager of Maintenance Administration assists with 
    • New building warranties
    • Abatement/remediation projects
    • The Work Control Desk

 

Billable/Non-Billable


Carpenter/Floor/Door

Services with No Cost

  • Cabinet repairs
  • Door maintenance or repairs
  • Floor covering repairs
  • Maintenance of public areas and centrally scheduled classrooms 

Services with Costs

  • Furniture or cabinet construction
  • New door construction
  • New floor coverings (tile, VCT, carpet) 

Electric Shop

Services with No Cost

  • Maintain centralized clock systems

Services with Costs

  • Audio support for special events
  • Temporary power for special events
  • Install new electrical wiring or fixtures
  • Modify existing electrical wiring or fixtures
  • Repair existing electrical wiring, outlets, switches, etc.
  • Replace lamps and ballasts

Fire Safety

Services with Costs

  • Shutdown request
  • Fire watch/guard request
  • Replace batteries and test smoke detectors in outlying buildings
  • Scheduled fire alarm testing
  • Scheduled fire pump testing

HVAC/Mechanical

Services with No Cost

  • Maintain and repair mechanical and HVAC equipment
  • Prepare estimates for replacement of mechanical and chilled water related equipment, (e.g. fan coils, air handling units, water circulating pumps, air compressors, vacuum pumps and exhaust fans)
  • Flood-response during Monsoon season
  • 24/7 off-shift coverage for the entire campus

Lock Shop/Key Desk

Services with No Cost

  • Door hardware service, repairs & adjustments
  • Exit device hardware service, repairs & adjustments
  • Broken key extraction from door locks
  • Replace worn or broken building keys
  • Review of construction hardware schedules
  • Life Safety and ADA compliance consultation
  • Building security consultation
  • Quotes for billable services

Services with Costs

  • Door lock re-keying services
  • Door lock installation, new construction or renovations
  • Installation of stand-alone digital keypad locks
  • User code changes and battery replacement of stand-alone digital keypad locks
  • Repair or replacement of stand-alone digital keypad locks upon expiration of manufacturer's warranty
  • Door lock hardware function changes
  • Room lockout service
  • Locks and keys to file cabinets & desks
  • Additional security devices for file cabinets
  • Negligence/vandalism repairs
  • University keyed padlocks

Paint/Sign Shop

Services with No Cost

  • ADA-compliant signs
  • Restroom Signage
  • Building Identification
  • Sign design consulting/estimating
  • Secondary signs (on campus)

Services with Costs

  • Manufacture and install name plates and holders
  • Vinyl names on ADA-compliant door plaques
  • Name tags
  • Metal and temporary signs
  • Directories
  • Banners
  • Lettering or logos on windows and walls
  • Custom retirement/special event cards
  • Secondary identification signs (off campus)

Plumbing

Services with No Cost

  • Repair/maintain existing plumbing systems and fixtures for potable-water, chilled-water, steam, industrial-water, sanitary-sewers, natural-gas, HVAC hot/cold water, acid waste, and de-ionized/high-purity water
  • Backflow-preventer annual testing and maintenance
  • Eyewash and emergency shower station quarterly testing and maintenance
  • Prepare plumbing system modification estimates for in-house renovation projects
  • Blue-stake surveys

Services with Costs

  • Construct and install new plumbing systems and fixtures for potable-water, chilled-water, steam, industrial-water, sanitary-sewers, natural-gas, HVAC hot/cold water, acid waste, and de-ionized/high-purity water
  • Upgrade equipment rooms
  • Upgrade bathrooms

Renovation Services

Services with Costs

  • Change function of a room (must have Real Estate Administration and Risk Management Services approval).
  • Divide offices, labs, or classrooms (must have Real Estate Administration and Risk Management Services approval).
  • Relocate biological safety cabinets, fume hoods, ductwork, electrical, plumbing, cabinets, shelving, equipment, etc.
  • Upgrade heating, cooling, and electrical (panels, and circuits), plumbing, etc.
  • Construct walls, partitions, concrete pads, sidewalks, ramps and install windows.
  • Fabricate cabinets, shelves, hoods, ductwork, and signs.
  • Install equipment, piping, wiring, conduit, workstations, flooring (carpet or tile), cove-base, window-covering (blinds), soundproofing, ceiling-tile, thermostats, etc.
  • ADA upgrades (construct ADA restrooms, offices, classrooms and labs, install automatic door openers, widen existing doorways, etc.)

Roof Shop

Services with No Cost

  • Maintain roofing and moisture-protection
  • Quarterly roof inspections

Sheet Metal/Welding

Services with No Cost

  • Provide estimates for maintenance projects, in-house renovations and building system upgrades
  • Welding and sheet metal repairs
  • Certify and decontaminate built-in chemical fume hoods and biological safety cabinets

Services with Costs

  • Certify and decontaminate stand-alone chemical fume hoods and biological safety cabinets
  • Design and fabricate laboratory apparatus and research related specialty products
  • Install air handlers, terminal units, refrigeration systems, related duct work and laboratory exhaust systems
  • Design and manufacture structures, awnings, industrial grade fabricated metal enclosures with integral automatic gates
  • Exotic and specialty welding