Facilities Management

CONTACTS:

Superintendent of Housekeeping – Ext. 6054
Asst. Superintendent of Housekeeping – Ext. 6575

POLICY:

The Custodial Services department of Campus Management provides routine services to all University facilities and infrastructure. Since most classrooms and administrative/faculty and staff offices remain open throughout daylight & evening hours, much of the routine cleaning of these areas must be undertaken during the overnight hours by the third (night) shift during the hours of (10:00pm to 6:30am). In addition, custodians on first (day) shift during the hours of (6:00am to 2:30pm) clean & maintain all residence halls, service restrooms and clean where it can be done without undue interference to staff. Additional services are also provided to the community through the receiving department from 6:00am to 4:00pm daily.

PROCEDURES:

Housekeeping

All internal and external offices are vacuumed and trash/recycling removed daily.
Restroom, classrooms and public areas (lobbies, entryways etc.) are cleaned daily.
Residence Hall restrooms, hallways, stairwells, study rooms and all common areas are cleaned daily
Floor care, such as auto scrubbing, burnishing and/or refinishing are performed nightly.
Window and wall cleaning are performed daily as needed.
Carpets are extracted (shampooed) by request (scheduling should be done through online work request at facilities web site.)
Purchase and distribute all sanitary paper products, trash liners and cleaning supplies to proper locations as needed.

Custodial services are provided for University events on an overtime basis as requested. (i.e. Commencement, Parents and Family Weekend, Spring and Fall open Houses, etc.)
Overtime custodial services are provided for weekend trash/recycling removal and emergency situations that may occur on weekends during the overnight hours.

Trash and Recycling Removal

Trash and recycling are picked up daily outside the residence halls. (See facilities web site for instructions as to how and where to bring the trash/recycling.)
All recycled materials in all other buildings are picked up on a daily basis.

Receiving/Delivery of University Related Materials

Receive and distribute UPS and Federal Express packages to administrative and faculty offices on a daily basis.
Receive the U.S. Mail and deliver to the University post office 6 days a week.
Deliver bulk U.S. Mail to the Providence, R.I. Post Office approx. twice a week.
Receive and distribute office paper products and all University brochures as needed.

Meeting Rooms and Event Set Ups

Perform athletic, conference and special event set ups on a daily basis as requested.

Furniture Relocation

Perform office and/or furniture moves as requested.

Custodial & Residential Services