Structural Shop
The Role of the Structural Shop
Maintain, modify and repair existing building and facility structure and building fabrics.
Structural Shop will:
- Repair doorways, shelving, and historical and/or valuable tables and other furniture
- Refinish historical and/or valuable furniture and build shelves and shelving units as required or requested
- Repair interior/exterior holes, cracks, water damage, mold and other building damage
- Repair exterior building features, including eaves troughs, concrete floors and steps
- Perform minor roof repairs
- Perform and manage small scale flooring installation and repair, including small carpet repair
- Mount building fixtures (soap dispensers, towel bars, brackets, mirrors, etc.)
- Replace damaged glass, plexiglass and screens on campus windows and greenhouses
- Provide, repair and replace ceiling tiles, drywall, T-bar ceilings, ceramic wall tiling and bathroom partitions as necessary
- Minor repairs to furniture in research laboratories. All such furniture must meet the standards established by Design, Engineering and Construction
- Provide and install interior signs, whiteboards, corkboards and video screens
- Manage the installation, removal and/or storage of window air conditioning units
- Maintain an inventory of interior building materials (carpet, tile, etc.) for future minor building repairs
- Manage the outsourcing of all overhead door systems
Limited Paint Services
- Paint hand rails, window frames, walls, furniture, shelving, etc. of a limited scope
Note: With the exception of painting for non-residence vandalism, leaks and other damage, and painting included in the capital plan, painting will be conducted on a cost recovery basis