Program Information
Many different types of skills are needed to maintain the buildings, assets, and equipment that support UCSF’s research and teaching environment. Engineers, skilled trades, and building maintenance workers provide ongoing maintenance, repair, and installation services across all UCSF campuses.
- Building Maintenance Workers (BMWs) replace air filters, clear roofs of debris, move furniture, light bulb replacement, ceiling tile replacement and assist the crafts people in all general building maintenance.
- Carpenters maintain doors and windows, repair flooring, install shelving and seismic bracing, and repair furniture.
- Electricians repair and maintain electrical systems, outlets, and also respond to trouble calls.
- Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) technicians maintain comfort cooling and heating systems, steam systems, heating hot water, chilled water, and oversee computer-controlled environmental systems. Refrigeration technicians maintain ice makers and refrigeration and freezer units.
- Plumbers repair and maintain hot and cold water, as well as building gas, air, and vacuum systems. They also maintain sink faucets, drains, acid waste, waste vent drainage systems, and drinking fountains.
- Engineering Operations includes Campus Engineers that provide maintenance and repair services for rotating equipment, consult and assist on project management services. Campus engineers are on duty 24 hours a day, seven days a week to provide emergency coverage and response. The outlying areas engineers are also on-call after hours to respond to emergencies.
Service Information
The proper functioning, safety, and comfort of your physical space is important to you, and we’re here to ensure your building needs are met. Rest assured that routine inspections, maintenance, and upgrades are handled by our team to keep equipment operating properly.
Covered Services effective July 1st, 2025:
Topic | Description |
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General Maintenance | - Replacement of air filters
- Routine and scheduled maintenance
- Systematic inspection, adjustment, lubrication of equipment to ensure satisfactory operation
- Inspection to detect and correct system failures before they occur or develop into major system deficiencies
- Brick, mortar, cement inspection
- Public space inspection
- Graffiti removal
- Building fans
- Fume hood maintenance
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Carpentry | - Baseboard repairs
- Ceiling tile replacement and repair
- Door repairs (pending BPS)
- Drywall and plaster repairs (pending BPS)
- Door closers
- Doorstop installation
- Restroom partitions
- Floor tile repair and replacement in public spaces; repair of carpets, linoleum, vinyl floors, wooden floors, and other floor surfaces in public spaces (validated by EHS)
- Furniture repair in public spaces
- Mirror replacements in restrooms and public spaces
- Wooden railings and steps repair and replacement
- Stair tread, guard replacements, safety strips
- Repair, or installation of cabinets, bookshelves, and miscellaneous casework
- Seismic bracing: shelves, cabinets, gas cylinders, bookshelves, file cabinets, freezers, or other
- such furniture or equipment (with mounting detailed drawings only)
- Picture framing, picture hanging, whiteboard or chalkboard installations or moving
- Office furniture repair
- Mirror installation or moving
- Repair of linoleum, vinyl floors, wooden floors, and other floor surfaces in department-occupied spaces (validated by EHS)
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Electrical | - Ballast replacement (facility lighting)
- Circuit breaker resets, repair or replacement
- Electrical distribution repair
- Emergency lighting
- Facility fixture cleaning
- Building facility lighting control systems
- Fume hood lighting
- Lighting requests for services above baseline
- Additional outlets and circuit requests (pending BPS)
- Cord replacement
- Desk lamps and relamping/replacement
- Department display case lighting installation, repair, or relamping
- Department-owned equipment installation and hook-up
- Temporary power installations
- Special lighting requests such as UV lamps, dark room lamps
- Biohazardous and safety fume hoods maintenance in lab spaces
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HVAC | - Building chiller and chilled water repairs and maintenance
- Building air conditioning repairs and maintenance
- Walk-in boxes (cold and warm) preventive maintenance and minor repairs
- Dedicated air conditioning unit repairs and maintenance
- Dedicated fan coil unit repairs and maintenance
- Dedicated chiller repairs and maintenance
- Refrigerator repairs and maintenance
- Freezer repair and maintenance
- Ice machine repair and maintenance
- Walk-in boxes (cold and warm) major repairs, such as compressor replacement
Freezer Rental Program |
Plumbing | - Restroom equipment maintenance, repair, or replacement
- Drinking fountains filter replacement in public spaces
- Emergency eyewash and emergency shower maintenance
- Building-wide systems: domestic DI water, industrial gasses, vacuum, etc., respond to leaks, facility drain stoppages, and flooding
- Clogged sinks or drains
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Facilities works to make sure all UCSF properties receive the highest quality of service and care.
