Building and Mechanical Services
Overview
Technicians in these shops not only strive to provide a comfortable environment, but also assist faculty members by giving tours of the mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems of the campus.
Preventive maintenance systems are developed and implemented in all of these shops, which involve regular checks of HVAC systems, doors, windows, roofs, hardware, plumbing, and electrical systems. Approximately 300 preventive maintenance work orders are completed each month.
Technicians also help enhance the campus facilities, working on more than $2.5 million in remodeling and special repair projects annually.
The shops also work to make continuous improvements to enhance campus facilities. More than $2.5 million in remodeling and special repair projects are completed annually.
Team members build and install new cabinetry and respond to emergencies, such as replacing broken windows. The shop also constructs and installs counters, lockers, shelves, doors, window frames and paneling, and installs insulation.
This shop is also responsible for work that includes repairing concrete and asphalt; maintaining and fixing roofs and roof drains; mending fences and gates and replacing roadway signs. In addition, workers also repair, assemble and install modular furniture, display cases, chalk and white boards, and bookcases.
Other tasks performed:
- Install and remove equipment, signs and banners
- Set up and take down barricades
- Provide emergency flood control
- Replace ceiling and floor tiles
- Maintain pools and decks
- Replace broken glass
- Hang pictures
The Plumbing Shop is responsible for the water system on campus. The team is tasked with maintaining and repairing the main water line and reclaimed water system lines and valves, as well as maintaining the backflow prevention equipment. This crew assists outside contractors when hook-ups to main water, gas or sewer lines are involved, and reviews plans to ensure any underground work does not affect these lines.
This shop also performs rough-in plumbing work, sets fixtures and trim, repairs flush valves and leaking traps, installs and repairs gas lines, checks water pressure, and responds to calls regarding leaking faucets and plugged toilets, urinals and sewer lines
In addition to maintaining the plumbing system, the shop also helps provide the campus with a safe and dependable supply of drinking water. Water supplied to the campus comes from two major sources: ground and surface water. Groundwater is supplied from one or both of Cal Poly Pomona's two wells. Water produced from these wells is blended with Metropolitan Water District of Southern California's imported surface water from the Colorado River and the State Water Project in Northern California. The quality of the groundwater and surface water is reported annually.
Facilities Management routinely monitors for contaminants in the drinking water according to federal and state laws. In order to minimize any harmful bacteria or other pathogens that may be present, the university continuously disinfect the water. To ensure the water's quality, disinfection and bacteria levels in the water are continuously monitored.