AIR CONDITIONING/REFRIGERATION & SHEET METAL - Air Conditioning/Refrigeration provides installation, service and maintenance of air conditioners, refrigerators, freezers, growth chambers, centrifuges and cryogenic equipment. Sheet Metal provides fabrication, design, service and maintenance of exhaust systems, fume hoods, fire dampers, louvers, grills, diffusers, metal screens and campus signs.

BUILDING OPERATORS - are responsible for the general routine maintenance and preventive maintenance of building equipment, lighting systems, heating and cooling systems, and plumbing systems within a building. The Delta Control (computerized Facility Management System) Center monitors and responds to problems on campus. The Building Systems Task Force is responsible for installing and repairing all HVAC Control Systems. Water Quality is responsible for all swimming pools and water treatment systems.

CABINET, CARPENTRY, MASONRY - Cabinetry builds, repairs, and installs cabinets, tables, shelving, furniture, drop boxes, racks, chalkboards, replaces formica, frames pictures, molding and casework. Carpentry installs, repairs, and maintains rough/finish carpentry, ceilings, metal/wood stud walls, frames, doors/closures, locks, caulking, floor tile, base door operators, and door hardware. Masonry installs and repairs blacktop, sidewalks, parking lots, curbs, gutters, ramps, concrete steps, brick, block, stone, plaster, ceramic tile, door frames and handrails.

CUSTODIAL SERVICES - Cleans and sanitizes restrooms, offices, and public areas; stocks restrooms; strips and buffs floors; vacuums and shampoos carpet, empties trash and cleans windows, removes snow/ice from building steps and cleans exterior light fixtures. The Utility Crew cleans, repairs and installs venetian blinds; cleans upholstery; cuts, installs and shampoos mats at building entrances; installs restroom fixtures; responds to emergency flooding; resurfaces wood floors and washes windows, etc.

ELECTRIC - Operates, installs, tests, maintains and repairs high and medium voltage distribution systems, indoor/outdoor/recreational/emergency/security/walkway lighting, time clocks, electric meters and motors, receptacles, breaker panels, transformers, underground wire, manhole pumps, emergency generators, phone conduit, computer power conditioners, robot hookups, and light dimmers.

ELECTRONICS - Provides life safety equipment for various systems including fire alarms, security, card access, emergency power, radio communications, facility management and central station fire and security reporting equipment. Installs, maintains, operates, tests, and repairs public address systems.

GARAGE - Provides mechanical services for approximately 161 Physical Plant vehicles and 324 vehicles from other departments including disabled vehicle maintenance and preventive maintenance. Performs repairs on emergency generator systems; performs annual bus inspections, the specification and preparation of new vehicles; responsible for vehicle body work, vehicle inventory records, car wash, ticket control, service welders and backhoe air compressors; provides towing services. Repair, fabricate golf carts to customer specs.

GROUNDS - Provides turf/landscape care and maintenance, landscape design, estimating, and installation, snow and ice removal, disease diagnoses and prevention for living plants. It is responsible for campus storm drainage control, trash and leaf removal, and parking structure maintenance. Horticulture services are also provided for the care and pruning of trees and the maintenance of the University Arboretum.

HEATING & COOLING - Furnishes steam and chilled water for Lexington Campus, Medical Center, and Lexington Community College. Our staff operates 2 central steam plants and 3 central chilled water plants, which include 4 coal boilers, 4 natural gas/fuel oil boilers and 23 electric chillers with a total of 36,000 tons of cooling capacity. They operate 24 hours a day and 365 days a year.

PAINT/UPHOLSTERY/ROOFING - Painters paint campus lots/curbs and the interior/exterior of rooms/buildings; finish/refinish equipment/furniture; remove and install wallcoverings; glass/glazing of desktops and mirrors; replace and maintain traffic control signs/devices; design, and construct laminated signs, campus identification signs, name tags; deskplates, banners and room numbers which are installed when needed. Upholstery craftspeople repair upholstery, make custom coordinated upholstery, and vehicle upholstery seats. They also make, repair, and install window shades, fabricate tarps, banners, etc. Roofers repair and install roofs, gutters and downspouts. They also perform preventive maintenance such as painting, coating and leaf cleaning of roofs and gutters.

PLUMBING/WELDING - Plumbers' renovation and construction and repair work includes systems such as domestic water, natural gas, heating (forced air gas, hot water heat, steam heat), sanitary/storm drainage, acid waste, mechanical systems (pumps/compressors) and fire sprinklers. Other operations include repairs to condensate/steam lines, central chilled water lines, air and vacuum lines, and HVAC fans and coils. Welders are responsible for pipe fitting installation and repairs, fabricating McQuire Gates, brackets and hangers, campus sign hanging devices, barricades, bicycle racks, hand rails and guard rails; responsible for welding repairs to University vehicles, athletic training equipment and overhead doors.

TRUCKING/GARBAGE COLLECTION/RECYCLING/PEST CONTROL - Trucking provides pickup and delivery services, moves equipment/furniture, sets up for special events, and picks up surplus property. Garbage Collection involves emptying dumpsters and removing loose trash. Recycling provides the services of collecting and removing about 65 tons of paper products each month. The recycling operation recovered over 1,600 tons from UK's wastestream in 2001. For more information, see our webpage: www.ppd.uky.edu/recycle. Pest Control provides the following services: insect control, rodent control and live trapping.