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Main Phone #: 818-677-2222 - Fax No.: 818-677-4883 - Mail Drop 8291

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Interim Director, Facility Services:
James Sutton
  818-677-2230
  james.sutton@csun.edu
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  FACILITY SERVICES STAFF
  STAFF PICS
  PPM Service Chargeback Requisition
IMAGE OF PALM TREES AT OVIATT LIBRARY

Each of the eight Facility Services areas is managed by a facility services manager. To find out which manager has responsibility for your building, please follow the link down below.

Facility Services staff members include managers, facility workers, laborers, lead groundsworkers, groundsworkers, lead custodians and custodians. This section provides routine building maintenance, landscape maintenance and custodial services.

Facility Services employees play an important role in maintaining the quality of CSUN's physical environment by keeping the buildings and landscape safe, aesthetically pleasing, in good working order and clean.

Facility Services does not service any University Corporation areas, such as the Matador Bookstore, the Sierra Center or any University Student Union areas.

Facility workers take care of minor building maintenance, including minor plumbing, electrical, mechanical, paint and carpentry. They perform daily inspections of, and weekly cleaning of, mechanical spaces and major heat, ventilation, and air conditioning equipment. They respond to hot and cold calls. They inspect all common areas, restrooms, corridors, classrooms, labs and department offices for immediate or planned repair or replacement of:

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Any observed safety concerns
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Loose, damaged, or missing cove base
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Bad or missing ceiling tiles
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Loosely hanging fixtures (of any sort)
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Light diffusers
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Patch & paint of minor scarring to wall surfaces
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Lamps or ballasts
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Leaking or bad flush valves and spigots
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Lost or broken switch plates & receptacle covers
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Loose or broken restroom stall doors, partitions or fixtures

Laborers spend part of their day assisting facility workers in minor building maintenance as necessary. They replace lamps as needed, and assist with delivery of materials etc. They also spend part of their day performing grounds or custodial work as needed.

Facility Services groundsworkers perform routine landscape maintenance around campus buildings. Just after daybreak, they remove debris and trash from the landscape on a daily basis. They maintain the flowerbeds and landscape immediately surrounding the buildings.

Facility Services custodians work early morning and night hours to keep campus buildings safe and clean. Their work is performed according to the following list of priorities:

Priorities:

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Common areas: restrooms, entrances, hallways, stairwells
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Laboratories and Classrooms
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Open and Public Offices
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Personal Faculty and Staff Offices


You will find below routine custodial services you can expect from Physical Plant Management.
Note: PPM addresses trouble calls as first priority.

Restrooms: Daily services include emptying and cleaning trash receptacles; cleaning and disinfecting all fixtures; sweeping and mopping floors; and replenishing supplies. Restrooms are cleaned before 8:00 a.m. and restocked and serviced again prior to 11:30 a.m. In the afternoons PPM services restrooms on an emergency basis.

Hallways, Entrances, and Stairwells: Daily services include emptying and cleaning trash receptacles; cleaning and disinfecting water fountains; sweeping and mopping; spot cleaning doors and walls; cleaning doors and glass; sweeping outside to 10 feet; vacuuming mats as needed; and removing postings. Weekly services include washing trash receptacles, buffing floors; cleaning vents and display cases, high glasses; door frames and plates; buffing floors, wet-mopping and polishing handrails.

Classrooms/Laboratories: Daily services include emptying trash receptacles; straightening furniture; cleaning chalk trays and re-supplying chalk; spot cleaning walls; sweeping and spot mopping floors. Weekly services include washing trash receptacles; cleaning furniture/counter; cleaning chalkboards; and wet-mopping.

Department Offices: Daily services include emptying trash receptacles; sweeping and spot mopping floors. Weekly services include dusting all surfaces within reach; vacuuming and damp-mopping floors; and spot cleaning walls and doors.

Faculty Offices : Weekly services include emptying trash receptacles; dusting surfaces; sweeping, mopping or vacuuming; and spot cleaning walls.

To find out which Facility Services manager has responsibility for you building, please follow the link below. Do not hesitate to call the manager for your area, or the PPM Work Control Center 818-677-2222, if you feel a problem requires immediate attention.


Light Bulbs:


Typically, Facility Services staff replaces building light bulbs and fluorescent tubes at no charge. To have a light replaced, please call your Facility Services manager or contact Work Control at extension 2222.



Unlocking Rooms:

During the academic year, PPM Facility Services employees unlock instructional space at the beginning of the day. If you find your room locked after this time, someone from your department has deemed it necessary to secure the room. Please contact your department office for access. Facility Services workers cannot unlock offices or other restricted - access areas. To unlock these rooms, you must contact your department for access to these areas.

For Facility Services Building Maps, Click on the Links Below

 
 
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James Sutton, Manager
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German Gonzalez, Manager
  Area 510   Area 520
  Room OV 21   Room UH 112
  818-677-3902   818-677-2929
  james.sutton@csun.edu   german.gonzalez@csun.edu
  Oviatt Library   University Hall
      Bayramian Hall
      Children's Center
      Student Services
 
 
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Arthur Ivory, Assistant Director
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James Logsdon, Manager
Area 530   Area 540
Room Redwood Hall 181   Room BAE 1109
818-677-2159   818-677-5833
arthur.ivory@csun.edu   james.thomas@csun.edu
College of Health & Human Development   College of Business & Economics
College of Engineering & Computer Science   College of Education
Kinesiology   PPM
  Sequoia Hall   Sagebrush Hall & Bank Building
  Art & Design
 
 
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Brian McConville, Manager
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Michelle Jackson, Manager
  Area 550   Area 560
  Room SC3 3201   Room SH 341
  818-677-5942   818-677-2854
  brian.mcconville@csun.edu   michelle.jackson@csun.edu
  College of Science & Mathematics   College of Social & Behavioral Sciences
  Science 1,2,3, & 4   College of Humanities
  Santa Susana Hall   Sierra Hall
  Chisolm Hall   Sierra Tower
    Jerome Richfield Hall
  Monterey Hall    
 
 
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Wes Dodrill , Manager
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James Sutton, Manager
Area 570   Area 580
Room NH 216   Room OV 21
818-677-5840   818-677-3902
wes.dodrill@csun.edu   james.sutton@csun.edu
Nordhoff Hall, Music Building   CSUN Houses
Manzanita Hall    
   
   
   

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