Building Maintenance

Building Maintenance includes all items related to routine repair of buildings and structures, including normally recurring repairs and preventive maintenance. The following are included:

• Interior and exterior of buildings
• Plumbing, heating, air conditioning and ventilation
• Electrical repairs of all types including primary and secondary systems, certain lamp replacements (requiring special ladders and rigging) and maintenance of outdoor lighting fixtures (excluding energy costs)
• Carpentry and cabinetmaking
• Painting and glazing
• Hardware, locks, keys, closers and records for same
• Roofing and sheet metal work, including downspouts and gutters
• Welding and necessary machine work
• Elevators and similar equipment
• Miscellaneous building repairs such as tuckpointing
• General-purpose classroom furniture and equipment within buildings.
• Utility distribution systems inside buildings - electrical, heating, process steam, water lines, gas lines and sewer lines (storm and sanitary)
• Operating and replacement costs of all equipment, materials and tools used in building maintenance, excluding hand tools furnished by employees