Category: Custodial

6/21/23 – 9/04/23 Campus Wide Lowered Custodial Services

Posted on by jepeters

I am alerting you to CPFM Facilities Services Custodial Department’s temporary adjustment to services provided to the academic buildings during the upcoming Summer Term. Last year we had the opportunity to partner with U of O Housing during the World Track Championships and provide custodial support to supplement Housing’s custodial staff during their busiest time of the year, which coincides with the least occupancy in the academic buildings. As a result of last year’s successful partnership, Housing is again going to utilize Facilities Services custodial staff during the summer. Because of this transfer of custodians, Facilities Services will be reducing some services in the academic buildings during the summer months.

In addition to supporting this year’s Commencement activities, starting June 21, 2023, all of the Custodial day shift, and part of the swing shift, will be working with Housing staff to prepare dorm rooms for the upcoming academic year and to support summer events. Custodial Services will continue to work with Housing until after the Labor Day holiday (September 4th), when they will resume full campus services to the academic campus and spend the remainder of the summer getting the academic buildings ready for the school year.

For the summer, you can expect the following reduction in custodial services in the academic buildings:

  • Offices will not be cleaned.
  • Classrooms that are not scheduled for use by the Registrar will not be cleaned.
  • Reduced restroom and common space cleaning in lower use buildings, though all restrooms will still be checked multiple times per week and cleaned if needed.
  • For buildings with regular classroom use, the only reduction that will be experienced is the temporary cessation of office cleaning.  All other services will remain the same as the academic school year.

Thank you in advance for your support in these efforts. Our custodians work very hard to keep the campus looking and feeling clean and safe for the campus community. They are proud of the work that they are doing to support the students, faculty, and staff.  We realize that there may be things that we have not considered with this service reduction.

Please let us know if there are any challenges or difficulties that we can help address to make things work better for each of you. We will continue to have some custodial staff during the day to support urgent needs that may come up.

Best regards,

Tim Winder
Custodial Services Manager
University of Oregon Facilities
Twinder2@uoregon.edu
Office: 541-346-5771

Additional Contact:  Work Control Center, Campus Planning and Facilities Management, 541-346-2319

Current construction and impacts information can be found on the UO Maps site.

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4/03/23 Campus Wide Custodial Cleaning Announcement

Posted on by jepeters

Dear University of Oregon Campus Community,

Campus Planning and Facilities Management (CPFM) Facilities Services is pleased to announce that we will be moving back to a weekly office cleaning schedule. Beginning the week of April 3, 2023, and each subsequent week thereafter, Facilities Services’ custodians will enter each office and complete the following tasks:

  • Empty the trash and reline the trash can
  • Spot vacuum in unobstructed areas for carpeted floors
  • Spot mop in unobstructed areas for hard floors

Faculty and staff often request to opt out of having their offices cleaned. If custodial services are not wanted in an office, please reach out to the CPFM Work Control Center (WCC – see below for contact information) to make that request and your office will be omitted from cleaning.  If you find that after the program has started and your office is being missed, or you want to schedule a non-participating office for a cleaning, please contact WCC.

Trash receptacles needing emptied between cleanings may be set in the hallway at any time.

Please be patient with the custodians as we restart this service since this is a change in operations from the last several years. For operational reasons, regular building cleaning occurs on different shifts.  These shifts run 24-hours a day, Monday through Friday.  As a result, office occupants will not be notified before each cleaning and custodial staff will do their best to not interrupt you to clean your office.  If they come by and you are there, they will ask if they can get the trash and complete the tasks outlined above.  If it’s not a good time, let them know and they will come by at another time.

Thank you for your understanding as we improve this custodial service to campus.

If you have any questions, comments, or wish to opt out of office cleaning, contact CPFM Work Control at 541-346-2319 or workcontrolcenter@uoregon.edu .

Tim Winder,

CFPM Custodial Services Manager

7/25/22 Reduced academic building custodial service will resume

Posted on by lpitts

Dear Campus Community,

 Due to unexpected needs by OR22, CPFM Custodial Services will be temporarily reducing custodial service in the academic buildings for the duration of the event. Childcare and clinical spaces will not be affected by this reduction. The regular summer custodial service will resume 7/25 as OR22 ends. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes, and thank you for supporting this historic campus event. If you have any questions about this reduction of service please contact:

 Tim Winder, Custodial Manager: twinder2@uoregon.edu

 Kevin Farthing, Associate Director: kfarthin@uoregon.edu

University Health Center Window Cleaning 6/16-6/25

Posted on by mdriggs

Begin:  June 16, 2021 at 6:30 am

End:      June 25, 2021 at 2:30 pm

Building Impacted:  University Health Center

Scope:  Exterior window cleaning and courtyard window cleaning only. Will not be entering occupants spaces so important that the windows are closed and locked

Special Instructions: Please ensure all windows are closed tonight before leaving the building.

Work Performed By: CPFM Custodial Services

Contact: Nick Grant, CPFM Custodial Operations Supervisor, 541-346-2653

Custodial Notification re: Cleaning of Laboratories

Posted on by jepeters

Recent shifts in the Custodial department’s responsibilities, in response to Covid19 and an abnormally high vacancy rate, has resulted in the Facilities Services Custodial group experiencing heavier workloads than normal. Due to these circumstances, Custodial Services will not be entering research lab spaces to sweep floors and empty trash.  Until this situation improves and future custodial service levels across campus are defined, please place your garbage receptacles and floor sweepings outside of your lab(s), preferably in the hallway, for our staff to attend to as part of our normal routes.

Facilities’ Custodial Services will continue to clean offices on a monthly basis and common spaces each day (restrooms, hallways, lobbies, stairways, scheduled teaching spaces, high-touch surfaces, etc.).

If you have an urgent issue, please contact the Work Control Center.

Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused, and please let us know if there is anything else we can help you with.

Campus custodial cleaning due to recent smoke particulate 9/25 – 9/27

Posted on by lpitts

Facilities Liaisons,

As a result of the recent smoke particulate event, Facilities Services will be cleaning all office and workspace horizontal surfaces in all general funded buildings this coming weekend, September 25-27.  Crews will follow UO Safety & Risk Services recommended safety guidelines requiring wet mops/wipes and HEPA equipped vacuums to be used in all cases. Cleaning guidelines prohibit dust spreading devices such as dry dusters, brooms, or non-HEPA equipped vacuums.

Providing safe and clean workspaces for our campus community is a priority. To provide this service most efficiently and effectively requires a well-orchestrated and highly coordinated 1,000-hour effort to be concluded by Sunday evening.

Occupants can aid in this effort by:

  • Removing items from horizontal surfaces needing cleaned. To reduce the chance of damage/loss, Facilities crews will not move or clean individual items.  Surfaces not cleared will not be cleaned.
  • Requesting a space NOT BE CLEANED by placing a note on the door clearly stating you would like that space skipped.

All requests received after this campus-wide effort is complete will require an index and need to be scheduled.  Please contact CPFM Work Control Center with questions or concerns.

Tykeson Hall Waste/Recycling Room Opens August 19

Posted on by shenley

The new waste and recycling room in Tykeson Hall opens Monday, August 19. This site will be the centralized location for all waste, cardboard, and recycling material generated from building occupants in Tykeson Hall, Chapman Hall, Fenton Hall, Johnson Hall, and Collier House. This room is located on the southeast side of Tykeson (see map below).

Occupants of these five buildings will need card access to enter this room for disposing waste and recycling material. To request access, authorized department requestors are asked to send a spreadsheet with all employee information from their department to keyaccess@uoregon.edu. Attaining card access is imperative because this room will be locked 24/7 to deter unauthorized individuals from accessing the site.

Waste and cardboard dumpsters temporarily located in front of Johnson Hall on 13th Avenue will remain until Friday, September 13, and will be removed on Monday, September 16.

Please contact Donny Addison with any questions or concerns at 541-346-0961 or addisdt@uoregon.edu.

 

Changes in Trash Collection Starting 8/1

Posted on by lpitts

Dear University of Oregon faculty and staff,

As a result of this year’s budget reductions, Campus Planning and Facilities Management has made some changes in the services we provide to campus.

After careful analysis and consideration, starting Aug. 1, custodians will vacuum, sweep and collect trash from offices once a month instead of once a week.

If your office garbage cans require emptying more frequently either because they are full or contain food or organic material, please place them in the hall next to your door, where custodians will empty them. To reduce unpleasant odors and avoid attracting pests, please keep this option in mind.

As always, if there is an acute issue in your office that needs attention, please call CPFM Work Control Center or visit our website https://cpfm.uoregon.edu/ to place a service request.

Contact: Work Control Center 541-346-2319

Reduction in Service for Custodial Spring Training 3/26

Posted on by lpitts

Facilities Liaisons,

On March 26, 2019, many of our custodians will be participating in an off-campus training activity. As a result, there will be a reduction in service to all of the buildings cleaned by CPFM Custodial Services on that day. We anticipate that the cleaning needs in the building will be reduced during this time because of spring break; however, support will be available to respond if there is an urgent custodial need.

If you have concerns, please contact CPFM Work Control at workcontrolcenter@uoregon.edu or call 541-346-2319. You can also submit requests online at https://cgis.uoregon.edu/Calllog

Thank you for your patience and support of this vital employee development opportunity.

Tim Winder
Interim Custodial Services Manager
CPFM | University of Oregon