The Building Maintenance staff is responsible for maintaining, repairing and renovating all interior and exterior building components.

These responsibilities include:

• Building interiors (e.g., walls, floors, ceilings)
• Building exteriors (e.g. roofs, doors, windows)
• Carpentry services
• Interior and exterior signage
• Interior and exterior painting

The Building Maintenance Shop is staffed with four carpenters and nine building maintenance mechanics and is responsible for maintaining the interior, as well as the exterior, of campus buildings. This work includes maintenance of roofs, roof drains, floors, walls, doors, stairwells, windows, ceilings, cabinetry, and other building components. The Building Maintenance Shop is also responsible for light construction projects.

The Building Maintenance Shop is also staffed with four plumbers who maintain all plumbing systems inside and outside of campus buildings. This work includes maintenance of items such as restroom fixtures, water and sanitary sewer pipelines, pumps, drains, and valves. And the Shop includes four painters and one sign-maker who are responsible for coordinating the painting of the campus, installing and maintaining interior and exterior campus and building signage, and maintaining parking lot and crosswalk striping.

To request service, please contact the Service Desk at (915) 747-7187. Requests can also be submitted via e-mail to facilities@utep.edu.