Grounds

The grounds work group includes the grounds manager and a group of full time grounds employees, which includes a ground coordinator, grounds technicians, and grounds laborers.

The grounds work group serves to maintain the campus grounds as a safe and aesthetically pleasing environment and is responsible for the care of all annuals, perennials, trees, and shrubs on campus.

The grounds work group crew provides the following services:

• Maintain 256 acres on campus, 19 acres of athletic fields, and designated off-campus properties
• Maintain and repair 2.6 miles of campus streets, 5.7 miles of walks, and 12 acres of parking lots
• Snow plowing and salting/sanding of streets, walks and parking surfaces, and in designated off-campus areas
• Prepare athletic fields for use, including marking, in coordination with the intercollegiate athletics and recreation department
• Debris pick-up
• Maintain 6.5 miles of trails
• Trim, remove, and replace shrubs and trees
• Plan landscape plantings and site features such as benches, bicycle racks, and campus lighting
• Install turf
• Manage contract planting, maintenance, and construction services including application of herbicides when required
• Removal and fall leaf cleanup
• Removal of trash and recyclables.  Manage campus solid waste and recycling programs which includes 607 tons of trash landfilled annually and recycling 31% of campus solid waste stream
• Outdoor signage
• Campus deliveries
• Campus events: setup and support.  Grounds will deliver tables, chairs, podiums, etc. for meetings and other functions
• Provides moving and trucking services.  Grounds will move furniture, equipment, storage boxes, and other miscellaneous items across campus
• Subsurface work on water, drain, and sewer lines to repair leaks and clogs, or install new lines
  

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