OATdb Archive

2010 - 2011

Custodial And Grounds

Goal
Promote Responsive, Welcoming, And Customer Oriented Service.
Provide a beautiful campus for prospective students, as well as for students already enrolled.

Objective
Improve 1st Impression By Prospective Students/parents
Provide a pleasant and tranquil learning environment, to aid in the decision making process of visiting prospective students and parents.  Improvement of the campus landscape will contribute to higher first impressions by prospective students and their parents

Indicator
Document Assessment & Plans For Improving Landscaping Of Campus Grounds
Documentation will be produced by Grounds Maintenance Staff for an assessment of necessary landscape improvement across the entire campus. Plans will be developed to execute these improvements.  This documentation will take the form of a Prioritized List of Top Ten Campus Areas to Re-Landscape.  This list will be completed by a department established deadline.

Criterion
Prepare A Priority List Of Top Ten Campus Areas To Re-Landscape By January 15, 2011
By January 15, 2011, Grounds Maintenance staff will have prepared a prioritized list of the top ten campus re-landscaping projects to be completed during the coming year.


Finding
Priority List Finalized
A final priority list of re-landscaping areas was completed January 15, 2011.  The priority list was updated with two additional projects on July 15, 2011.


Indicator
Implement Designated Portions Of Landscape Renewal Plan
Once the plan for renewing the campus landscape has been developed, grounds staff will designate a portion of the plan to implement in 2010-2011.  Progress on projects will be tracked and recorded.  The number of projects undertaken in FY11 will be dictated by the availability of funding and labor resources.

Criterion
Complete At Least Three (3) Priority Landscape Projects
The grounds section will complete at least three (3) projects from the prioritized project list prepared from the campus assessment and plan developed in 2010-2011, with other projects being accomplished in ensuing years.

Finding
Grounds Has Completed Seven (7) Landscape Projects
As of August 31, 2011 seven (7) projects from the prioritized list FY'11 were completed.

Action
Prioritized List Of Campus Areas To Re-landscape FY'12
An updated Prioritized list of Campus Areas to Re-landscape for FY'12 will be developed and finalized by October 15, 2011


Action
Professional Grounds Management Society (PGMS) Award Focus
The Grounds Services Department won an "Honor Award" from PGMS in FY 2011 for landscaping excellence and will focus on making campus improvements in plant diversity and sustainability.

Goal
Continually Improve The Support Services To Internal Constituents
To improve the appearance and cleanliness of educational buildings through improved cleaning peformance.

Objective
Assess The Quality Of The Building Cleaning Process
Custodial Services will assess the cleaning process by evaluating their work


Indicator
Periodic Evaluations Of Performance By Cleaning Team Members
Supervisory staff will conduct bi-monthly inspections of the cleanliness of all educational buildings and score them on a scale of 0-100 percent.


Criterion
100% Of Building Inspections Will Achieve A Score Of 80% Or Above
Criteria to achieve objective will be a score of 80% or better on 100% of the buildings inspected.  A team of custodial supervisors will use inspection forms they have adopted to measure the quality of custodial care in each building on a bi-monthly basis.

Finding
83% Of Buildings Scored Over 80% On Custodial Team Inspections
For the month of August 2011, 100% of the buildings scored 80% or better on the bi-monthly inspection.  For the year, building inspections have continued to increase.  Final statistics show that 83% of building scored 80% or better with an overall average score of 87% for all buildings.   


Finding
100% Of Buildings Scored Over 80% On Custodial Team Inspections During August Inspection
For the month of August 2011, 100% of the buildings scored 80% or better on the bi-monthly inspection.  For the year, building inspections have continued to increase.  The average score for all buildings in FY 2011 was 87%.   

Action
Elevate Level Of Cleaning Effort To Achieve Scores Of 80 Percent Or Greater On All Buildings
Utilize results from building inspections to identify problem areas that need extra attention to achieve our goal of 100% of buildings inspected receiving a score of 80% or better.

Action
Train Supervisory Staff On Inspection Program To Ensure Consistency Across Buildings
On-going training will be provided to all supervisors who participate in building inspections to ensure that all facilities are graded equally and consistently.


Update to previous cycle's plan for continuous improvement

Plan for continuous improvement Custodial and Grounds has a new manager over both areas and considerable effort has been put into the underlying improvements of landscaping and custodial quality of service.  Noticeable differences in our campus landscape have been reported and we were recently the subject of a local Channel 7 news report on the impressive cleanliness and appearance of the campus.   Also, the Grounds Services Department received an "Honor Award" from the Professional Grounds Management Association (PGMS) for FY 2011.  Grounds services hopes to take information they received from the award feedback and turn it into a "Top Award" in the category for Colleges and Universities in FY 2012.  These efforts in custodial and grounds show that the staff are raising the bar and making improvements which reflect highly on building and grounds conditions.