To Place a Work Order:
Visit the Work Order Website or call 205-348-6001
Building Representatives
Submit a Project Initiation Request
Visit the Project Initiation Request Website
The Brown-Duffy Memorial Endowed Maintenance Scholarship Fund
Employees of the Maintenance Department of The University of Alabama have established the Brown-Duffy Memorial Endowed Maintenance Scholarship fund. Created to honor appropriately the memory of the late Henry Brown and Jerone Duffy, both former Maintenance Department employees, and to promote the education of deserving Maintenance Department employees, their dependents, grandchildren, and future descendants who attend the University of Alabama.
Maintenance Departments
Coliseum Maintenance
The Athletic Maintenance Operations staff provides custodial and support services, event setup, and event staffing at Coleman Coliseum, the Sam Bailey Track Stadium, and other UA facilities.
Office Hours: Monday – Friday, 7:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Office Number: 205-348-9832
Physical Address: 1201 Coliseum Drive, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
Mailing Address: Box 870294, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
Elevator Maintenance
The Elevator Maintenance staff provides full-service preventative and predictive maintenance for all vertical transportation units’ electrical and mechanical operations, including elevators, wheelchair lifts, escalators, and all vertical lifts on campus.
Office Hours: Monday – Friday, 7:30 – 4:00 p.m.
Office Number: 205-348-9539
Physical Address: 1430 12th Street, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
Mailing Address: Box 870294, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
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Safety and Functionality—ensure university-owned vertical transportation is safe and functional.
Preventative maintenance—perform routine scheduled maintenance and adjustments.
Annual Testing—thoroughly check all components for proper function and record test results.
Annual Inspections—arrange for each unit to be inspected by an official state inspector.
Repairs—fix or replace worn out or malfunctioning components.
Upgrades—install new components such as controllers, door equipment, and fixtures (i.e., car and hall operating panels, position indicators, etc.).
Entrapment Rescue—promptly arrive to safely assist passengers off a stalled elevator.
Responsiveness—provide 24/7 operations.
Event Support—provide technicians for standby at events such as football games and graduations.
Training and Certification—administer our UA Elevator Apprenticeship Program through the National Association of Elevator Contractors, where our apprentices earn their certification as elevator technicians and then continue earning required annual continuing education units.
Electrical Maintenance
The Electrical Maintenance staff maintains all campus electrical equipment and systems and building interior lighting and exterior lighting.
Office Hours: Monday – Friday, 7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Office Number: 205-348-3959
Physical Address: 1430 12th Street, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
Mailing Address: Box 870294, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
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Electrical receptacles / outlets
Emergency generator equipment
Kitchen appliances
Line locates of UA owned underground electrical cables
UA owned traffic signals
Medium voltage electrical system equipment – transformers, switches, overhead power lines
Building Maintenance
Building Maintenance consists of Building Maintenance, Pest Control, and the Building Maintenance Renovation Team. If you are unsure of what services you need, a work order can be turned in as an estimate request, and one of the office staff or lead trades employee will meet with you to determine what is needed to accomplish the campus request.
Office Hours: Monday – Friday, 7:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Office Number: 205-348-6682
Physical Address: 1430 12th Street, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
Mailing Address: Box 870294, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
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Pest Control – inside and outside services
Wildlife Management – removal of unwanted pests, preventative maintenance to help keep wildlife out of buildings.
Building Technician Carpenters – including, but not limited to, ceiling tiles, furniture installation, hanging objects on walls, door and door hardware, glass, general maintenance needs, and preventative maintenance.
Painters – sheetrock repair and painting, graphics, and caulking.
Spray Shop Technicians – cabinet grade stain and paint.
Carpet and Tile Layers – installing carpet and rubber baseboards, leveling floors, and ceramic tile.
Roofers – preventative maintenance and project work to do what can be done to prevent leaks and stop leaks identified.
Concrete Crew – Sidewalk repair, trip hazards, and building monument signs.
Brick Masons – paver installation, restoration of the building envelope and elimination of trip hazards.
Pressure Washing Crew – cleaning building entrances sidewalks, and parking decks.
Cabinet Shop Buildings – creating custom millwork for maintenance and construction work.
Renovation Team – dedicated carpenters, electricians, plumbers, HVAC to complete larger scale project work at the request of campus customers.
HVAC Maintenance
The Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Department operates and maintains all equipment and systems required to heat and cool the campus buildings. It also maintains refrigerators, freezers, ice makers, and other refrigeration equipment. The HVAC Department also operates and maintains the Central Thermal Water Energy Plants.
Office Hours: Monday – Friday, 7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Office Number: 205-348-4616
Physical Address: 1430 12th Street, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
Mailing Address: Box 870294, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
Plumbing Maintenance
The Plumbing Maintenance Department maintains all campus plumbing equipment and systems.
Office Hours: Monday – Friday, 7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Office Number: 205-348-6009
Physical Address: 1430 12th Street, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
Mailing Address: Box 870294, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
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Bathroom/restroom sinks, toilets, showers, etc.
Drinking fountains and bottle fill stations
Domestic water piping, pumps, and water heating systems
Sanitary sewer drains and piping systems
Storm sewer drains and piping systems
Decorative water fountains
Building fire protection sprinkler systems
Line locates of UA owned underground piping systems
Pipefitting and metal fabrication work
Install gas meters and repair gas lines
Maintain and repair vacuum pumps, DI water systems, and air compressors