The Environmental Systems Maintenance Shop (ESM) is responsible for maintaining and servicing all air handlers, exhaust fans, hot and chilled water pumps, refrigerated air conditioning equipment, and fume hoods located on the Texas Tech campus. Additionally, they respond to calls from the campus community when building temperatures are hot/cold and take the necessary steps to resolve issues they may find in their efforts to maintain a comfortable, safe and efficient learning and working environment.

The Steam Shop provides support and customer service in the maintenance of heating and fluid recovery systems for TTU mechanical systems to include campus tunnels. The shop continues to improve the Preventive Maintenance Program, with the primary goal of enhancing the reliability of university steam-operated equipment. The identification, repair, and replacement of old valves and expansion joints continues throughout the fiscal year. The project continues to reduce or significantly limit the number of emergency shutdowns and enables the shop to focus on the maintenance of existing systems to maintain this reliability. The Steam Shop also provides machine and fabrication services for all of campus.

The Electric Shop is dedicated to projects and service calls from the university departments. The shop continues to upgrade exterior lighting throughout the campus, as well as upgrading interior lighting in numerous facilities on and off-campus. One of their top priorities is keeping all street and parking lot lights working in order to provide a safe nighttime environment for the students and faculty. The Electric Shop also provides support to Carol of Lights and continues to upgrade the existing lights with more energy-efficient L.E.D. lights.

The Paint Shop provides support for several renovations, minor and major construction projects. The Paint Shop’s proficiency in painting walls and refinishing all types of woodwork is well known campus-wide and brings continual praise for the work accomplished.

The Fire & Life Safety Office oversees the enforcement of fire safety protocols and the maintenance of fire safety equipment across campus. Our Fire Inspector diligently monitors all university buildings to ensure compliance with local and state regulations, guaranteeing that TTU facilities adhere to fire safety standards. Additionally, the Fire Inspector promptly troubleshoots and responds to fire emergencies and monitors new fire sprinkler systems.

The Insulation Shop provides support for the removal and re-installation of insulation inside, outside and under our facilities and buildings. This helps to not only conserve energy, but also protect those that may work around and/or alongside of steam and hot water lines.

They are also tasked with ensuring that our campus community is protected from asbestos-containing materials by identifying locations where asbestos is, and then the facilitating the safe and regulated removal of it when necessary.

The Cabinet Shop is one of the specialty shops that is self-contained. This shop custom builds cabinetry throughout the campus with very professional results. The Cabinet Shop is customer-oriented and requires extensive interaction with customers to achieve the product each customer requests.

The Plumbing Shop continues to perform and support university projects and responds to many service calls throughout the university. The Plumbing Shop has other responsibilities in addition to normal work assignments. Some of these additional responsibilities are backflow prevention devices, domestic water booster pumps, and municipal-type water and sewer main systems, and natural gas transmission lines, metering, and regulation. This shop also supports major events for Athletics and Auxiliary department.

The Plumbing Shop continues to strive to keep up with the workload and provide numerous after-hour services for all departments on and off the main university campus.

Structural Services creates a safe and aesthetically pleasing environment for visitors, students, and faculty by maintaining the structural features of Texas Tech University buildings. This includes building aesthetic features, alterations and improvements, windows, roofing, and general maintenance to support the needs of the University.

Structural Services is composed of a variety of skilled trade experts, including: Custom cabinetry, Light Carpentry, Paint, Signs, Roofing, Masonry, Glass and General Maintenance

Sign Shop is well known for making Texas Tech campus employees desk plates and personalized work equipment. The Sign Shop can create a vast array of items. Browse the Sign Shop Catalog, and call 806.742.4OPS (4677) to place an order or get an estimate today!

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