| Effective Date: 1/1/92 (revised 2/1/97) |
| Office of Origin: Facilities Management |
This policy designates Facilities Management as the office responsible for providing all utilities except for telephone services and data line connections, and it designates authorization to make repairs or modifications to existing utility systems.
A. Facilities Management furnishes and distributes the following utilities: water, gas, vacuum, steam, distilled water, electricity, sewage, waste removal, and hot and chilled water. Generally, there is no charge for utilities provided to departments unless usage is considered above normal. Auxiliary enterprises are recharged for utilities.
B. Facilities Management is solely responsible for utility maintenance, coordination of planned shutdowns, and capacity reviews.
C. Repairs or alterations on any utility systems shall be coordinated by Facilities Management.
D. A utility capacity review should be conducted before purchasing equipment that has the potential to overload existing utility systems. It is the responsibility of departments to determine if the proposed equipment can be operated using existing utilities; the most common concern is whether adequate electrical power is available. Departments are encouraged to contact Facilities Management to conduct a utility review as part of their purchasing procedures. Failure to correctly determine a component's utility capacity may result in extra delays, expense, or inability to install the equipment.