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Campus maintenance costs
total $ 123 million to date
Facilities Services has
a large backlog of repairs
for designated buildings
BY JOE BAILEY
NEWS REPORTER
When required repairs and main
tenance work on University build
ings get passed over each year, they
don’t just disappear.
They simply back up.
Every year, $9 million to $12
million of necessary building main
tenance sits undone on the Univer
sity campus, according to Facilities
Services estimates. Currently, the
University has a backlog of $123
million in repairs and maintenance
that should have been done.
The $123 million figure only
includes buildings classified as
campus proper. The EMU, Athletics
Department facilities, University
Housing and the Student Recreation
Center are not included in
that number.
Facilities Services, the depart
ment that takes care of campus
buildings and grounds, receives
about $5 million each year from the
University general fund.
“Our priorities are on a daily ba
sis,” said Ron Bloom, operations
manager for Facilities Services.
“We’re constantly doing mainte
nance with the money we’re allocat
ed. We eat up that money just trying
to maintain the steam leaks, the
condensation leaks, roof structures,
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Kate Horton | Photographer
Several buildings on campus are in need of maintenance, such as Straub Hall. However,
Facilities Services does not have a budget large enough to keep up with the aging buildings.
gutters, just anything involved with
the buildings.”
The $5 million pays for staff
and the costs of repairs for
about five million square feet of
building space.
“That’s a buck a year for
each square foot of maintenance,”
Bloom said.
An additional source of revenue
for repairs comes from the Oregon
University System. The OUS
receives money from the Oregon
State Legislature every two years
and then redirects that money to its
seven member schools, including
the University.
That money goes into a capital
repair budget that is spent on
larger projects.
These funds have not been
enough to keep campus facilities in
shape, Bloom said.
Even if $123 million was
spent to complete all the repairs
that have accumulated over the
years, it would not upgrade the
University’s facilities.
“That’s just to bring the backlog
maintenance up to the status quo,”
Bloom said.
University Capital Construction
Manager Darin Dehle, who oversees
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