Building Administrator Responsibilities

The following is a list of specific areas of responsibility:

  • Attend a once a semester (Fall and Spring) Building Administrator Roundtable to discuss experiences, successes and challenges and bring issues to the table.  Attend other specially called meetings as necessary.
  • Maintain a current list of persons responsible for occupied lab spaces, including emergency contact information for each.
  • Report all safety-related issues immediately to University Police, Environmental Health & Safety or Facilities Management, as appropriate.  Communicate building-related emergency preparedness procedures to building occupants.
  • Maintain continuous communication with staff on all building related issues.  Work with Facilities Management Communications Specialist to create and continually provide updates for a Facilities Management listserv of appropriate building occupants to assure proper dissemination of pertinent information.  This includes utility shutdowns and disruption of services from other facilities-related work (planned or unplanned).
  • Maintain awareness of facilities-related problems and communicate with the appropriate campus department for correction of those problems.
  • Identify, collect and relay suggestions to conserve energy or prevent waste of resources.  Communicate and/or direct inquiries of an environmental or energy nature to Facilities Management or Environmental Health & Safety as appropriate.
  • Assist in the education of building occupants as it relates to building related management procedures and policies.
  • Oversee building access control.  Authorize the distribution and return of all building keys.   Facilities Management Lock Shop maintains the official key inventory. 
  • Develop building hours and coordinate with University Police.  Coordinate posting of building hours with Facilities Management.
  • Approve building passes during silent hours.
  • Assist Environmental Health & Safety in the coordination of building fire drills.
  • Review all building related crime and incident reports received from University Police Department.
  • Initiate remedial action resulting from regulatory audits.  Assist with escorting of regulatory inspectors if requested.