Director - Ed Foster 474-6887 efoster@fs.uaf.edu
Supervisor - Darrin 'Bear' Edson 474-7000
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Lead Person: Paul Dick
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Our mission is to establish and maintain the appearance, function, and safety of the campus grounds at all times.
"Every day, 365 days a year, someone comes to the campus for the first time. Their first and lasting impression
is our responsibility!"
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Shop Summary
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The Roads and Grounds Shop consists of full time and student employees
with the student employee numbers fluctuating depending on the time of year and the workload.
The roads crew's primary duty is to maintain and clean the university's streets and parking lots by performing asphalt
repair and pothole patching, sweeping and cleaning, and sanding and snow removal. There are approximately eight miles
of roadway and 52 parking lots covering over 1,000,000 square feet..
The shop's heavy equipment and operators assist other divisions within Facilities Services as well as the university
community. Some of the excavation tasks include trench digging, laying new power lines, repairing hydrants, locating
broken water lines, sloping grounds for proper drainage, and moving materials into the ecosystem dump site. Other tasks
include moving large equipment.
Routine assistance is provided to the grounds crew for landscaping projects include assistance with creating flowerbeds,
clearing trees, establishing pathways, repairing lawn mowers, weed whips, snow blowers and handcarts.
The grounds crew plans and institutes new ideas to improve the aesthetics of the campus while working in conjunction
with other organizations/committees' including the Ruth Hewitt Landscape Committee, Trails Committee, Master Planning
Committee, and "Artscape" themed grounds projects, which tie in with the local community.
In the summer, the grounds crew maintains the University's 2,200 acres of landscape by mowing, irrigating, fertilizing,
top dressing, aerating, edging and pruning. In the greenhouse, over 50,000 annual flowers and plants are raised,
cultivated, and maintained by the horticulturist. The flowers are planted in 109 flowerbeds and numerous flower boxes
and hanging baskets throughout campus. Tree and brush trimming and clearing is performed throughout the summer with
the debris transported to the Ecology Dump site, which is also maintained by the grounds crew.
In the winter, the first priority of the grounds crew is to ensure the safety of the campus community by performing
snow/ice removal and maintaining traction control on walking and driving surfaces. Handicap accessibility is critical
so walkways, handicap ramps and parking spaces are the first to be addressed. There are over 168 exterior stairways
with over 1,700 steps to clear and approximately eight miles of walkways on campus.
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Staff Directory
Parking Lot Headbolt Outlet Schedule
Parking Lot Maintenance & Snow Removal Schedule
Short Growing Season. . . Long Hours (249KB PDF)
(Courtesy of Walker Manufacturing Company)
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