Estate & Built Environment (EBE) Operations

The Estate & Built Environment (EBE) Operations Department is responsible for the day to day maintenance and strategic management of UNE's built assets. Operations staff provide a technical advisory service to the University's Capital Development Department and the University at large.

What We Do......

The Operations Department provides the following services:

  • The routine and strategic repair and maintenance of all UNE infrastructure — buildings, mechanical, electrical and hydraulic services, heating, ventilating and cooling services, underground services, roads and car parks, grounds and gardens etc — by EBE workshop staff and external contractors.
  • Management of the UNE's mandatory reporting obligations with respect to the use of specific systems, and equipment — lifts and elevators, fume cupboards, Legionella reporting, exit and emergency lighting, electrical safety devices, hydraulic safety devices, pressure vessels etc.
  • Management of the UNE's utility usage, and implementation of strategies to reduce it.
  • Management of the University's responsibilities surrounding asbestos containing materials.
  • Provision of a technical advisory service to the EBE Capital Development Department and the University in general.

Carpentry

Our carpenters are responsible for:

  • Repairs to doors and windows
  • Cut keys and lock repairs
  • Repair all locks and door closers
  • Install pin boards and white boards
  • Repair broken glass
  • Fly screen repairs
  • Wall repairs
  • Room alterations
  • Concreting
  • External building repairs
  • Building and door signage
  • Minor office furniture repairs
  • Repairs and construction office partitions/ workstations
  • Installation of book shelves
  • Internal and external painting

    Door Signs

    When ordering door signs please ensure that the following information is provided as part of the request to ensure that there are no hold ups with the production or deliver of the sign.

  • The room number
  • The title of the person
  • The correct spelling of the persons name
  • The GL cost code

    To order a door sign either email the above details to the EBE Help Desk at ef-maint@une.edu.au or login to Archibus & order the sign direct. Door signs can not be ordered over the phone.

Electrical

Electrical Services are responsible for the maintenance and operation of the campus buildings' lifts, lighting systems, path lighting, power supply systems and all electrical equipment.

If you are experiencing problems with a faulty light or power point or switch, circuit breaker tripping, leaking zip mini boilers, then our electrical services will repair the problem.

Grounds and Gardens

The Grounds and Gardens Service is responsible for:

  • Turf maintenance: mowing, trimming, fertilising, watering, etc.
  • Tree and shrubbery maintenance: planting, watering, pruning, fertilising, etc.
  • Landscaping around existing buildings
  • Athletic field preparation and maintenance
  • Maintenance and restoration of heritage curtilages
  • Minor road and parking lot repairs
  • Native bushland regeneration.
Mechanical

Mechanical Services are responsible for the maintenance and operation of the campus buildings' heating, ventilation systems and provides welding and general mechanical repairs.

If you are experiencing a problem with the heating in your room or a noisy fan then Mechanical Services will repair the problem.

Plumbing

Our plumbers provide a maintenance and fixing service to the following:

  • Dripping taps / sink repairs
  • Roof leaks
  • Leaking toilets
  • Blocked gutters and downpipe repairs
  • Blocked sewer and stormwater pits
  • Leaking water mains and external pipes
  • Gas smells and gas heater repairs
  • Domestic hot water repairs
  • Repairs and service to thermostatic mixing valves
  • Repairs and service to back flow prevention devices
  • Grease traps and dilution sumps (laboratory).
Refrigeration

Our refrigeration service is responsible for the maintenance and operation of the campus:

  • refrigeration systems
  • chiller plant,
  • air conditioning (cooling)
  • freezer and cool rooms and general repairs of the same.

Heating

Turn on heating when:

  • Bellevue campus – minimum mean average temperature between 15:00 to 10:00 over a 7 day period falls below 13°C at the 80th percentile (13°C + thermal mass heating = 16°C)
  • Academic campus – minimum mean average temperature between 15:00 to 10:00 over a 10 day period falls below 13°C at the 80th percentile (13°C + thermal mass + clothing = 20°C)

Turning off heating:

  • Bellevue campus – minimum mean average temperature between 15:00 to 10:00 over a 7 day period above 13°C at the 80th percentile (13°C + thermal mass heating = 16°C)
  • Academic campus – minimum mean average temperature between 15:00 to 10:00 over a 10 day period above 13°C at the 80th percentile (13°C + thermal mass + clothing = 20°C)