Building Services
Building Services is responsible for the daily cleaning of campus academic, administrative, and residential buildings. Building Services also provides cleaning services in support of special university events and floods. Administrative and academic buildings are cleaned during the first and second shifts Monday through Friday and the third shift Sunday through Thursday. Student housing and Greek housing is cleaned during the first shift, between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., seven days a week.
For a Building Services or housekeeping question or concern, please complete a facilities service request or contact Building Systems Control (BSC) at 615-322-2621.
Building Systems Control (BSC)
Building Systems Control (BSC) is Vanderbilt University's Maintenance and Operation's main control center for monitoring fire alarms, security alarms, and building control systems. The control systems supervisors dispatch personnel and/or contractors to make repairs and modifications. BSC receives on average 80 phone calls a day and generates an average of 400 work orders per month and serves as backup for SIS after hours and on routine service calls during standard business hours.
Please Note: Currently, we do not respond to student or parent requests about temperature control or ventilation in residential houses. Please report these to your Resident Advisor (RA) or using the ReADY application.
Zone Maintenance
The six maintenance zones incorporate the four skilled trades – carpentry, electrical, heating and air conditioning, and plumbing - into geographic areas of responsibility based on building locations, size, and maintenance requirements.
In addition to services for special events and monitoring of contracted services, the trade workers perform the following services for their respective zones:
Submit a Service Request
All work orders should be submitted using the ReADY application. For emergency facilities issues please call 615-322-2621.