The Office of Facilities Management

The Housekeeping Department

A Division of Support Services
Phone Number: (215) 204-8460

Our mission is to provide a clean, sanitary and orderly environment throughout the Main, Health Sciences Center, Tyler, Ambler and Podiatric Medicine Campuses.

Each University building has a daily housekeeping schedule for trash and/or recycling pickup, floor maintenance, restroom, public area, lounge and classroom cleaning. Offices, labs, public area window washing, furniture cleaning and carpet shampooing are scheduled periodically. Frequencies are based on traffic and resources. Areas to be cleaned often have limited access. Please notify the housekeeping department to schedule service. Normally, the Facilities budget will pay for this cleaning except when the scope and requested scheduling arrangements exceed normally assigned resources.
 

 Services routinely furnished:
Pest Extermination

Recycling program management and implementation

Cleaning and policing of public areas, restrooms, classrooms, lecture halls, showers and lockers

Pool cleaning/maintenance

Refuse removal

Public area furniture maintenance, repair, and replacement (resources permitting)

Window treatment replacement, (confined to vertical blinds, shades, curtains and drapes) charged to the requesting department

 Flooring maintenance and replacement (resources permitted), shampooing public area carpets (scheduled)

Interior graffiti removal within 24 hours of its report

Comprehensive special event support

Snow removal (When it snows, our primary priority is on snow removal and lobby policing (safety), priority cleaning occurs in classrooms, restrooms, and lounges. Cleaning of offices and administrative areas is normally suspended).

Scheduled periodic cleaning of offices, research labs, walls and windows

How to contact your campus Housekeeping Department:

 

CAMPUS
PHONE 
SHIFT COVERAGE
Main Campus - all buildings
1-8460
 Monday to Friday 24 hour coverage, Saturday and Sunday 1:00p.m. to 9:00p.m.
Dental School 
2-2845
 Monday to Thursday 7:00a.m. to 4:00p.m. and 10:00p.m. to 6:30a.m., Friday 7:00a.m. to 6:30a.m. (Saturday morning) 
Health Sciences Center - Parkinson Pavilion, Academic and Auxiliary buildings 2-3259 or 2-3138 Monday to Friday day and evening shift coverage
Ambler Campus - all buildings
3-1320
 Monday to Friday 6:00a.m. to 3:00p.m.
Tyler Campus 
4-2734
 Monday to Friday 6:00a.m. to 3:00p.m.
Podiatry Campus
625-5240
 Monday to Friday 10:00a.m. to 11:30p.m., Saturday 12:00p.m. to 4:00p.m.
Temple Hospital, TUCMC, GSB and CCC
2-3110
 Seven days a week, 24 hour coverage

We are responsible for the appearance of our buildings. Please let us know when you see problems, call us at 1-8460 or email us repairs@temple.edu.

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