Building Coordinator Policy (Policy 9150)
University Policy 9150
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Effective Date
October 2000
Last Revision Date
July 2011
Responsible Party
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, (208) 426-1200
Associate Vice President/Chief Planning and Facilities Officer, (208) 426-1493
Office of Environmental Health and Safety, (208) 426-3999
Scope and Audience
This policy applies to the Office of the Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, all Building Coordinators, and Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) staff.
1. Policy Purpose
This policy was created to establish a process for identifying a Building Coordinator for each campus building and to define the Coordinator’s responsibilities.
2. Policy Statement
The Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, or designee, will identify an administrator in each campus building who represents the majority of the building’s occupants. The administrator will then designate an individual (and alternate) to serve as Building Coordinator. Lists of administrators and Building Coordinators will be maintained by the Campus Environmental Health and Safety office that will arrange for distribution of the lists and training of Building Coordinators.
3. Building Coordinator Responsibilities
3.1 Communication
The Coordinator will be responsible for facilitating communication between building occupants and appropriate campus support units. The Building Coordinator will be the liaison or point of contact to gather facts, receive complaints or concerns, and disseminate information for students, faculty, staff, and visitors who are affected by conditions in the building. This information may relate to changes in building conditions; construction or renovation projects; heating, cooling, and ventilation problems; utility service interruptions; fire alarm system maintenance and testing; indoor air quality; and other environmental health and safety concerns.
3.2 Door Security
Under the direction of the building’s administrative or departmental management, the Coordinator will determine normal opening/closing hours for the building’s exterior doors and all internal doors to offices, classrooms, and laboratories. The Building Coordinator is the liaison between the building’s occupants, custodial services, and University security and will assist these units to ensure exterior and interior door security.
3.3 Emergency Procedures
The Coordinator will assist the Environmental Health and Safety office to develop and maintain emergency action and evacuation procedures for the building, coordinate their dissemination, and schedule evacuation drills within the facility (refer to policy on Emergency Action and Building Evacuation Procedures). When a building alarm sounds or an evacuation is ordered, the Building Coordinator will:
a. Ensure, to the extent practicable, that building emergency action and safe exiting procedures are followed.
b. Direct evacuated building occupants to gather at designated outside safe assembly locations.
c. Report to campus and community emergency personnel, immediately upon their arrival, the exact location of any persons waiting in the building’s rescue areas and all other known details about the emergency situation.
Revision History
June 2004; July 2011