The Physical Plant Department

Kettering University's Campus Center Building
The Physical Plant department is a service oriented organization that provides a wide range of services for the campus community including campus safety; custodial; grounds; room scheduling; plant maintenance including carpentry/locks, painting, plumbing, electrical, heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration; and operational services including audio/visual, moving, printing, shipping & receiving, storage, and transportation.

Additionally, Physical Plant provides a variety of services to the campus community in the areas of capital improvement, capital expansion, architectural, engineering, environmental services, and project management.  Physical Plant is responsible for the coordination of construction project activities between University user groups, professional services firms, and contractors during all stages of project planning through construction.

Further, Physical Plant provides administrative services for design development of capital projects and performs all aspects of project contract management for capital and on-going major maintenance projects.

What's New

You can now request work orders from custodial, grounds and maintenance personnel by email. Send your requests to physplant@kettering.edu to automatically generate a work order in the FootPrints system. The system will send an email back to you verifying your request.

Please include the following in your request:

- contact name and phone number
- room number and building where the work is to be done
- nature of your request

If you're unsure of the room number where the work is to be done, visit Campus Maps & Plans.