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<div class="box-shadow knowledge-base__content background-white"> <h2 id="field-overview">Overview</h2> <div class="node__overview"><p>Designates Facilities Services as the office responsible for providing all utilities except telephone services and data line connections.</p> </div> <div class="section-panel paragraph paragraph--type--text-block paragraph--view-mode--default" id="paragraph-10446"> <h2>Purpose</h2> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-section-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>This policy designates Facilities Services as the office responsible for providing all utilities except for telephone services and data line connections, and it designates authorization to make repairs or modifications to existing utility systems.</p> </div> </div> <div class="accordion accordion--alt section-panel paragraph paragraph--type--definitions paragraph--view-mode--default" id="paragraph-8571"> <h2>Definitions</h2><dl> <dt class="accordion__title"> <button class="accordion__button" aria-controls="accordion-id-1926" aria-expanded="false" id="accordion-title-1926">Utility Capacity Review</button> </dt> <dd class="accordion__body" id="accordion-id-1926" aria-labelledby="accordion-title-1926"> <p>A review of existing building systems (plumbing, ventilation, steam, electrical, etc.) to determine if existing building utilities are able to accommodate new uses.</p> </dd> </dl> </div> <div class="section-panel paragraph paragraph--type--text-block paragraph--view-mode--default" id="paragraph-11121"> <h2>Policy</h2> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-section-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p><strong>A.</strong> Facilities Services furnishes and distributes the following utilities: water, gas, vacuum, steam, distilled water, electricity, sewage, waste removal, and hot and chilled water. Generally, there is no charge for utilities provided to departments unless usage is considered above normal and unless otherwise negotiated with building occupants. The Medical Center and auxiliary enterprises are recharged for utilities.</p> <p><strong>B.</strong> Facilities Services is solely responsible for utility maintenance, coordination of planned shutdowns, and capacity reviews.</p> <p><strong>C.</strong> Repairs or alterations on any utility systems shall be coordinated by Facilities Services.</p> <p><strong>D.</strong> A utility capacity review should be conducted by the applicable department before purchasing equipment that has the potential to overload existing utility systems. It is the responsibility of departments to determine if the proposed equipment can be operated using existing utilities; the most common concern is whether adequate electrical power is available. Departments are encouraged to contact Facilities Services to conduct a utility review as part of their purchasing procedures. Failure to correctly determine a component's utility capacity may result in extra delays, expense, or inability to install the equipment.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section-panel paragraph paragraph--type--text-block paragraph--view-mode--default" id="paragraph-9801"> <h2>Responsibilities</h2> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-section-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Contact Responsible Office (see above) with any questions.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section-panel paragraph paragraph--type--text-block paragraph--view-mode--default" id="paragraph-9196"> <h2>References</h2> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-section-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><ul> <li><a href="http://campuslifeservices.ucsf.edu/facilities/">UCSF Campus Life Services Facilities Services Website</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="views-element-container"><div role="group" class="view view-meta-byline view-id-meta_byline view-display-id-block_1 js-view-dom-id-e3881368a407506ea26afca39d72430b382876ab66164c448d6e86c4ddf64be1"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="meta-byline"><div class="meta-byline-row"><h2 class="meta-byline-title">Subject area</h2><p><a href="/taxonomy/term/2011" hreflang="en">Physical Facilities</a></p></div><div class="meta-byline-row"><h2 class="meta-byline-title">Policy number</h2><p>600-23</p></div><div class="meta-byline-row"><h2 class="meta-byline-title">Responsible office</h2><p><a href="/taxonomy/term/2006" hreflang="en">Financial and Administrative Services</a></p></div><div class="meta-byline-row"><h2 class="meta-byline-title">Primary content owner</h2><p><a href="/taxonomy/term/2001" hreflang="en">Campus Life Services</a></p></div><div class="meta-byline-row"><h2 class="meta-byline-title">Effective</h2><p><time datetime="1992-01-01T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">January 1, 1992</time> </p></div><div class="meta-byline-row"><h2 class="meta-byline-title">Reviewed</h2><p><time datetime="2015-09-01T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">September 1, 2015</time> </p></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <section class="background-gray related-text-block l-container"> <div class="related-text-block-section"> <div id="field-related-sections" class="related"> <h2 class="related__title">Related Information</h2> <ul class="related__info"> <li><a href="/policy/650-15" hreflang="en">650-15: Population Definition</a></li> <li><a href="/policy/600-22" hreflang="en">600-22: Access to Building Mechanical Rooms and Electrical Vaults</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </section> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> </main> <footer class="footer"> <a href="/" rel="home" title="Campus Administrative Policies homepage" class="footer__logo"> <img src="/themes/custom/echo/images/logos/policies-logo.svg" alt="Campus Administrative Policies homepage" height="53" width="189"/> </a> <div class="footer__menus"> <nav aria-label="Footer" class="footer__columns"> </nav> </div><nav class="footer__legal" aria-label="Legal Information"> <p class="footer__copyright">漏 2024 The Regents of the University of California</p> <ul class="footer__legal-nav"> <li> <a href="https://www.ucsf.edu/accessibility-resources">Accessibility</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.ucsf.edu/website-privacy-policy">Privacy Policy</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://websites.ucsf.edu/website-terms-use">Terms of Use</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://websites.ucsf.edu/azlist">A-Z Website List</a> </li> </ul> </nav> </footer> </div> </div> <script type="application/json" data-drupal-selector="drupal-settings-json">{"path":{"baseUrl":"\/","pathPrefix":"","currentPath":"node\/1276","currentPathIsAdmin":false,"isFront":false,"currentLanguage":"en"},"pluralDelimiter":"\u0003","suppressDeprecationErrors":true,"google_analytics":{"account":"UA-1557428-4","trackOutbound":true,"trackMailto":true,"trackTel":true,"trackDownload":true,"trackDownloadExtensions":"7z|aac|arc|arj|asf|asx|avi|bin|csv|doc(x|m)?|dot(x|m)?|exe|flv|gif|gz|gzip|hqx|jar|jpe?g|js|mp(2|3|4|e?g)|mov(ie)?|msi|msp|pdf|phps|png|ppt(x|m)?|pot(x|m)?|pps(x|m)?|ppam|sld(x|m)?|thmx|qtm?|ra(m|r)?|sea|sit|tar|tgz|torrent|txt|wav|wma|wmv|wpd|xls(x|m|b)?|xlt(x|m)|xlam|xml|z|zip"},"user":{"uid":0,"permissionsHash":"8b0c82fd0976c61ca946eb928a0694c6243d71b5847c948f050a493eaa6afd99"}}</script> <script src="/sites/policies.ucsf.edu/files/js/js_Aco2iilEAxNSDcEu_WOumNU4H6LnJPwo7xmDA9q-7kI.js?scope=footer&delta=0&language=en&theme=echo&include=eJxljlEOAiEQQy9E4EhkFhoWHRgyA27W02v0Q6M_TfuaNCUzzFj7BWmKhmTmRTMUOXK16ei_H8I1VVicB-hqrogURqROfM6aLPwCZ6dNtLCRwSHt8uUazKjA3qmwbMQuiSJ00UZc73C3isPCS32TvBhukFJRGruFrGsQ-w_xq4-1Pd_vyO_ZLhkP7r9bHQ"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> /*<![CDATA[*/ (function() { var sz = document.createElement('script'); 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