Please e-mail all requests to . That will ensure your needs are properly handled. We are located in the Jack Baskin Engineering Building (JBEB), room 399C. We are located inside the doors opposite the elevator on the third floor, third door on the right.
| Title | Name/Contact | Duties |
|
Director of Laboratories and Facilities |
Robert Vitale Director of Laboratories and Facilities Electrical Engineer 831-459-3794 (Office) 831-596-5360 (Mobile) Baskin Engineering, Room 349 via appointment on CruzTime; M-F 9am - 6pm |
Area Manager Facilities & Instructional Labs; Engineering & Design, Budget, Planning |
| Facilities Coordinator | Jeffrey Duncan Facilities Manager 831-459-5710 (Office) Baskin Engineering, Room 399C 7:30AM to 4PM |
Staff Supervision, physical plant & moves coordination, Construction activities |
| Security Administrator | Al McGuire Door Access & Key Administrator 831-459-4878 Baskin Engineering, Room 399C Monday - Friday, 1pm-3pm |
door lock systems, telephone & data connection ordering, emergency planning |
| Technican | Robert Spurgeon Baskin Engineering Facilities Baskin Engineering, Room 399C |
repairs, maintenance, minor modifications, furniture setups, transports |
| Student Staff | Justin Lewis | assistance with maintenance, modifications, furniture moves |
| Student Staff | open | assistance with maintenance, modifications, furniture moves |
Assistance with maintenance, transport, recycling, cleanroom cleaning Student Intern Carey Laurent assistance with maintenance, transport, recycling, cleanroom cleaning
Please consult our emergency prepareness and evacuation page for detailed information.
Our office is the source for ordering and making changes to phone service. Pleases e-mail your requests 15 days in advance to our ticketing system e-mail address listed above. There is a minimum 10 day lead-time for campus telcom after we recieve all of your information. The additional days are to account for chasing down information campus telcom requires prior to taking order.
On your e-mail, please provide
Ericsson digital phones are available for purchase.
Whether it be moving, new purchases, repairs, disposal or ergonomic adjustments, e-mail your questions to our ticketing system e-mail address listed above. We have limited funding and very limited off-campus storage space. We have a few assorted furniture items on hand and may be able to fill your request quickly.
New furniture purchases require a long lead-time, as much as 12 weeks, for delivery. As soon as you recognize the need for new furniture contact us to begin the ordering process. Baskin SoE has developed a standard range of components and colors for furniture. We can select from this standard and assist you wherever possible.
Deliveries/Receiving - All deliveries should go to BSOE/BELS (Baskin Engineering Lab Support) Recieving located in Room 40 of Jack Baskin Engineering Building (JBEB). In CruzBuy this delivery location is coded SOERCV. Review delivery web page for more specifics. BEFORE ordering anything of size or weight, such as laser tables, freezers, large lab equipment, please e-mail BSOE facilities at: .
Caution: If shipping anything with lithium batteries, dry ice, biological samples or other hazardous materials, you must ship via the EH&S Dept. These shipments require special packing, handling and documentation for truck and air freight shipments. Failure to follow proper protocols can result in large fines from the United States Department of Homeland Defense.
Requests to move furniture, office contents, and lab equipment should be e-mailed to our ticketing system . For major lab moves, we ask for 30 days advanced notice. For office moves, 20 days notice is needed. Most of this time is for telephone moves which require 15 days advance notice.
In advance of your move we will visit with you to discuss your needs and expectations. We prepare a scripted move list for the workers to follow and, as much as possible, clearly tag every item and location. We have developed an information form to help you prepare for the move, and we provide tags for tagging your items. We will bring these things to you upon request. We will provide boxes.
For efficiency and safety the movers request that you not be present during a move. With our preparations and proper labeling everything should go smoothly and quickly.
We will help you prepare space for setup and moves. Where we have them, we will provide floor plans.
All extra cubical parts and extra furniture after a move or office/lab reconfiguration is completed will be absorbed into the common BSOE furniture pool and placed in BSOE storage. This common pool is used for future adjustments in office/lab furnishings Schoolwide. Departments, Laboratories and ORUs are not provisioned with storage space for spares/extra furniture.
Computer moves & relocations are handled by the IT Staff (techstaff). If you need a computer moved or setup, please login to the IT request system: itrequest.ucsc.edu or e-mail . All computer equipment is evaluated for internal reuse by BSOE, then campus units. Any computer equipment with UC or Grantor agency property tags needs to have an EMIR completed before transfer or surplus.
Please e-mail . Laboratory equipment needs to be evaluated on a case by case basis for EH&S clearance and equipment management.
Prior to disgarding used laboratory equipment, the lab is obligated to ensure the equipment is clean and free of any contaimination. Please see EH&S Checklist for refrigerators, freezers or other equipment (incubators, specialty cabinets,
etc) previously used to store biological, chemical, or radioactive materials. Checklist must be followed and EH&S approval given before removal from premises. It is equally important the process of cleaning and check by EH&S be documented to ensure compliance with applicable laws and policies.
Please e-mail . Laboratory refrigrators and freezers have a special disposal procedure. This procedure was developed from PBSci Facilities operations.