What We Do
We provide maintenance, repairs and care for the campus landscape and exterior facilities to provide an attractive, safe and well-maintained outdoor environment for our community.
Our Work Includes
- Mowing, fertilizing, weeding, planting and pruning
- Maintaining lawns, trees, plants and shrubs
- Construction and repair of landscape additions
- Installation and maintenance of irrigation and drainage systems
- Collection and transportation of campus recycling and refuse
- Maintenance of roads, walks and parking lots
- Snow and ice removal
- Responding to all critical and weather-related emergencies
Inclement Weather Information
When weather may adversely impact college operations, we remind everyone about the suspended operations policy, as well as closure policies and procedures.
For Olympia's residential campus, the college’s normal policy is to remain open during inclement weather. Individuals are to assess their personal safety before traveling to campus.
Certain aspects of these policies are particularly important to keep in mind:
- For the Olympia Campus, Executive Leadership will make the decision to suspend operations, close all or portions of the campus. For the Tacoma Campus, weather-related closures will align with the direction of the Tacoma School District.
- It is the employee’s responsibility to check one of the available resources to determine if the college is open or closed before reporting to work. Resources include signing up for Omnilert campus notifications, local radio and television stations, the college's website and the college's main information line at (360) 867-6000. Every attempt will be made to make and communicate these decisions before 6 am and before 3 pm for evening classes. If the conditions where you live are such that you are not able to report to work or must report to work late, you should notify your supervisor as soon as possible.
- Evergreen’s situation is not the same as other educational institutions in the area. For instance, we have a large base of students living on campus. It is possible that Evergreen will remain open on days when other institutions may be closed.
- When the college is closed, no academic programs should be in session. However, on days when the college has chosen to remain open, faculty in some programs may decide not to have class. For instance, the faculty may know that there are a number of students driving significant distances to attend class and may cancel class.