Certain services are not provided. The Department cannot provide orthopedic backboards that should be prescribed by physicians, repair personal property, or store or receive personal property shipped to the University. We can unexpectedly run out of spare parts and supplies. Some purchases are delayed in shipment. Most often, work may need to be coordinated between work crews or scheduled sometime in the near future to best use available staff or avoid disruptions to residents.
Some repairs are deferred, and so it appears they are never corrected.
This could be our choice. Other repairs are held until sufficient funds are accumulated. Minor damage to furniture surfaces may wait several years until we schedule a refinishing program for solid wood lacquered pieces or schedule large-scale replacement of desk or dresser tops. We complete over 35,000 work orders a year and several thousand jobs each summer to prepare the halls for fall opening.