26B SATURDAY. AUGUST 17, 1996
KU EDITION
LAWRENCE JOURNAL-WORLD
KU upkeep a never-ending job
- KU's kitchen crew helps others eat, drink and be merry.
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Bob Deay, a maintenance worker at Kansas University, checks a boiler at Lewis Hall as part of his daily duties.
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Although you may never see them, Bob Deay and Art Barton are keeping a close eye on the systems that keep Kansas University students' housing stocked with edible food, clean dishes and comfortable rooms.
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Between them, Deay and Barton have a combined 35 years of experience working on maintenance crews for the KU department of student housing. Deay is a plumber II, and Barton is a refrigeration technician.
Together, they keep the residence halls' heating systems, plumbing, refrigerators, ice machines, air-conditioning systems and dozens of other apparatus running efficiently.
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"One hour you're auguring a drain and the next you're sharpening blades on a meat slicer," Barton said.
Deay agrees.
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"About anything that needs fixine, we do it." he said.
Earlier this summer, the maintenance team spent time inspecting the boiler room in Lewis Hall, home to the Ekdahl Dining Commons.
Inside the lower-level room, five pipes flow from a boiler capable of producing 2,587 square feet of steam each hour. The steel boil
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er also pumps the room's temperature past 110 degrees.
Quite a shift from the walk-in freezers they service, with a chill set at 5 degrees below zero.
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"About anything that needs fixing, we do it."
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When you're all sweaty, and it's pretty shocking," Barton said, wiping his brow with a forearm. "But I think we've been here too long to worry about it. It happens. We all do our jobs."
Maintenance work in KU's housing system is no small chore, said Phil Garito, associate director of student housing for maintenance.
Deay and Barton take it all in stride, even when the work
"You can't let those break down," Garito said. "You've got to be able to serve a meal at meal time."
The department has 55 fulltime workers, plus a handful of part-timers, to take care of the major work in KU's seven residence halls, nine scholarship halls and three apartment complexes. The crews' responsibilities include grass mowing, carpentry, plumbing, electrical, refrigeration and heating systems.
Some workers are permanently assigned to particular buildings, to handle day-to-day minor repairs such as changing light bulbs, replacing light fixtures and repairing broken windows. Another 50 on-site custodial employees ensure that areas remain clean and comfortable for students and staffers alike.
But when it comes to major work on units at the dining commons — a complex designed to seat 700 people at a time and serve food to 2,200 people in two hours — officials call in Deay and Barton.
throws them off a normal routine
Last year, Deay was called into the dining commons after midnight. The dishwasher's conveyor belt wasn't working, and nobody wanted to see hundreds of dishes start piling up the next day.
"Some things they can't do without,"
Deay said. "It's kinda hectic at times, but we have to work around meal times."
Barton's work also touches another close-to-home essential: air conditioning. Working on the dining commons' walk-in refrigerators may be important, but climate control is boss.
"They'll call about air conditioning faster than the food, sometimes," Barton said. "They definitely want to be comfortable."
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