East Tennessee State University
Health Sciences Campus/
Clinical Education Center
Snow Removal Plan
January 2009
East Tennessee State University
Health Sciences Campus and Clinical Education Center
Snow Removal Plan
January 2009
Snow and ice removal on all streets, sidewalks, and steps on the Health Sciences Campus
and Clinical Education Center are the responsibility of the Facility Management Office and its
designated contractors. In order to facilitate safe movement of traffic and pedestrians on campus
during inclement weather, the following plan of action will be indicated as outlined in the plan.
NOTIFICATION:
The Associate Vice President of the Facilities Management Office is to provide input as
outlined in the “Inclement Weather Policy”. While decisions are being made on closing, the
Facilities Management Office will put into action the snow removal process as outlined in this
document.
The Associate Vice President of the Facilities Management Office and the Director of
Facilities Operations will jointly and continuously monitor the weather reports for advance
warning of coming winter weathers. The Associate Vice President will have final responsibility
for initiation of the plan.
The assistance of campus security is requested. When a winter storm commences during
the night and the officer in charge foresees that there is going to be a need for snow removal, he
should contact the Director and advise him of the situation. Preferably this should be done by
4:00 a.m. in order for the Associate Director to have time to implement the plan.
Once the decision for implementation has been made, the Associate Director will contact
the maintenance personnel and the appropriate snow removal contractors.
Responsibilities and Duties:
Building and Sidewalk Snow Removal
When notified by the Director, the Associate Director will notify the appropriate
employees and arrange for work to commence by 5:00 a.m. The employees will meet at
Building #119 by 5:00 a.m. before proceeding to their individual work sites. The work will
commence from the main building entrance to the sidewalk. The main sidewalk from each
building to the parking lot will be cleared first. Additional sidewalks and building entrances will
be cleared after the main entrance is cleared. The work will be repeated until the snow stops. Salt
will be applied to all areas subject to icing. Following is the designated work pattern and
responsible employees:
Building
Responsible Employee
1. Clear East entrance
2. Clear West entrance
3. Clear all sidewalks around building
Tracy Harvey
Jeff Taylor
#52
#1, #4, #119, and #178
1. Clear East entrance #119
2. Clear South entrance #1
3. Clear walk between #4 & #119
4. Clear East entrance #1
5. Clear West entrance #119
6. All other walks and access to #1, #4,
and #119
Gary Stevens
Robert Collette
Terry Taylor
Jimmy Moffett
#2
1. Clear South entrance
2. Clear West entrance
3. Clear North entrance
Clinical Education Center
1. Clear East entrance
2. Clear West entrance
3. All other walks and access as required
#6, #7 and #60
1. Clear walks and access areas as required
Emanuel Lewis
Chet Smith
Craig Davis
Tracy Harvey
All of the above
Responsibilities and Duties:
Street and Parking Lot Snow Removal
When notified by the Director, the Associate Director of the Facilities Management
Office will notify the appropriate contractors. The contractors will be required to commence
work by 5:00 a.m. and immediately scrape and salt all streets (4th Street, Maple Ave and Clinical
Education Center). Once the streets have been scraped, the contractor will scrape and salt the
parking lots. If snow is continuing to fall, work will continue as necessary. The contractor is also
responsible for clearing the snow from the parking lots as cars are moved. The initial clearing in
the parking lots is for driveways in the lots. As cars clear out, these crews will double back and
proceed to completely remove snow from the parking areas.
The priority for street and parking lot snow removal should progress as follows:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
Main access to Clinical Education Center from street
North parking area to Clinical Education Center
4th Street, Maple Ave., and Magnolia
Parking lot at building #52
Parking lot at building #119 and #178
Remaining parking area at Clinical Education Center
Parking lot at building #2
Parking lot at building #4
Any remaining areas as required
Responsibilities and Duties:
Sidewalk Snow Removal
When notified by the Director, the Associate Director of the Facilities Management
Office will notify the appropriate contractors and arrange for work to commence by 5:00 a.m.
The contractor will be responsible for scraping the sidewalks up to the building steps. The
sidewalks will be salted as necessary. Facilities Management employees will proceed with snow
removal until their efforts overlap the contractors work. The work will continue as long as the
snow or ice continues to fall.
The priority for the sidewalk snow removal will be as follows:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Clinical Education Center
Building #52 and #178
Building #1, #119, and #4
Building #2
Building #6, #7, and #60
Other areas as required