Campus Painting Guidelines

Guideline Statement

Reductions in staffing and funding resources have resulted in an as-needed maintenance painting approach. This limited approach addresses only areas needing repainting vs. the painting of all building areas on a fixed cycle. This policy relies on an inspection of potential areas for painting and establishing priorities of painting for the following fiscal year that will fit with available resources.

Purpose/Scope

Quality care of painted surfaces is an important component of a sound facilities maintenance program. The correct type of paint, properly applied, provides an attractive environment, preserves the useful life of building components, and aids in housekeeping. An on-going painting program is essential to ensure that painted surfaces remain in sound condition.

Definitions

Campus - The main SUNY Brockport Campus.

Procedures

1. The Facilities Maintenance Supervisor and Painters will complete inspections. The areas inspected will include lobbies, corridors, restrooms, classrooms, labs, and offices.
2. Faculty, staff and students are not allowed to paint their own space. All painting in campus buildings must be approved by the Facilities Maintenance and Operations department and must be colors from the “SUNY Brockport Color Chart”.
3. Unauthorized painting will result in the department being billed for materials and labor for the repainting of the area back to authorized campus colors.
4. Every effort is made to paint during changes of occupancy when offices are empty, the department must submit a work order through the Facilities Service Center (ext. 2408) as soon as they are aware of the changes.
5. To avoid disrupting activities, large painting jobs are often scheduled for the summer months, holiday and vacation periods, nights or weekends. Painting is often done in conjunction with other planned maintenance in campus spaces.
6. Prepping for painting is a large part of any painting project (scraping, patching holes and sanding) due to uncontrollable circumstances we cannot always do a fine finish, walls and ceilings may contain asbestos and or lead. This becomes a much bigger project involving EHS and Facilities Planning and Construction and, in some situations, it is not feasible to do the project in a timely fashion.
7. For residential hall locations, please refer to Residential Life policies and regulations.

Using the approved interior color palette at SUNY Brockport reduces paint waste and contributes to campus sustainability.

The SUNY Brockport Color Chart