University of Tasmania, Australia

Property Services is responsible for maintaining the University’s buildings and associated fixed plant and equipment. If you need to report a problem with any of the facilities or services in your workplace, building or campus grounds, contact the authorised work request officer in your section/school or contact the Work Request Desk on +61 3 6226 2816 (south) or +61 3 6324 3637 (north).

Work requests

You can request a number of services through the Work Request System (authorised officers only) including:

• heating, plumbing or airconditioning maintenance
• furniture removal or set up
• minor carpentry work
• locksmith services
• emergency cleaning (flooding, spills)

If you are not an authorised work request officer and you wish to access the electronic Work Request System, please complete the New User Request form (PDF 15.8KB) and forward it to Property Services on fax +61 3 6226 2797 or Private Box 35.

For building work requests, see the building works information for UTAS clients page.

Priority ratings

Faults may be classified with priority ratings of immediate, urgent or standard. There are specific response times and completion times for each priority rating.

Contacts for information on the progress of work

When you put in a work request on the Work Request System, you will receive a work request number and a Property Services contact. For enquiries about the progress of work requests, please call or email the Property Services contact. If you do not receive a response from the Property Services contact, please call the Work Request Desk on +61 3 6226 2816 (south) or +61 3 6324 3637 (north and Cradle Coast).

More information

Information about the University’s maintenance plans and procedures is available from:

Troy Finearty (south) on +61 3 6226 2694.

Michael Bird (north) on +61 3 6324 3767.