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How to Submit Requests for Grounds Services

For service requests relating to landscape maintenance, grounds maintenance, refuse disposal, snow/ice removal, and other routine Grounds services, you can contact the Grounds Department by any of the following methods:

Telephone:
753-1479
Fax:
753-6290, Attention: Grounds Department
Mail to:
Grounds Department
E-Mail:
dgrayson@niu.edu

For service requests relating to special events and non-routine services, you will have to provide an account number in order to pay for the services. In these cases, a work order request should be submitted to the Work Order Desk.

 


Grounds Department

NIU Grounds is responsible for the overall maintenance of the NIU main campus to provide an attractive, enjoyable, and safe environment for students, faculty, staff, and visitors.

Landscape Maintenance

Landscape maintenance services includes the following:

  • Maintenance of lawns and plant material (including mowing, trimming, and weeding)
  • Replacing trees, shrubs and flowers
  • Landscaping and site amenities
  • Fertilizing
  • Exterior pest control
  • Irrigation
  • Greenhouse services including maintenance of nursery

Landscape Construction

Planting, removing and replacing trees, shrubs and flowers, and sitework including sodding, seeding and renovation of turf.

Grounds Maintenance

Grounds maintenance services includes the following:

  • Control of litter and coordination of trash dumpster pickup.
  • Cleaning of streets, sidewalks, and parking lots.
  • Maintenance of outdoor furniture, signs, and fences
  • Paving, patching of streets and sidewalks
  • Maintenance of athletic fields

Snow/Ice Removal

Snow and ice removal for sidewalks, roads, delivery and unloading zones, and parking lots.

  • Note: Generally, the Building Services Department (753-1147) is responsible for snow removal from building entrances up to approximately 10 feet from the building entrance.

Other Services

Other services includes the following:

  • Special campus events held on NIU grounds
  • Special events held on NIU grounds by various organizations
  • Support services for NIU craft and other NIU service departments
  • Providing of barricades, fencing, and trash barrels
  • Providing of benches and exterior cigarette urns