Welcome to the Plant Department
The Plant Department is responsible for the operation and maintenance of all Board owned and operated property, buildings, structures, and grounds, and it is our mission within the Plant Department to provide the Board and the community with clean, healthy, safe, secure, well-maintained, and attractive schools. Our goal is to furnish an overall environment that promotes the educational process. It is very important that parents, students, staff, and our community be able to take pride in each and every one of our school sites.
The department is responsible for the everyday cleaning of almost 10 million square feet of building space, maintaining over 1,000 acres of landscaping, and conducting maintenance repairs at our 144 schools and 2 support facilities.
Through preventive and routine operating and maintenance, renovation, and refurbishment, the Plant Department:
· maximizes operational effectiveness by minimizing service disruptions and system failures,
· extends the useful life of our facilities and equipment, and
· maintains and improves the aesthetic qualities of our facilities.
We work continuously to develop, implement, and execute preventive maintenance programs and ensure cleaning and maintenance work is completed as scheduled.
The Plant Department is also responsible for classifying and processing all permits for the community use of schools, co-ordinating all portable classroom relocations, school emergency procedures, evacuation plans, master drawings and equipment records for all facilities.
The Plant Department of the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board is under the direction of Roland Lawton, General Manager of Physical Plant Facilities. The General Manager is responsible for overall leadership and direction of operations, building maintenance, grounds work, facility renovation, security, and use of facilities and property owned or operated by the Board.
The Plant Department is comprised of four individual, but closely related departments as follows:
· Custodial and Office Services, under the direction of
Richard Moriah, Manager of Custodial and Office Services, is responsible for the day-to-day operation of the Custodial Services Department that includes custodial substitute scheduling, snow plowing, garbage collection, grass cutting, pest and rodent management, mold and mildew mitigation, custodial training, and permits for facility use.
· Maintenance Services, under the direction of
Douglas Duncombe, Manager of Maintenance Services, is responsible for the day-to-day operation of the centralized maintenance repair shops that include building trades, heating, ventilation and air conditioning mechanics, plumbers, electricians, control technicians, roofing, painting, life safety equipment and all associated physical facility equipment, energy management, and systems replacements and renovations.
· Infrastructure Renovations, Landscaping and Grounds, under the direction of
Marshall Morgan, Project Supervisor, is responsible for building modifications to meet the demands of the changing system and building demographics, E6 and E7 school initiated upgrades and modifications, landscaping, ground renovations, and paved surface renewal.
· Security, under the direction of
Minaz Jivraj, Security Officer, is responsible for the day-to-day and continued security of Board facilities, emergency procedures, the photo identification system, and facility access.