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title: Departmental Equipment
description: "Facilities & Operations is not funded to maintain or repair departmental equipment. However, Facilities & Operations has the expertise to perform maintenance and repair tasks on a variety of equipment. This work is performed at customer expense. Some of the…"
url: "https://fo.umich.edu/fosg/departmental-equipment/"
updated: "2025-12-10"
category: D
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# Departmental Equipment

Facilities & Operations is not funded to maintain or repair departmental equipment. However, Facilities & Operations has the expertise to perform maintenance and repair tasks on a variety of equipment. This work is performed at customer expense.

Some of the services provided by Facilities & Operations are:

- Welding or brazing broken equipment
- Office furniture repair (partitions, file cabinets, etc.)
- Refinishing furniture
- Re-key desks, cabinets, controls, safes, etc.
- Install and repair electrical key switches controlling equipment
- Replace frayed electrical cords

Please check with the Facilities Service Center at 647-2059 or [requests.fo.umich.edu](https://requests.fo.umich.edu) to see if we can help with your departmental equipment concern.