About Engineering and Facilities

The Engineering and Facilities Unit is here 24 hours a day, seven days a week providing support services for 2.8 million square feet of Dental, Academic, Research and Clinical Administrative space, 2.5 million square feet of Parking Structures and, upon request, another 2.5 million square feet of Hospital Clinical Facilities. We manage a wide range of maintenance and improvement activities for existing facilities, oversee all aspects of renovation and new construction for the University, and provide leadership in sustainability which includes recycling and waste stream reduction, utilities management, and planned renewal.  Our Unit is organized within  four departments: Business Management, Design and Construction, Facilities Operations and Quality Management. 

The mission of the Engineering and Facilities Unit is to provide excellence in maintaining the physical facilities of the Medical University of South Carolina, in constructing new facilities and in providing long and short-range facilities planning support.  Our goal is to provide service to the Teaching, Research and Clinical efforts in a courteous, efficient and cost effective manner.