Carpentry Shop

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The Carpentry Shop is responsible for maintaining and supporting all of Boston College's non-electrical and mechanical building infratructure needs such as:

    • Window and door operations and fixed security systems
    • Ceiling and wall systems and maintenance
    • Countertops and bathroom fixtures
    • Roof and basement systems
    • Common area finishes
    • Exterior building finishes and entries
    • Campus wide exterior fixed structures

Specifically, some of the Carpentry Shop responsibilities by area include:




Residence Halls

The Carpenter Shop takes great pride in its contributions in making our student Residence Hall infrastructure a safe and operationally conducive environment for learning. Through the Work Order Center, the Shop makes timely repairs to mitigate any issues that may arise throughout the students’ stay. On a larger scale, the Carpenter Shop performs wholesale renovation and repair of items including tile floors, kitchen cabinet upgrades, bathroom renovations, etc. The Carpentry Shop also manages all window red tab security screen installations throughout the Residence Halls.


Academic, Administrative and Athletic Facilities

The Carpentry Shop performs general infrastructure maintenance work to all buildings on campus. The Carpentry Shop personnel are qualified to perform all types of repairs, maintenance and renewal work that supports the administrative and teaching needs of the the Boston College Community. Services range from hanging pictures to repairing classroom technology housing cabinet systems are routinely performed by this group.


Special Events Support

In addition to its routine duties, the Carpenter Shop performs a variety of support functions for all groups on campus as well as activities managed by the Bureau of Conferences. For example, the shop supports: student move-in and move-out; Convocation; Pops on the Heights; Parents Weekend; athletic events; Commencement; Alumni Weekend; and summer programming. The Carpenter Shop fabricated the Remembrance Wall for the University's September 11th services, and the shop fabricated the table for the latest Church in the 21st Century event at Conte Forum. These behind the scenes activities are just a few examples of how the Shop supports the mission of Boston College.


Lock Shop

The Lock Shop oversees all lock maintenance. Their responsibility includes maintaining key and combination distribution. Issues relating to the distribution of keys can be addressed to the Work Order Center to ensure referral to the appropriate personnel.

Any request for lock changes are made after departmental review and approval.