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The St Lucia Grounds Section is responsible for the maintenance of the grounds and playing fields and other University properties around the Brisbane area. This area comes under the responsibility of the Senior Supervisor Grounds, St Lucia Campus. The main functions in the two main areas, grounds and playing fields, is as follows:

Grounds

Responsibilities include:

     »     lawn maintenance (mowing, edging, fertilising & irrigating);
»     designing and constructing small landscapes for construction projects;
»     installing and maintaining irrigation systems for grounds and playing fields;
»     maintaining gardens and landscaped areas (eg. planting, pruning, weeding, fertilising, mulching, brush cutting, cleaning-up and edging);
»     tree maintenance, transplanting and removal;
»     organising plant decorations (eg. for graduation ceremonies, open days etc.);
»     weed and external pest control (eg. pesticide and herbicide spraying);
»     clean up of litter and debris;
»     road, footpath and carpark maintenance;
»     road sweeping, path and pavement cleaning, traffic control signage;
»     emergency clean-ups;
»     lake maintenance & local wildlife welfare; and
»     cleaning of surface drains.



Playing Fields

Responsibilities include:

     »     mowing of ovals;
»     surface renovation (eg. scarifying, aerating, top dressing);
»     spraying & fertilising;
»     line-marking;
»     repairs to sporting facilities (eg. softball mounds, hockey nets, perimeter fences, cricket sight screens etc.);
»     cricket wicket preparation and maintenance ( UQ has 3 highly rated wickets); and
»     special sporting requests.


A Landscape Management Plan has been developed for the St Lucia campus to ensure that the grounds are maintained at a high standard to provide an environment conducive to the learning process.



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Contact Information:
Main Office: St Lucia Campus - Gardeners Compound
Phone: 336 52747
Fax: 336 51900
Email: grounds@pf.uq.edu.au


Key Contacts (ph):
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336 52747
Curator 336 57353
Supervisor Grounds 336 57353

Other Related Contacts/Services (ph):
For Grounds work requests please contact P& F Works Control Centre Works Control - 336 52222
For permission to use University grounds for functions /BBQs etc. please contact P& F Security Section Security - 336 51129
For Gatton or Ipswich Grounds info/requests contact the P& F Gatton  Grounds Section Gatton Grounds - 50435 (54601435)
Sorry... P&F does not manage Gatton & Ipswich ovals & grounds hire - contact Gatton Halls of Residence 50712 (54601712)
Sorry ... but P& F does not manage the hire of ovals or playing fields facilities.  Please contact UQ Sport
336 56612