About

Mission Statement

The Physical plant department's mission is to provide the best possible physical environment to sustain the spiritual, academic, domestic and athletic lifestyle of students at Hope College.

We will accomplish this mission by:

• Providing well designed, well constructed, attractive, comfortable and clean facilities and grounds.
  
• Providing all of the necessary services to support the students, faculty and staff.
  
• Always striving to do what is best for the employees, students and the College on a basis that is the most equitable for all three partners.

Structure

Our campus is situated on 91 acres in a residential area next to the downtown of Holland, Michigan. The campus includes:

• 31 Academic/Administrative buildings (1,124,528 sq. ft)
• 24 Dorms/Apartments (461,300 sq. ft)
• 72 Cottages (College owned or leased student homes (148,363 sq. ft)
• 11 Rentals/Leases (57,082 sq. ft)
• Approximately 3,000 students (2,200 in campus housing)

Physical plant’s team consists of a Director, Operations manager; indoor and outdoor project managers and an office Assistant.

A maintenance manager with 11 trade’s personnel. A grounds manager with three grounds keepers.

Six custodial managers with 39 full time and 9 part time custodians, setup coordinator, and two campus service personnel.

One more vital part is all the students that help out the team through the entire year.