Hidden Georgia Tech: Fleet Services
By Victor Rogers October 1, 2018
Across the Georgia Tech campus, hidden spaces and forgotten places await rediscovery. Some are relics of an earlier time, difficult to find and explore. Others are very much in view but often overlooked. Hidden Georgia Tech is a photo-essay series highlighting places on campus that are hidden in plain sight.
Fleet Services
The Office of Fleet Services, tucked away at 306 10th Street, is responsible for the maintenance of nearly 850 Georgia Tech vehicles — from street-ready units such as police cars, service trucks, and Stingerettes, to landscaping vehicles and street-legal golf carts. A division of the Facilities Department, Fleet Services handles a range of services including vehicle acquisitions, the campus fueling program, accident management, and vehicle disposal and surplus. The department achieved the Blue Seal of Excellence in 2016 and has maintained this industry standard.
Let’s check under the hood of Fleet Services.
Fleet Services
Photos by Allison Carter
Alan Henry, Automotive Service Excellence (ASE)-certified automotive mechanic, checks the battery voltage as part of preventive maintenance.
John Horne, ASE-certified mechanic, checks the air-conditioning system in a Georgia Tech police car.
Natasha Carter, ASE-certified automotive parts specialist, checks inventory in the parts room.
Fleet Services’ stock room has an inventory of nearly 1,000 different auto parts to keep the vehicles humming.
Glenn Byrd, ASE-certified automotive mechanic, performs a tune-up on a Facilities truck.
The shop is fully stocked, containing nearly any tool needed for vehicle maintenance.
John Horne, ASE-certified mechanic, removes the rim from a tire.
Sam Evans III manages Fleet Services with assistance from Quinae Ford, administrative manager.
A sustainable work request kiosk allows customers to drop off and pick up vehicles without using paper.
Fleet Services has its own fueling station. A fuel card is assigned to each Georgia Tech vehicle.
Student worker and business major Imani Burns keeps track of fuel records. Here, she’s refilling a vehicle.
Fleet Services staff includes four ASE-certified mechanics, including one master ASE-certified mechanic, as well as an administrative manager, an ASE-certified parts specialist, and a student assistant.
Sam Evans III, manager of Fleet Services, is an ASE-certified master automotive mechanic and serves as the Institute’s motor vehicle safety officer.
Fleet Services maintains nearly 850 Georgia Tech vehicles including service trucks, police cars, Stingerettes, landscaping vehicles, and street-legal golf carts.
The department achieved the Blue Seal of Excellence in 2016 and has maintained this industry standard.
Fleet Services received sustainable fleet tier 2 accreditation from NAFA, the fleet management association.
Accreditation means that Tech has successfully demonstrated that a credible sustainability plan is in place and meaningful progress is being made toward reducing emissions and the negative environmental impact.
Fleet Services is located at 306 10th Street.
