The university integrates 4 services departments into a general administration of facilities
His Excellency, King Khalid University Rector, Prof. Faleh bin Reja Allah Al-Solami, ordered to merger the General Administration of Operation and Maintenance, the Transportation Department, the Engineering Affairs Department outside the University City in Al-Qara'a, and the Nutrition Department, under one public administration affiliated to the University Agency in the name of the General Administration of Facilities.
This merging comes within the national trend to shift from of operation and maintenance concept to facilities management concept, in addition to, to achieve the efficient spending by merging some units and departments that overlap in tasks and powers.
The General Administration of Facilities will be responsible for, the preparation of policies, procedures, plans, operation and maintenance programs, to get a stable operating conditions, and to maintain the efficiency of the university equipment and facilities performance, developing standard processes and basic processes, and automating and applying database technology systems using advanced computer systems to manage facilities resources and assets.
The Administration applies maintenance quality concepts and standards to ensure and control the quality of facility operations, and to maintain the continuation of providing excellent services, in addition to working on training and qualifying engineering and administrative cadres to raise the level of professional performance, and raising the values of administrative behavior, as well as, developing plans and maintenance programs for the equipment and supplies of university facilities and rehabilitation programs to achieve sustainability.
