Painting for Smith MEP

Santa Barbara, CA · 2026

Smith MEP (Smith Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing) is a mechanical, electrical and plumbing contractor based in Santa Maria, and a subsidiary of ACCO Engineered Systems. Purple Painting is its painting subcontractor on public projects for Santa Barbara City College and UC Santa Barbara.

We are painting the tenant improvement at the SBCC Cosmetology building on Anacapa Street now, all three levels of it. Three more Smith MEP jobs are lined up: the EOPS refurbishment at the SBCC Student Services Center, a mechanical room in the UCSB Music Building, and three rooms on the third floor of the UCSB University Center.

Company website: Smith MEP

Current and upcoming work

  • Upcoming

    SBCC Student Services Center, EOPS Refurbishment

    Santa Barbara City College · 721 Cliff Drive, Santa Barbara, CA

    Interior painting for the refurbished EOPS offices, tutoring room, lounge and reception: new drywall soffits, headers and infills primed and painted, walls repainted where wall covering and panels come off and around relocated doors, counters and fixtures, and a relocated door frame, all matched to the existing colours.

  • Upcoming

    UCSB Music Building, Room 1117

    UC Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA

    Coating the concrete block walls of a mechanical room before new equipment goes in: a masonry primer-sealer, filling holes and chips, then two finish coats.

  • Upcoming

    UCSB University Center (UCEN), Third Floor

    UC Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA

    Painting the walls and four doors of three rooms on the third floor of the University Center, in white semi-gloss.

Projects