Month: December 2022

12/12/22 – 8/29/25 Knight Campus Phase Two

Posted on by jepeters

This message is to notify the campus community of the start of construction for the Knight Campus Building 2 project.  Building 2 will be a four-story research building located north of Building 1 and west of Riverfront Parkway.

The project will include a sky bridge connection to Building 1 and a utility tunnel connection to existing campus utility systems.  Sky bridge- and utility tunnel- specific information will be shared at a later date, closer to the beginning of those work activities.

Start of the project is Monday, December 12, 2022, and project complete is scheduled for August 29, 2025.

Closures will include parking Lot 4, a portion of the Millrace Path between Gallery Way and Riverfront Parkway, as well as the gravel access road between Gallery Way and Riverfront Parkway.

Riverfront Parkway will have revised traffic patterns but maintain 2 lanes with shared bicycle traffic.

Contact Design and Construction, Owner Representative, Denise Stewart at dstewart@uoregon.edu or 541-346-2280 with any project-related questions.

Work will be performed by Hoffman Construction.

To view current construction and impacts, see the UO Map.

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12/12/22 – 12/15/22 Willamette, Klamath, LISB, and Lokey Labs Processed Chilled Water Shutdown

Posted on by jepeters

UPDATE 12/14/22:
The system is currently online and running in it’s designed emergency mode, circulating city water.  On Thursday morning 12/15/22 the system will be placed back into normal operating mode.  A contractor will be testing and adjusting the system water flows 12/20/22 – 12/22/22 but they will not impact the operation of the system or cause any shutdowns.

 

UPDATE 12/13/22:
TAB contractors will be onsite 12/20/22 – 12/22/22 to test and adjust the system.  They will be accessing all rooms with process water manifolds.

 

UPDATE 12/12/22:
CPFM will be coming through each lab that has a process water connection to ensure that the valves are in the correct position for flushing the system.  This work should take place Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons of this week.

 

Begin:  Monday, December 12th, 2022

End:      Friday, December 16th, 2022  Thursday, December 15th, 2022

Building(s) or Area(s) Affected:  Willamette, Klamath, Lokey Labs, LISB

Scope:  The processed chilled water system will be shut down for work associated with improving system operation and redundancy.

Services Impacted:  All equipment connected to system should be disconnected until construction is complete and the water has been flushed.

This will affect:

  • Willamette: Rooms 39, 41C, 42, 74C, 154, 242, 255, 256, 272, 273
  • Klamath: Rooms 61B, 62, 63
  • LISB: 003, 004A, 004B, 004C, 004D, 018, 201E
  • Lokey Labs: 053A, 063, 073, 073A, 080, 083A, 083A, 087A, 096A, 097A

Work Performed By:  S2 Industrial

Contact:  Kevin Waldrop, CPFM Facilities Engineer, 541-346

12/12/22 – 1/06/23 Campus Fire Systems Testing/Maintenance Schedule for Winter

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UPDATE:
Housing locations have been added to this schedule.

 

Begin: Monday, December 12th, 2022

End:     Friday, January 6th, 2023

Scope:  Fire systems testing and maintenance has been scheduled for the various campus buildings listed below.

Reminders will be sent to each building prior to testing.

Buildings and Schedules:

Week of 12/12 – 12/16

  • Tuesday, Dec. 13           6:00 am – 8:00 am       HDC (hoods only)
  • Tuesday, Dec. 13           8:00 am – 10:00 am     Unthank (plus hoods)
  • Tuesday, Dec. 13           10:00 am – 12:00 pm   Living Learning Center (plus hoods)
  • Tuesday, Dec. 13           12:00 pm – 2:00 pm     Barnhart (plus hoods)
  • Tuesday Dec. 13            1:00 pm – 3:0 pm          Riley
  • Wednesday, Dec. 14   6:00 am – 7:00 am         Ford Alumni Center
  • Wednesday, Dec. 14   7:00 am – 8:00 am         Jaqua Center (Kone)
  • Wednesday, Dec. 14    8:00 am – 10:00 am     Kalapuya Ilihi
  • Wednesday, Dec. 14    9:00 am – 12:00 pm      Global Scholars (plus hoods)
  • Wednesday, Dec. 14    12:30 pm – 2:00 pm      Carson (plus hoods)
  • Wednesday, Dec. 14    1:00 pm – 3:00 pm        Grad Village East and West
  • Thursday, Dec. 15        6:00 am – 8:00 am        Pacific Hall
  • Thursday, Dec. 15         8:00 am – 10:30 am      Earl
  • Thursday, Dec. 15         10:30 am – 12:30 pm    Bean
  • Thursday, Dec. 15         1:00 pm – 3:00 pm        Hamilton (plus hoods)
  • Friday, Dec. 16               7:00 am – 8:00 am       Spencer View (hoods only)
  • Friday, Dec. 16             8:00 am – 9:00 am         Moss St. (hoods only)
  • Friday, Dec. 16             9:00 am – 12:00 pm       EMU (hoods only)
  • Friday, Dec. 16               12:00 pm – 2:00 pm     Central Kitchen (hoods only)
  • Friday, Dec. 16               2:00 pm – 3:00 pm       Many Nations Long House (hoods only)

Week of 12/19 – 12/23

  • Wednesday, Dec. 21    6:00 am – 8:00 am     Knight Library – Elevators
  • Thursday, Dec. 22       6:00 am – 8:00 am     Knight Library – Alarms and Sprinklers (w/N2 Generator)

Week of 12/26 – 12/30

  • Tuesday, Dec. 27         6:00 am – complete   Klamath / Willamette / Cascade / Price Science Commons / Onyx & EHS office
  • Wednesday, Dec. 28   6:00 am – 8:00 am     Streisinger / Lokey Labs / LISB
  • Wednesday, Dec. 28   8:00 am – 9:00 am     Black Cultural Center
  • Thursday, Dec. 29       6:00 am – 7:00 am      Transportation
  • Thursday, Dec. 29       7:00 am – 8:00 am      EC Cares West 12th
  • Thursday, Dec. 29       8:00 am – 9:00 am     EC Cares Westmoreland and Whitaker

Week of 01/02 – 01/06

  • Tuesday, Jan. 3            6:00 am – 8:00 am     Lillis
  • Wednesday, Jan. 4      6:00 am – 8:00 am     Knight Law
  • Thursday, Jan. 5          6:00 am – 8:00 am     JSMA (w/N2 Generator)
  • Friday, Jan. 6               6:00 am – 8:00 am     Millrace Garage

(Winter Term Begins 1/09/23)

Details: Horns, Strobes, and Speakers on the fire alarm system will not sound after the scheduled time. Provisions have been taken to monitor the building fire systems during this time and alarms that occur after the scheduled time should be considered real events and occupants should evacuate as usual per the U of O Emergency Procedures.

Special Instructions: If there are questions regarding emergency evacuation, please visit Emergency Management & Continuity, https://safety.uoregon.edu/evacuations

Work Performed By: UO Safety & Risk Services

Contact: Zach Earl, UO Fire Systems Program Manager, 541-521-0351 or 541-346-9295.

Plus three EC Cares locations

12/12/22 – 12/13/22 – Living Learning Center Steam Shutdown

Posted on by jepeters

UPDATE 12/5/22:  This work has been rescheduled for 12/12/22 at 10:00 pm – 12/13/22 at 3:00 pm

POSTPONED:  This work is being postponed until the Winter Break, fixed dates and time to be determined

Begin:  Tuesday, November 22nd, 2022 at 11:00 pm Monday, December 12th, 2022 at 10:00 pm

End:      Wednesday, November 23rd, 2022 at 3:00 pm Tuesday, December 13th, 2022 at 3:00 pm

Building(s) or Area(s) Affected:  Living Learning Center North and South

Scope:  Due to a leaking main steam valve and drainpipe, the building heat and hot water will be shut down to replace the valve and repair the pipe.  Work will take place in room #20 and in the adjacent utility tunnel.

Services Impacted:

  • This will affect the heat and domestic hot water in both the North and South buildings.
  • Slight noise from grinding and odor from welding will occur.

Work Performed By:  S2 Industrial and Utilities & Energy staff

Contact:  Kyle Wilson, CPFM Utilities Maintenance Manager, 541-346-2246

To view current construction and impacts, visit UO Map.

 

12/10/22 Unexpected power outage impacting Klamath Hall and Onyx Bridge

Posted on by jude

UPDATE – #2 12/10/22 at 6:05 pm:

The power has been restored. Power is on in a single-ended condition. Power is currently being fed from feeder 10.

A contractor will be out as soon as Utilities and Energy can get them to campus to evaluate the switch.

UPDATE – 12/10/22 at 4:44 pm:

The power outage has been determined to impact all floors of Klamath Hall, including fume hoods.  Facilities and Utilities and Energy are on site. EH&S is aware and working with CPFM personnel. The Utilities and Energy Electrical supervisor is on site. The hope is to have the power restored in 3-4 hours.  The Building Automation (BAS) and Mechanical Teams are on site, ready to support the restore.

INITIAL EVENT NOTICE 12/10/22 at 2:08 pm: 

Parts of Klamath Hall and Onyx Bridge lost electrical power today (December 10). This resulted in various security and other alarms being triggered. UOPD responded to ensure the security of the facility, and Facilities Services electricians are onsite for assessment and restoration of the power situation.

The power outage is currently impacting the following:

  • Klamath Hall Basement, 1st and part of 2nd Floor
  • Onyx 1st Floor

The restore ETA is still TBD, but teams hope to achieve a power restoration by evening hours today. A restore message will be sent as soon as services are restored.

12/06/22 Baker Downtown Center Roofing Project Update

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Begin:  Tuesday, December 6th, 2022, at 8:00 am

End:      Tuesday, December 6th, 2022, at 4:00 pm or sooner

Building(s) or Area(s) Affected:  Baker Downtown Center

Scope:  Anderson Roofing will be installing a roof hatch on the south end of the building.  This is the final activity for the Baker Roof Replacement project.

Services Impacted:

  • The work will cause some noise but there should be no other inconveniences for the building occupants.
  • A lift will be used to load materials and may block the alley for no more than 15 minutes.

Work Performed By:  Anderson Roofing

Contact:  Luke Helm, CPFM Owner’s Representative, 541-346-8216 or 458-256-7622

Current construction and impacts information can be found on the UO Maps site.

12/05/22 – 12/06/22 Millrace/Millrace Pond Restoration Project Advisory

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Begin:  Monday, December 5th, 2022

End:      Tuesday, December 6th, 2022

Building(s) or Area(s) Affected:  Millrace – open space on west side of Onyx Street Bridge

Scope:  As part of the Millrace/Millpond Restoration project, survey crews will be onsite at the Millpond between Onyx St Bridge and Franklin Boulevard and along Lot 2 and CPS.

Services Impacted:  Millrace open space

Work Performed By:  BIohabitats and KPFF

Contact:  Martina Oxoby, CPFM Owner’s Representative, 541-346-5880

Current construction and impacts can be found on the UO Maps site.