12/11/23 – 1/05/24 Miller Theatre Complex Electrical, Steam, Fire Alarm, and Network Shutdown

Begin:  Monday, December 11, 2023

End:      Friday, January 5, 2024

Building(s) or Area(s) Affected:  Villard Hall / Miller Theatre Complex

Scope:  Associated with the Heritage Renovation Project: Fortis Construction and sub-contractors will be Installing a temporary utilities cutover from Villard Hall to the Miller/Robinson Theater area beginning December 11th, completed by January 5th.

Services Impacted:

  • Steam, power, fire alarm, and network service will be shut down.
  • Villard Hall is already off-line due to the Heritage Renovation Project with demolition currently taking place.
  • The remaining areas of the Miller Theatre Complex – Robinson Theatre, Hope Theatre, the Scene Shop, Costume Shop, and supporting rooms – will experience heat, power, fire alarm, and network service loss while the temporary utilities cutover installation takes place.

Special Instructions for Copiers:  Please shut down and unplug all multi-function copier devices as well as any printers during scheduled power outages. The software on these machines can be negatively affected due to the power surge when the power is turned back on.  A power surge can corrupt the clone files in the machines and change preconfigured settings.  For questions, please contact Kati Kronholm at 541-346-5370 or katik@uoregon.edu.  For non-copier questions, please reach out to the contact person listed below.

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:  Fortis Construction and sub-contractors

ContactGene Mowery, CPFM Owner’s Representative, 541-346-5593 and Landon Winters with Fortis Construction 971-246-4058

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

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