Campus Closures, Shutdowns and Detours Menu

Begin:  Monday, May 6, 2024 – effective immediately

End:      Fall 2024

Building(s) or Area(s) Affected:  CPFM Administration Quonset

Scope:  The steam has been shut down due to loud and disruptive noises from the pipes upstairs.  CPFM Facilities is planning to do a small re-piping before turning on the chilled water system, potentially next week.

Services Impacted:  Building heat is off until next Fall.

Special Instructions:  Please plan to dress accordingly during the last few days of cool temperatures.

Work Performed By:  CPFM Facilities

Contact:  Work Control Center, Campus Planning and Facilities Management, 541-346-2319

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

UPDATE:
Due to scheduling conflicts, this will be rescheduled at a later time.

Begin:  Thursday, May 16, 2024, at 7:00 am

End:      Thursday, May 16, 2024, at 7:00 pm

Building(s) or Area(s) Affected:  Klamath Hall

Scope:  Necessary work on the building HVAC controls system will require all building HVAC systems to be offline for 12 hours.

Services Impacted:  This will affect all heating, cooling, exhaust systems, hot water, and fume hoods.

Special Instructions:  Fume hood sashes should be closed and containers within the fume hoods sealed prior to this date.

Work Performed By:  Siemens

Contact:  Work Control Center, Campus Planning and Facilities Management, 541-346-2319

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

UPDATE:
This work has been completed as of 10:30 am.  The contractor has left, and all areas have been returned to normal service status per EHS and Transportation Services.

Begin:  Monday, May 13, 2024, at 7:00 am

End:      Monday, May 13, 2024, at 3:00 pm

Building(s) or Area(s) Affected: Parking Lot 10, West portion of Parking Lot 12A, Adjacent sidewalks, East entrance to Lawrence Hall, North Entrances to Onyx Bridge and Cascade Annex East and West.

Scope: Clean Harbors, a contractor for Environmental Health and Safety, will be stabilizing a highly reactive material in preparation for disposal. The contractors’ work will occur within a 50-foot radius area in the west portion of Parking Lot 12A. The immediately adjacent area will be controlled as a safety exclusion zone by 7:00 am and is scheduled to be re-opened by 3:00 pm (see scale diagram below). Environmental Health and Safety staff will be on site for the activity, with UOPD staff available on-call. UO staff will control access along the sidewalk between Pacific and Cascade Halls while material is moved to the work site, ~8:00-9:00 am; this includes adjacent building and exterior pathway access points. Emergency egress from adjacent buildings will remain available, as will fire lane access for emergency response vehicles, but entry into the safety exclusion zone by non-emergency vehicles or pedestrians will be prohibited. Temporary vehicle barriers will be positioned across the affected area of Lot 12A and the connecting fire lanes. Temporary pedestrian barriers will be positioned across affected areas adjacent to the safety exclusion zones during the material movement phase.

Services Impacted:

• Vehicle parking Lot 10 and a portion of Lot 12A will be unavailable, including several ADA spaces. Please contact transportation@uoregon.edu for temporary ADA accommodations.
• All non-emergency vehicle traffic will be excluded.
• Traffic signage will be posted on site.
• Vendor deliveries will be re-directed to the Klamath and Streisinger loading docks.
• Pedestrian traffic will be directed around the safety exclusion zone. The Stabilization Activity Exclusion Zone will be closed and staffed until Clean Harbors leaves the site. The Transport Activity Exclusion Zone will be closed and staffed ~8:00-9:00 am.
• North entrance access to Cascade Annex East and West will be escorted.

Special Instructions: Refer to the attached diagram for details visualized.

Work Performed By: Environmental Health and Safety, and waste disposal contractor Clean Harbors.

Contact: Ben Bythell, Chemical Safety Officer/Hazardous Materials Manager, 541-346-0371

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

Begin:  Monday, May 13, 2024, at 7:00 am

End:      Monday, May 13. 2024, at 12:00 Noon

Building(s) or Area(s) Affected:  Willamette Hall Rooms 139-175

Scope:  A contractor will be installing an emergency gas shutoff valve and the natural gas for the 1st floor east wing will be temporarily shut down.

Services Impacted:  Natural gas will be offline during this time for the rooms listed above.

Work Performed By:  Harvey & Price

Contact:  Waymon Banks, CPFM Owner’s Representative, 541-346-0196

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

Facilities Update:

As the encampment begun earlier this week continues, we wanted to update you, as our facilities managers, of what to expect and how to access assistance when needed.

The University of Oregon goes to great lengths to support a safe working and educational environment for its students, faculty, and staff. The University has policies, and best practices for events to create and sustain a safe environment for the campus community.  We are meeting with the students involved in the encampment and have shared the policies and expectations. They have also been notified of the policies that have been violated.

Please note the following relevant information:

• Safety & Risk Services (SRS) staff will be checking buildings through the weekend for graffiti or other damage. Next week, during normal business hours, please keep an eye out for vandalism, graffiti, or other things that seem out of place and report that as soon as possible to UOPD: 541-346-2919.
• Building schedules may be changed for campus safety and security. Some are closing early and/or limiting access. If you choose to do so, notify uoem@uoregon.edu of your plans.
• Should there be a large change to campus operations, class schedules, or other unforeseen event, we will notify the university community via the emergency notification system and through UO Alerts. This information may come as a text message in a true emergency, or email for general notification.

In an emergency, call 9-1-1. To report a criminal concern, contact UO Police Department at 541-346-2919.

Begin:  Thursday, May 2, 2024, at 2:00 pm

End:      Thursday, May 2, 2024, at 5:00 pm

Building(s) or Area(s) Affected:  Facilities Services Miscellaneous Quonset (#131) and CPFM Administration Quonset (#136)

Scope: The architecture firm will be walking through the buildings for programming and schematic design for the seismic upgrade.

Services Impacted:  No impact is expected.

Work Performed By:  Woofter and Bolch Architects

Contact:  Renee Benoit, CPFM Owner’s Representative, 541-346-5080

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

Begin:  Tuesday, May 7, 2024, at 7:00 am

End:      Tuesday, May 7, 2024, at 10:00 am

Building(s) or Area(s) Affected:  Huestis Hall Mechanical Room #400

Scope:  Fire suppression system will be offline only to the mechanical penthouse level to repair two fire sprinkler heads. The rest of the building will maintain fire suppression system capabilities. Contractor will provide fire watch.

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:  Harvey & Price

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

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