Campus Closures, Shutdowns and Detours Menu

Begin:  Monday, December 1, 2025, at 7:00 am

End:      Friday, December 1, 2028

Building(s) or Area(s) Affected:  Centennial Hall, Mary Neils Hall, Elizabeth Hall, Weber Hall, 6441 NE 30th House, parking at NE 29th Ave. between Centennial and Holman Apts, and the East Hall’s elevator.

Scope:  Site preparation will begin for the new Child Behavioral Health Building.  Beginning Monday, 12/1, the fencing will be installed.  On the following Monday, 12/8, abatement will begin on all the structures within the fenced perimeter.  Demolition to follow abatement in Spring/ Summer of ’26. East Hall elevator to be without phone service throughout the duration. Contact facilities if you need to operate the elevator.  Updates will be sent out as the project progresses.  The Child Behavioral Health Building construction is expected to be complete in the Winter ’28/29.

Services Impacted:

• No parking or pedestrian traffic within fencing perimeter.
• Abatement activities mostly limited to the interior of buildings and should not affect noise levels in surrounding areas.
• Vehicular / construction traffic to be expected.

Special Instructions:  Alternate parking is available in campus parking lots or any of the side streets, except for NE 28^th Ave..

Work Performed By:  GC Skanska, Abatement by Rose City, Alpha, and PMG

Contact:  Annie Karel, CPFM D&C Owner’s Representative, 541-346-8215

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

UO CBHB Logistics_11.12.25_Phase 1 Abatement

Begin:  Tuesday, October 21, 2025, at 9:00 am

End:      Tuesday, October 21, 2025, at 5:00 pm

Building(s) or Area(s) Affected:  Two areas immediately north of the railroad tracks: north of Zebrafish and the Millrace Parking buildings.

Scope:  Lane Council of Governments will be working to do some fiber optic splice documentation in communications vaults next to the railroad tracks.

Services Impacted:  They will have a vehicle in the area and will be working at each site for an hour or two.

Work Performed By:  Lane Council of Governments

Contact:  Eric Fullar, Tech Business Relationship Manager, Information Services, 541-346-1015

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

Begin:  Tuesday, July 15, 2025, at 7:00 am

End:      Thursday, July 31, 2025, at 5:00 pm

Building(s) or Area(s) Affected:  Central Kitchen, Traffic on E. 17th and Columbia St., Neighboring building traffic

Scope:  Public improvement project to install new manholes and extend public storm and sanitary lines to the Next Gen project site. Work will be completed in the south portion of the intersection of E. 17th and Columbia St., in Columbia St. between E. 17th and the north entrance of the Central Kitchen, and the north potion of the Central Kitchens parking/loading area.

Services Impacted:  Local traffic will be able to travel along E. 17th, but traffic will be limited and controlled while work in done in the intersection. During this period there will be a temporary closure to Columbia St. between E. 17th and the Central Kitchen.

Work Performed By:  Fortis Construction

Contact:  Colin Brennan, CPFM Owner’s Representative, 541-346-8242 or 541-654-2972

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

Begin:  Tuesday, June 17, 2025, at 7:00 am

End:      Tuesday, June 17, 2025, at 2:00 pm

Building(s) or Area(s) Affected:  Riverfront Parkway, Knight Campus 1, Millrace Garage, and Millrace Drive

Scope:  Contractors will access existing manholes to test and inspect sewer connections. (see diagram below)

Services Impacted:  Intermittent slow traffic. Flaggers will be present.

Work Performed By:  Hoffman Construction

Contact:  Denise Stewart, CPFM Owner’s Representative, 541-346-2280 or 541-335-1258

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

Begin:  Monday, April 28, 2025, at 7:30 am

End:      Wednesday, May 7, 2025, at 5:00 pm

Building(s) or Area(s) Affected:  1715 Franklin and 1700 Millrace

Scope:  Underground utility work will require closure of parking areas and sidewalks for both locations.

Services Impacted:

• A portion of the parking lot and sidewalk north of 1715 Franklin Blvd will be closed.
• The service driveway for 1700 Millrace Dr. will experience a partial closure.
• Both buildings will experience some occasional noise.

Work Performed By:  Professional Underground Services (utility contractor)

Contact:  Eric Fullar, Tech Business Relationship Mgr, Information Services, 541-346-1015

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

Begin:  Saturday, December 14, 2024, at 7:00 am

End:      Tuesday, December 31, 2024, at 6:00 pm

Building(s) or Area(s) Affected:  Agate Street (Northbound between E. 13^th Ave. and E. 15^th Ave.) and a portion of the adjacent east side of the sidewalk (in front of Cloran Hall), as shown in attachments.

Scope:  In order to place a new below grade electrical vault, to upgrade Campus infrastructure, the work requires a closure of the northbound lane of Agate St. between E. 13^th Ave. and E. 15^th Ave., with traffic being detoured east or west on E. 15^th Ave.  The southbound lane, and the adjacent pedestrian sidewalk across Agate St., will be unaffected.  Thank you in advance for your understanding and support.

Services Impacted:

• The closure will be in place throughout the project, and the new vault installation area on Agate St. will be fenced off as shown, for your protection.
• The work is estimated to be performed during the listed duration, but could be extended as needed due to weather conditions – updates will be provided, if so.
• Flaggers will be in place for traffic and pedestrian control during construction activities, for the entirety of the work. Signage will also be in place, at all times, to assist in delineating pedestrian and vehicle travel routes, until the project has been completed, and Agate St. (North) has been reopened.
• Hamilton will be affected, especially the west side exit of Cloran Hall, as it will be blocked by construction fencing.

Work Performed By:  Wildish/EC Electric

Contact:  Damon Rutherford, CPFM D&C Owner’s Representative, 541-346-8285

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

DECEMBER AGATE STREET CLOSURE TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIAN PLAN 11.18.24

Begin: Monday, February 5, 2024

End: Friday, February 9, 2024

Building(s) or Area(s) Affected: Millrace 1, Millrace 2, Fine Arts C, and Woodshop. See attached map.

Scope: Hoffman will be excavating for a new utility tunnel between the Fine Arts C and Woodshop buildings.  This work will occur at night between 7:00 pm and 7:00 am in order not to impact classes in adjacent buildings.

Services Impacted: No services are expected to be impacted. This will create noise in the area.

Work Performed By: Hoffman Construction

Contact: Denise Stewart, CPFM Owner’s Representative, 541-346-2280 or 541-335-1258

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

Begin:  Wednesday, August 9, 2023, at 7:00 am

End:      Wednesday, August 9, 2023, at 7:00 pm

Building(s) or Area(s) Affected:  Millrace 1, Millrace 2, Fine Arts A, Fine Arts B, Fine Arts C, & Woodshop.

Scope:  EWEB will be installing new power feeders to a new utility vault and contractors will be reconnecting buildings to new EWEB feeders.

Services Impacted:  Electrical power will be offline during this time.

Work Performed By:  EWEB and Hoffman Construction

Contact:  Denise Stewart, CPFM Owner’s Representative, 541-346-2280 or 541-335-1258

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

UPDATE:
Work on the utility tunnel has been extended to January 23, 2024.  (See revised map)

Begin:  Monday, July 10, 2023

End:      December 15, 2023, Tuesday, January 23, 2024

Building(s) or Area(s) Affected:  Gallery Way road, Urban Farm access, Millrace Studios, Fine Arts Studios & Woodshop (See attached logistics plan)

Scope:  The Gallery Way road will be closed in the section directly east of the Millrace Studios for construction of a utility tunnel.

Services Impacted:

• Pedestrian and bicycle traffic will be rerouted during this time (see diagram below).
• Construction noise can also be expected.

Work Performed By:  Hoffman Construction

Contact:  Denise Stewart, CPFM Owner’s Representative, 541-346-2280 or 541-335-1258

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

Begin:  Monday, March 15^th, 2021

End:      Tuesday, March 30^th, 2021

Building(s) or Area(s) Impacted:  North Campus (north of railroad tracks)

Scope:  EWEB, and their contractor, will be removing utility vaults at five locations between the railroad tracks and Willamette River.  Work includes installing erosion control measures, setting up asbestos containment, removing asbestos, demolition of vaults, and site repair.  The work is anticipated to be completed by the end of the month.

Services Impacted:  Access restrictions and construction noises can be expected.

Work Performed By:  EWEB and a contractor

Contact:  Jeff Madsen, CPFM Asst. Dir Engineer Utility Systems, 541-346-2256