Emergency and Facilities Advisories

Emergency/Urgent Updates

1/26/12

3:45 p.m.

The Boil Water Advisory has been lifted. Tests results have indicated an absence of any harmful microbes. The water is again safe to drink.

Once again we apologize for this inconvenience and thank you for your cooperation.

Tom Green P.E.

Director of Facilities Energy Management and Campus Utilities

1/24/12

1:00 p.m.

Water service has been restored to Stratton Administration Center, Old Main and Risley.  Please continue to follow the boil water advisory through Thursday, January 26, 2012 for affected buildings. It is recommended that any water used to drink, make coffee, cook food, brush teeth, etc., be either boiled first or that bottled water be used.  Water used for consumption must be boiled at a rolling boil for at least one minute prior to consumption.

We regret any inconvenience this has caused for the campus community and appreciate your patience.

1/24/12

10:00 a.m.

Water Main Update:  The break has been located.  Work is anticipated to be completed and water service restored by 6:00 pm this evening.  Please continue to monitor this site for updates.

1/23/12

Boil Water Advisory

is in effect for:

Old Main

Stratton Administration Building

And

Risley

Tuesday, January 24 to Thursday, January 26.

It is recommended that any water used to drink, make coffee, cook food, brush teeth, etc., be either boiled first or that bottled water be used.  Water used for consumption must be boiled at a rolling boil for at least one minute prior to consumption.

Kim Rhode

Director of Facilities Business and Campus Services

1/23/12

2:30 p.m.

The water main leak was not able to be repaired on Friday. Following an evaluation of nearby underground utilities which is occurring today, excavation will resume tomorrow morning.

At approximately 7:00 AM Tuesday morning the following buildings will again lose water supply: Old Main, Stratton Administration Building and Risley. We expect to have the supply returned by noon. However, please continue to check the Facilities website for updates.

Once the water supply is returned, DEP requires that we issue a Boil Water Advisory for two days following the repair, while water testing is conducted. Building occupants will be able to user shower and restroom facilities,  but must boil the water before using it for drinking or cooking in the above listed buildings only. This is standard protocol for water main leaks.

We will update the website as soon as possible tomorrow morning.

Sorry for any inconvenience this creates.

Tom Green, Director of Campus Energy Services

1/23/12

10:30 a.m.

On Tuesday, January 24, 2012, an excavator will be here to dig up and locate the leaking water line behind Old Main. The leak is between the fire hydrant and the curb on the inlet side old main circle road. Old Main circle will be shut down.  We may need to shut down South Campus Drive from the cooling towers at the old heat plant to Rothermel which will involve redirecting the bus.  A plan for the lot behind c-wing needs to be addressed from a police/security standpoint.

Water outages will affect the following buildings: Administration Building, Old Main C-wing, and Risley from 0600 until completion of the repair.

Mike Reese

Central Plant Utilities

1/20/12

8:25 p.m.

Update: All water service has been restored to Stratton Administration Building, Risley, and Old Main C wing. If you are experiencing issues with water service, please contact the Work Control Center at x31594 (M-F 7:30-4:30) or Public Safety at x34002 (after-hours).

1/20/12

4:30 pm Update:  We expect to restore water service to Stratton Administration, Risley, and Old Main C wing by midnight tonight.

The water service to Stratton Administration, Risley, and Old Main C wing will be shut off immediately (2:00pm) due to a water main break.  We will restore services as quickly as possible. We regret any inconvenience to our campus customers.

Tom Green

1/20/12

Effective immediately (1:00pm), S. Campus Drive between Rothermel and the Automotive Garage will be closed for the repair of a water main leak.  We anticipate reopening S. Campus Drive by midnight tonight.

Tom Green

1/18/12

There will be a hot water shut down at Deatrick Hall Thursday, 1/19/12 from 9:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. for repairs.  We apologize for any inconvenience.

Mitch Finsel

Mech. Shop Manager

12/22/11

 Sharadin Art Building has a water leak.  We are actively working on this leak.  Water service to the building has been shut down and remain that way throughout the day today.

We apologize for any inconvenience.

Kyle Mills      

Director of Facilities Maintenance

12/8/11

Schindler Elevator is currently working on Deatrick elevators 19 & 20.  As a result both elevators are currently shut down.  We anticipate that one or both will be back in operation by close of business today.

Facilities Work Control Center

11/29/11

Electrical Shut Down Notice

Starting on Tuesday, December 27 until Friday, December 30

The Maintenance Department of Facilities will be performing required Electrical Maintenance on the University sub-station feeders beginning on Tuesday, December 27 and ending on Friday, December 30. The schedule is listed below showing the day and times for each of the individual feeder maintenance and the buildings they impact.

Tuesday, December 27

Entire Campus Electrical shut down already scheduled (by Contractor). Please see contractor shut down notice for times and details.

KU Maintenance will be performing Maintenance on Feeder #1304

The feeder we will be working on is #1304 (Tuesday 12/27) and powers the following buildings:

·         Grad Center

·         Kemp

·         Old Main

·         Risley

·         Sharadin

·         Presidents Home

·         Schaeffer Aud.

·         Boehm Science

·         Grim

·         Academic Forum

Wednesday, December 28

Feeder #1305

Time: 7:00 am until 11:00 am

Buildings Impacted:           

·         Berks Hall

·         Lehigh Hall

·         Schuylkill Hall

·         Rothermel Hall

·         Multicultural Center

Feeder #1306

Time: 11:00 am until 3:00 pm

Buildings Impacted:           

·         Stratton Administration Building (Old Section)

Thursday, December 29

Feeder #1301

Time: 7:00 am until 11:00 am

Buildings Impacted:           

·         Bonner Hall

·         South Dinning Hall

·         Johnson Hall

·         Student Recreation Center

·         Heat Plant (New)

·         University Place

·         Keystone (all)

Feeder #1302

Time: 11:00 am until 3:00 pm

Buildings Impacted:           

·         Stratton Administration Building (NEW Section)

·         Beck Hall

·         Deatrick Hall

·         Heat Plant (Old)

·         Dixon Hall

Friday, December 30

Feeder #1303

Time: 7:00 am until 11:00 am

Buildings Impacted:           

·         Beekey Hall

·         deFrancesco Hall

·         Lytle Hall

·         Rickenbach Research & Learning Center

·         McFarland Student Union Center

·         North Water Tower

·         Heritage Center

·         Rohrbach Library

Sorry for any inconvenience.  Thanks for your patience while we work to ensure continued uninterrupted (on the KU side of things at least!) electrical service to the campus buildings.

Kyle Mills      

Director of Facilities Maintenance

11/8/11

Please be advised that steam service has been restored.

Tom Green P.E.

Director of Facilities Energy Management and Campus Utilities

11/8/11

Please be advised there will be an emergency shutdown of the heat plant this morning, 11/8/11. Starting immediately, the steam supply will be off which will affect building heat and domestic hot water. We anticipate steam will be back on no later than noon. The gas-fired boiler in the South Dining Hall has been enabled therefore the Dining hall will not be affected.

The building temperatures should be stable during the outage but hot water for showers will be reduced significantly. Please alert building occupants as soon as possible.

We apologize for this inconvenience and thank you for your cooperation.

Tom Green P.E.

Director of Facilities Energy Management and Campus Utilities

10/13/11

Dixon Elevator #1 remains out of service. Parts are anticipated to arrive Friday, October 14, 2011.  If parts arrive timely, service would be expected to be restored by end of day Friday, October 14, 2011.  If parts do not arrive timely, the elevator will be out of service over the weekend and service would be expected to be restored by end of day Monday, October 17, 2011.  We apologize for the inconvenience. 

Diane Biehl

Facilities Work Control Center

610-683-1594 

10/12/11

Dixon Elevator #1 is down.  The Technician is waiting for a part.  Service is expected to be restored by end of day Thursday, October 13, 2011.

Diane Biehl

Facilities Work Control Center

610-683-1594 

10/5/11

The freight elevator in the Stratton Administration Building is currently out of service.  Repairs are expected to be complete by close of business Friday, October 7.  We apologize for any inconvenience.

Diane Biehl

Facilities Work Control Center

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