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EMERGENCY NOTIFICATIONS
will be posted here Emergency/Urgent Updates 5/24/12 Water Softeners at
Schuylkill Hall is down for repairs/parts by Culligan. 5/24/12 Hot water will be shut
off for repairs for Johnson Hall all day on Tuesday May 29,
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To
facilitate demolition of the Old Heat Plant the following will take
place on Tuesday morning 5/29/12.
1.
At 6am Tuesday morning there will be
a brief power outage that will affect Deatrick Hall, Beck Hall, and
the north half of Stratton Administration.
Power should be restored by 6:30am.
2.
The purpose of the power outage is to
permanently disconnect power to the Old Heat Plant and Facilities
Grounds & Garage complex.
As a result the university fuel pumps will not be in
operation and will not be available from 6am 5/29/12 until Friday
morning 6/2/12. So,
please make sure you fill up the gas tanks on all university
vehicles prior to 6am Tuesday morning 5/29/12. Please contact the project
manager, Nathan Shugars, at shugars@kutztown.edu with questions or
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Construction Notice: In
preparation of the demolition of the old Heat Plant, parking lot F4
between the Stadium and Old Heat Plant will be closed starting
Friday, May 25, and will remain closed through Friday, Aug. 17.
Access for vehicular traffic between the Admin parking lot F1,
through parking lot F4 to South Campus Drive will be maintained
during this time. We apologize for any inconvenience. 5/16/12 All Facilities employees will be attending an organizational meeting on May 16, 2012 beginning at 7:00am until approximately 10:30am. If there is an emergency during this time, please contact Public Safety at x34002. We apologize for any inconvenience. 5/11/12
Grounds/Labor Move:
The Grounds and Labor Shop will be moving from its current location
adjacent to the Old Heat Plant to the new facility on Baldy St.
The move will take place the week of May 21st.
During this time services will be limited to previously scheduled
work and emergencies.
Phone calls during this time should be directed to the Work Control
Center at 31594. Automotive
Garage: The
Automotive Garage will be moving from its current location to the
new facility on Baldy St.
The move will take place the week of May 21st.
During this time services will be limited to previously
scheduled work and emergencies.
NOTE: THE FUEL
PUMPS WILL REMAIN AT THE OLD AUTOMOTIVE GARAGE ACROSS FROM DIXON FOR
NOW. Prior to the moving
of the fuel pumps to the new location on Baldy St., there will be
notifications will be made in the Daily Brief.
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On Monday May 14, 2012 construction will begin at Stratton
Administration Building to renovate and upgrade the university Data
Center. As a result, the south entrance (from the parking lot)
to the building will be closed and the north entrance along Main
Street will have to be used to enter & exit the facility.
Also, there may be some parking restrictions and temporary traffic
delays as contractors mobilize to the site. Thank you in
advance for your patience and cooperation as we make these
improvements. Questions or concerns should be addressed to project manager Chris Scott, scott@kutztown.edu Terry D. Brown Terry D. Brown, CCM, LEED®AP Director, Facilities Project Services Kutztown University 4/23/12
Deatrick elevator #19 was shut down this afternoon due to intermittent door operations. The other elevator in Deatrick (#20) is operational. The service technician will be on-site tomorrow (4/24/12) to conduct additional testing on #19 before restoring service to the elevator. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Facilities Work Control Center
4/21/12
Please Note the Revised Times for this Power Outage!!
Please be advised that, in support of the Schaeffer Renovation
project, there will be an electrical power outage on Saturday
April 21st from 6am to 10am that will affect the
following buildings:
Thank you in advance for your cooperation and I apologize for the
inconvenience.
Please contact Project Manager, Jeff Mosser at
jeffrey.mosser@stvinc.com
should you have any questions. Terry D. Brown Terry D. Brown, CCM, LEED®AP Director, Facilities Project Services Kutztown University
4/4/12 The sidewalk from Main Street to Sharadin that
runs next to the President’s residence will be closed on Monday
April 9th and Tuesday April 10th to facilitate work for the
Schaeffer project. To access North campus during this time,
please use either the walkway to the west of Schaeffer Auditorium or
proceed to the walkway along College Boulevard. I apologize
for the inconvenience and thank you for your cooperation. Terry D. Brown, CCM, LEED®AP Director, Facilities Project Services
3/22/12
The Boil Water Advisory that has been effect for water service to the Berks Hall, Lehigh Hall, Schuylkill Hall, Beck Hall, the J.B. White Multi-Cultural Center and the Beck Health Center has been lifted and is no longer necessary. Thank you for your patience.
Tom Green P.E. Director of Facilities Energy Management and Campus Utilities
3/19/12
Due to a water main break the water service to the Berks Hall, Lehigh Hall, Schuylkill Hall, Beck Hall, the J.B. White Multi-Cultural Center and the Beck Health Center will be shut down at approximately 3:30pm today. The service is expected to be out for a duration of 4-6 hours.
Following service restoration, A BOIL WATER ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR 48 HOURS. 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.
Tom Green P.E. Director of Facilities Energy Management and Campus Utilities
3/11/12
The domestic hot water in Deatrick Hall will be shut down on March 13, 2012 from 7:00am until 3:00pm to make repairs on the domestic hot water tank. Cold water will not be affected. Water will be available for flushing toilets. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Mitch Finsel Mechanical Shop Manager Facilities
2/20/12 In support of the Schaeffer Auditorium Project, there will be an electrical power outage on Sunday February 26, 2012 form 7am to 4pm. This outage will affect the following buildings: · Grad Center · Kemp Building · Old Main · Risley Hall · Sharadin Arts · President’s Residence · Boehm · Academic Forum · Grim
Personnel in these facilities should plan accordingly and turn off their computers when leaving for the weekend. We thank everyone in advance for their understanding and cooperation.
Terry D. Brown Terry D. Brown, CCM, LEED®AP Director, Facilities Project Services Kutztown University
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.
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7/8/10
deFrancesco
Hall - Sidewalk Closed
The sidewalk access
on the South side of deFrancesco Hall will be unavailable
starting Friday, July 9th and will remain closed
until Monday, July 12th due to new concrete being
poured and requiring time to set up.
Thank you for your
cooperation.
Kyle Mills
Director of Facilities Maintenance, EFP
6/30/10
Academic Forum -
Emergency Generator Maintenance
On Friday, July 9th
the Academic Forums emergency generator will be serviced most of the day as
part of our ongoing preventive maintenance program to assure proper
operation during an emergency power outage. During the day, power to the
building may be interrupted in order make adjustments to the emergency
generators sequence of operation and to perform routine maintenance work.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Kyle Mills
Director of Facilities
Maintenance, EFP
6/11/10
We were recently
notified that the Kutztown Boro plans to resurface Normal Avenue, between
Main street and Baldy. sometime between 6/16 7/2.
Tom Green PE
Director of Facilities Energy
Management and Campus Utilities
6/10/10
Sidewalk Closure Notice
- deFrancesco Hall
The sidewalk located on the South
and East side of deFrancesco Hall will be inaccessible due to replacement of
the steam, condensate, water and gas lines feeding the building. Beginning
Thursday, June 10 the sidewalk will be unavailable for vehicle traffic. The
work is scheduled to be completed by Friday, June 18th
(based on weather conditions).
Mitch Finsel, Facilities Maintenance Manager
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