Outages

Steven & Susan Lipstein BJC Institute of Health – Air Handling Unit Service Interruption 6/7/2022 3 am-9 am

At approximately 3:00 am there was a mechanical failure with a supply fan for an Air Handler Unit that supports the A/BSL3.

At this time no work should take place within the A/BSL3 suite as Facilities Engineering is in the process of recovering the Air Handler Unit.

A follow-up message will be delivered once all mechanical systems and room pressures are working in a normal manner.

As of 8:25 a.m. all work may resume in the A/BSL3 suite. At this time Facilities Engineering is in the process of replacing a fan motor on one of the Air Handler Units and is anticipating that this work will be completed by 12:00 p.m.

There will be an additional outage 1-hour outage from 12:00:00 PM to 01:00:00 PM to restart the Air Handler Unit. During this outage “NO WORK” is to take place within the A/BSL3 facility. When this work is complete Facilities will issue an update to indicate that all work may resume within the A/BSL3 facility.