Category: Facilities Operations Update

Scott Avenue will be closed at the Scott Avenue/Taylor Avenue intersection on Thursday, September 19th, for the WashU Medicine Picnic. Signs will be posted in the area to alert campus members of the closure by Monday, September 16th, and Protective Services will place a barricade at the intersection at midnight on September 19th. Deliveries to […]

Workers will begin the replacement of the roof of the East Building on September 9th. The roof replacement project will require a series of eight mobile crane picks. Each crane pick will occur from the service drive on the north elevation to avoid the continual vehicular and pedestrian traffic on Scott Avenue. The first crane […]

Week of 9/2/24: This week at the Eric P. Newman Center, we will install wall panels at the Link Walkway and temporary partitions in the lobby area around the existing escalator. Our crew will also install temporary protection at the Level 1 storefront and along the glass handrail at the Level 2 mezzanine. Tarlton is […]

From September 9, 2024, through November 27, 2024, WUSM OFMD, along with architect and engineer representatives, will be conducting facility condition assessments within and outside the following buildings: Ferrell Learning & Teaching Center, Mid Campus Center, 825 S. Taylor Ave., 4533 Clayton Ave., 4522 McKinley, and Maternity. The assessors will walk the buildings inside and […]

Recently, members of the WashU community have been accessing building roofs, leaving doors open and using tape to keep doors open. For safety and security reasons, we want to remind the campus that there is no general access to the roofs of any buildings on our campus. Only authorized personnel in facilities maintenance engineering and […]

Bird migration across the Mississippi River Flyway will begin in September as birds begin to migrate south through St. Louis to their winter nesting grounds. WashU is a program partner to the Lights Out Heartland campaign, which obligates us to show leadership by example and spread the impact through outreach. St. Louis is the fifth […]

Sent on behalf of Barnes-Jewish Hospital. Join BJC, BJH and WUSM leadership at 8 am August 28, to commemorate the opening of the new pedestrian bridge across Barnes-Jewish Plaza and the Plaza Coffee Bar. All are welcome to attend the ribbon-cutting ceremony. Following brief remarks, John Lynch, MD, BJH president, will officially cut the ribbon […]

Sent on behalf of Barnes-Jewish Hospital. Starting August 21, 12 physician parking spaces in the Plaza Garage will close for approximately 12 months while Campus Renewal work shifts to demolish the existing garage lobbies, escalators and elevators. Contractors will use the closed area for materials and equipment staging. Electric vehicle charging stations on the northwest […]

Sent on behalf of Barnes-Jewish Hospital. Construction activity is planned for Barnes-Jewish Hospital’s main floor and street level, resulting in a Fire Egress Restriction and Corridor Closure, starting on Wednesday, August 28, 2024, and ending on Friday, January 3rd, 2025, at 3 pm. As shown, the project scope includes a Fire Egress Restriction and Corridor […]

Repairing window leaks in the BJC Institute of Health rooms 4403 and 5706 starts on August 27th and is scheduled to finish on September 3rd. The contractor will repair window leaks at the north elevation of BJCIH. The diagram shows where the repairs will take place, along with some general notes regarding the equipment they […]