Category: Facilities Operations Update

On Saturday, September 21st, workers will position a crane within the Ellen S. Hope Plaza construction zone for the cooling tower project. The east entrance to BJCIH will be closed from 6 am to 6 pm. Please use the north entrance through the McDonnell Pediatric Research Building during this time or access the link through […]

Sent on behalf of Barnes-Jewish Hospital. Upgrades to the sidewalks at Kingshighway and Barnes-Jewish Plaza intersection, as part of Campus Renewal, will start September 18 and continue in three phases for about five months. The intersection’s northwest corner is the first section to be affected (see the map). The sidewalk on the northwest corner will […]

Sent on behalf of Barnes-Jewish Hospital. Beginning the week of September 16, Sachs Electric (ArchKey) will be working on the Medical Campus to conduct fiber-pulling activities along Children’s Place and Barnes-Hospital Plaza (see the work location). Weather permitting, the planned duration of this work along Children’s Place is from Monday, September 16, through the close […]

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 […]