Category: Outages

On Sunday, March 26th 7-11 am Facilities/Contractors will be changing the D side HVL Surge Arresters for the Pediatric Research Building. During the outage the fire pump will lose normal power and the emergency generator will start and be running. The building will be fed one sided from W and should cause no further power […]

On Wednesday, March 22nd 4-7 am to perform preventative maintenance facilities technician will be shutting down the exhaust systems serving the ABSL3/BSL3 labs throughout the building. NO work shall take place in ABSL3/BSL3 suite 7301,7303,7230, and 8201.

Elevator # 5 (Dirty Elevator) will be out of service for 16 weeks due to a complete remodel of the elevator.

During March 20th 7 am – March 29th 7 am the effluent decontamination system (EDS) serving the MPRB 7230 BSL3 suite and 8201C-BSL3 lab will be out of service to accommodate the annual preventative maintenance and calibration of this system. Research work may continue in the 7230 BSL3 suite and 8201C-BSL3 lab during this outage.

Contractors will be making multiple repairs to the air handler that feeds floors 1 through 7. These repairs will be performed March 27-April 2nd during the hours of 8:00 pm to 6 am each night. Floors 1-7 will experience loss of airflow and may see slightly warmer than normal temperatures during the evenings noted above.

On Friday, March 17th Custodial Services will be cleaning the floor in lab 7301. During this time NO work shall occur in the 7301 BSL3 suite.

On Saturday, March 18th 7 am-3 pm contractors will be rewiring circuits to accommodate wall removal for cage wash renovations. The basement vivarium loading dock lighting along with the vivarium power door assist and a few receptacles will be interrupted at various times throughout the noted date and times.

Contractors will replace the entire McDonnell Pediatrics Research Building roof during the above-noted dates and times. This work will be performed at different times of the day depending on the weather. Occupants will experience noisier than normal conditions along with some vibration.

This will be the first of two outages. The purpose of this outage is to perform maintenance and testing on the main electrical switchgear that distributes power throughout the EH&S Building. This requires de-energizing half of the main electrical switchgear, fed from the ‘D’ utility, so that we can safely and effectively perform the required […]

On Friday, March 17th 5-7 am Facilities will be testing the Audio/Visuals for the fire alarm system in 4444 Forest Park Ave. During this time, you will hear messages and see strobes, occupants do not need to leave the building during these tests.