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Facilities/Contractors will be troubleshooting the West Genome Data Center automatic transfer switch. On Tuesday, February 28th 8 am – 3 pm, there will be switching of breakers to simulate an outage to check the operation of the automatic transfer switch. During this testing we will be single-sourcing US-1 and US-2, we do not anticipate any […]

As part of the McDonnell Pediatric Research Building fire alarm project Facilities/Contractors will be programming and testing the fire alarm system. On Thursday, February 23rd 5-7 am you will hear messages and see strobes throughout the building, occupants do not need to leave the building during the testing. As a precautionary measure, no work may […]

Facilities/Contractor will be installing a redundant backflow in the Central Institute for the Deaf School, this will also affect the Central Institute Research building. On Saturday, February 25th 4 am – 1 pm there will be no domestic water (Hot or Cold) in these buildings. This will affect sinks, water fountains, bathrooms, cage wash, and […]

As part of the McDonnell Pediatric Research Building fire alarm project Facilities/Contractors will be programming and testing the fire alarm system. During the above time you will hear messages and see strobes throughout the building, occupants do not need to leave the building during the testing. As a precautionary measure, no work may occur in […]

The purpose of this outage is to perform maintenance and testing on the major components of the main electrical switchgear, which distributes power throughout the 4444-Forest Park Building. To do this, Facilities Electricians will switch between the two utilities, which will allow them to keep the power on throughout the building while they work on […]

Facilities will turn off air handler units feeding the 8th floor during February 15-17. The units will be off periodically from 5:00 PM to 4:00 am each night, Wednesday and Thursday. During these times the 8th floor may notice a decrease in airflow and slightly warmer than normal temperatures.

As part of the McDonnell Pediatric Research Building fire alarm project Facilities/Contractors will be programming and testing the fire alarm system on Thursday, February 23rd 6 – 7 am. During this time you will hear messages and see strobes throughout the building, occupants do not need to leave the building during the testing. As a […]

On Saturday, February 18th from 6 am to 4 pm there will be a domestic hot and cold water outage to install a new water heater. In this time frame there will be no domestic hot and cold water to the building.

In order to address pending safety related maintenance items, on Saturday, February 18th 6 am- Sunday, February 19th 8 pm the southwest entrance vestibule to the Clinical Sciences Research Building will be closed. Alternate access can be gained through the McDonnell Pediatric Research Building.

On February 11th 7 am – 12 pm Facilities will be changing out the power transformer in the West Building 4th floor during the above date and time. This will affect Room 4704 (which has some equipment currently plugged into Emergency Power). Also affected Room 4705 (Cold Room), 4703 Kitchen, 4707 Autoclave Room, 4727 Lab […]