REMINDER - Life Sciences South (LSS) & Growth Chamber - Building Outages - On 10/15/2024, 11/05/2024, and 11/21/2024
Reminder 10/01/2024: This serves as our 14-day advance notice reminder for the outages scheduled on October 15th, 2024, November 5th, 2024, and November 21st, 2024. Please note that there are no changes to the previously communicated outages within the Life Sciences South (LSS) & Growth Chamber Buildings.
For more details about this impact, please visit the website. This notification along with all other notices regarding the Electrical Infrastructure Upgrades (EIU) Project will be posted and archived for ease of reference on the EIU website.
Original Notification (Published 09/13/2024):
Electrical Infrastructure Upgrades Project
Life Sciences South (LSS) & Growth Chamber – Planned Electrical Outages
To: Life Sciences South (LSS) & Growth Chamber Building Users
From: Sarah Abdellatif, Substation A Communication Specialist/Program Analyst
Please be advised that Planning, Design & Construction will be performing a project that may impact you. Below are the details of the scope of work and anticipated impacts:
Scope of Work: Install temporary power and upgrade the electrical infrastructure throughout the building.
Reason for Project: Work associated with the Electrical Infrastructure Upgrades project in support of current campus needs and future growth.
Anticipated Impacts: As part of the campus electrical upgrades project, a planned electrical outage for the building is required. There will be periodic construction personnel traffic in and around the building throughout the entire duration of the work.
The outage will entail a total loss of power for the durations specified below, affecting systems such as heating and air, lighting, receptacle convenience power, card/access/access control, elevators, etc. It is highly recommended that sensitive equipment unable to withstand an outage should be powered down the day before to avoid unanticipated impacts to the equipment during the outage window.
After the outage, users will be able to re-enter the building and confirm that power is restored, and systems are fully functional. Any issues should be communicated immediately to the project team using the contact information provided at the end of this notification.
** Please also note that the Life Sciences South (LSS) & Growth Chamber will be closed to the public throughout the outage window detailed below.**
Duration of Impacts: The outage schedule is as follows:
- Tuesday, October 15th, 2024, from 3:30 am to 7:30 am
- All building systems and equipment will experience a 2-hour outage within the communicated 4-hour timeframe without the support of emergency power.
- Tuesday, November 5th, 2024, from 4:00 am to 6:00 am
- All building systems and equipment will experience a 2-hour outage without the support of emergency power.
- Thursday, November 21st, 2024, from 4:00 am to 6:00 am
- The outage will only impact systems and equipment not supported by the emergency generator. Equipment plugged into designated outlets supported by the emergency generator will only experience a brief interruption.
Contact: Please direct any questions or concerns to Sarah Abdellatif, Substation A Communication Specialist/Construction Program Analyst at (858) 888-3215 or [email protected]. For questions about health and safety measures, please contact Gillian Marks, Senior Director of Environmental Health & Safety at (619) 594-2853 or [email protected].
For more details about this impact, please visit the website. This notification along with all other notices regarding the Electrical Infrastructure Upgrades (EIU) Project will be posted and archived for ease of reference on the EIU website.
