Scheduled Outages
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Facilities Services is dedicated to informing the campus community of scheduled outages that occur on campus. This information is accurate and reliable, but may change. Please inform all persons in your department who might be affected by the scheduled outages. If additional information is required, contact Facilities Services at (951) 827-4214 / facilities@ucr.edu.
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Scheduled utility outages and shutdowns:
| DATE/TIME | PLACE | SCOPE OF WORK | IMPACT | CONTACT |
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Tuesdays |
See the building schedule | NFPA code 110 testing — generator maintenance | See impact details |
Anthony Morris Client Support Services |
| Monday, August 25 until Friday, September 12 at 3:00 pm | Chemical Sciences | Elevator repairs. | Elevator #2 is out of service. |
Jeff Coppage Client Support Services |
| Tuesday, September 2 from 4:00 am to 8:00 am | Robert Gordon Sproul Hall | Shut off the high-voltage load interrupting switch to replace three failed breakers. |
The main power will be turned off to the building. This will affect building air, heating, cooling, steam, access control (including card badges), lighting, building servers, and routers. There will be no emergency power for emergency lighting, exit signs, and red power outlets. Lighting in the building may not be sufficient for occupants to walk around during the outage. All data systems that are not backed up and any ongoing experiments should be prepared for a four-hour power outage. All occupants of the building with badge-only access will not have access to the building. Additional information on how to power down your equipment may be found from our partner at EH&S: https://ehs.ucr.edu/laboratory/utilities. Please reach out to Facilities Services for assistance with critical equipment needs. |
Sarah Sabera-Turab Client Support Services |
| Friday, September 5 from 5:30 am to 4:00 pm | Multidisciplinary Research Building | Tie in natural gas service for the PD&C UTLF construction project. PD&C has partnered with Facilities Services and building contacts for this shutdown. | Natural gas will be turned off, impacting any equipment or research requiring natural gas. |
Sarah Sabera-Turab Client Support Services |
| Wednesday, September 10 from 4:00 am to 8:00 am | Materials Science & Engineering | Install a cold water shut-off valve for a new emergency eyewash/shower station. | The domestic water will be turned off to the building, impacting all lavatories, lavatory sinks, custodial sinks, drinking fountains, break room sinks, and emergency eyewash/shower stations. |
Steve Crook Client Support Services |
| Monday, September 15 from 6:00 am to 8:00 am | Alfred M. Boyce Hall | Replace a compressed air lab valve. | Compressed air will be turned off to the building for the duration of the shutdown, which will impact all research and equipment requiring compressed air. |
Steve Crook Client Support Services |
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Tuesday, September 16 from 4:00 am to 8:00 am Wednesday, September 17 from 4:00 am to 8:00 am |
Physics Building |
All compressed air, vacuum, natural gas, domestic water, and industrial water will be turned off to the building. This will impact all lavatories, urinals, break room sinks, custodial sinks, lavatory sinks, laboratory sinks, drinking fountains, emergency eyewash/shower stations, and any research or equipment requiring any of those utilities. |
Install new isolation valves into the compressed air, vacuum, natural gas, and industrial cold and hot water lines. |
Steve Crook Client Support Services Team |
| Saturday, September 20 from 6:00 am to 2:00 pm | Computing & Communications | PD&C construction project electrical upgrade. |
The main power will be turned off to the building. This will affect the building's air, heating, cooling, fire alarm, lighting, building servers, and routers. If you have sensitive research equipment or systems you know can be impacted by a power interruption and you have not connected them to uninterrupted power devices, such as UPS units and surge protectors, please plan to disconnect and turn off the equipment for the duration of the shutdown to avoid any damage. Additional information on how to power down your equipment may be found from our partner at EH&S: https://ehs.ucr.edu/laboratory/utilities. Please reach out to Facilities Services for assistance with critical equipment needs. |
John Franklin Client Support Services Team |
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Monday, September 22 to Friday, September 26 Daily from 4:00 am to 8:00 am |
Science Laboratories | Locate and diagnose a possible leak in the building’s vacuum system. | The vacuum will be intermittently turned off and on in the building. This will impact all fume hoods, biosafety cabinets, lab benches, and any equipment or research requiring a vacuum. |
Steve Crook Client Support Services Team |
| Until Wednesday, October 1 at 3:00 pm | Multidisciplinary Research Building | Elevator repairs. | Elevator #3 is out of service. |
Jeff Coppage Client Support Services |
| Friday, September 26 from 5:00 am to Sunday, October 5 at 3:00 pm | Athletics & Dance Building Materials Science & Engineering Multidisciplinary Research Building |
Tie in high-pressure steam and condensate service, and upgrade vaults 31-32 infrastructure, for the PD&C UTLF construction project. PD&C has partnered with Facilities Services and building contacts for this shutdown. |
Heat and steam will be turned off to the buildings. This will affect building heating, hot water, sterilization, autoclave operations, and other laboratory processes. The Multidisciplinary Research Building, MRB, will have boilers to provide steam for cage washers, sterilizers, and domestic hot water to the building from Tuesday, September 30 through Thursday, October 1, during the hours of 7:00 AM to 2:00 PM. |
Sarah Sabera-Turab Client Support Services |
| Monday, October 13 from 5:00 am to Friday, October 17 at 3:00 pm | Costo Hall Highlander Union Building Multidisciplinary Research Building |
Tie in the chilled water system and replace two 20-inch butterfly valves on the chilled water supply and return in vault 30 for the PD&C UTLF construction project. PD&C has partnered with Facilities Services and building contacts for this shutdown. | There will be no chilled water supplied to the buildings or processed chilled water available in the buildings for comfort cooling or equipment. All labs and classrooms requiring chilled water will be affected. |
Sarah Sabera-Turab Client Support Services |
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