On May 20th 2015, a new standby generator was delivered at Pharmacy building on the Oregon State University campus to provide back-up power for the research building. The project was a collaborative effort between Facilities Services’ Electrical and Landscape shops and Capital Planning and Development’s Engineering and Planning.
The generator was installed on the northeast corner of Pharmacy just north of the existing loading dock within an existing elevated plant bed. The site was selected both for its proximity to the building’s electrical room and because the area is already screened by existing vegetation from 14th Street or Jefferson Way, which minimized the impact on the OSU National Historic District.
In order to install the generator, OSU modified an existing four-foot retaining wall to encompass the new generator slab. OSU removed approximately 20-feet of the four-foot high, six-inch wide retaining wall and installed a new 45-foot section further to the north.
