Category Archives: Agricultural and Life Sciences Building

UPDATE: ALS steam shutdown through 7/29

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This is an update to a previous notification.

As part of the ALS Controls Replacement project, the steam system will be shut down at the Agricultural and Life Sciences Building starting Sunday, July 21 at 5 P.M. and ending Monday, July 29 at 5 P.M. The shutdown will be building-wide and impact all floors of the ALS Building. The shutdown will impact steam-utilized devices such as autoclaves and laboratory hot water.

Domestic water (bathrooms, breakrooms and kitchens) will not be impacted. Temperatures in the building may be slightly cooler in the mornings.

For questions or comments on this closure, contact Construction Manager Justin Fuszek at (541) 740-5260.

7/21 – 7/26: ALS Building Steam Shutdown

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As part of the ALS Controls Replacement project, the steam system will be shut down at the Agricultural and Life Sciences Building starting Sunday, July 21 at 5 P.M. and ending Friday, July 26 at 5 P.M. The shutdown will be building-wide and impact all floors of the ALS Building. The shutdown will impact steam-utilized devices such as autoclaves and laboratory hot water.

Domestic water (bathrooms, breakrooms and kitchens) will not be impacted. Temperatures in the building may be slightly cooler in the mornings.

For questions or comments on this closure, contact Construction Manager Justin Fuszek at (541) 740-5260.

UDATE: 7/16 – Crane Activity Between ALS Building & Nash Hall

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*this is an update to a previous notification*

A crane will be working in the walkway area between the Agricultural and Life Sciences Building and Nash Hall on Tuesday, July 16. The crane will be removing decommissioned cooling towers on the roof of the ALS Building. The walkway area between the two buildings will be closed. Both buildings will remain open during the crane activity.

Other possible impacts include noise near the work site.

A map showing the location of a crane between the Agricultural and Life Sciences Building and Nash Hall. The walkway area between the two buildings is marked as closed.

For questions or comments on this closure, contact Construction Manager Justin Fuszek at (541) 740-5260.

7/15 – Crane Activity Between ALS Building & Nash Hall

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A crane will be working in the walkway area between the Agricultural and Life Sciences Building and Nash Hall on Monday, July 15. The crane will be removing decommissioned cooling towers on the roof of the ALS Building. The walkway area between the two buildings will be closed. Both buildings will remain open during the crane activity.

Other possible impacts include noise near the work site.

A map showing the location of a crane between the Agricultural and Life Sciences Building and Nash Hall. The walkway area between the two buildings is marked as closed.

For questions or comments on this closure, contact Construction Manager Justin Fuszek at (541) 740-5260.

7/2024: Campus Wide Generator Testing  

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Facilities Services will be performing annual load bank testing for the below listed building emergency/ stand-by generators.  Each test will take approximately 3 hours. There may be excessive noise and possible exhaust fume odors associated with testing.  Each generator will be refueled after testing. 

Week of July 1st 

  • Cascade Hall 
  • Reser Stadium East 
  • Merritt Truax Indoor Center 
  • Magruder Hall Onan 
  • Magruder Hall Generac 

Week of July 8th 

  • Lab Animal Resources Center 
  • Dryden Hall 
  • George W. Peavy Forest Science Center 
  • Richardson Hall 

Week of July 15th 

  • Energy Center 
  • Precision Agriculture Systems Center 
  • RAIL 
  • Austin Hall & Learning Innovation Classroom Building 

Saturday July 20th 

  • Nash Hall & Linus Pauling Science Center 
  • Agricultural & Life Sciences Building 

Week of July 22nd 

  • Hallie E. Ford Center 
  • Milam Hall  
  • Burt Hall 
  • Dearborn Hall 

Week of July 29th 

  • Milne Computer Center 
  • The Valley Library 
  • Pharmacy 
  • Western Shops  

For questions or comments on this notice contact, Facilities Services at 541-737-2969. 

6/24 – 6/28: ALS Building Fume Hood Shutdown

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As part of the ALS Building Controls project, the fume hoods in the Agricultural and Life Sciences Building will be shut down starting Monday, June 24 through Friday, June 28 to allow for exhaust system modifications. This shutdown will affect fume hoods on all floors of the building.

The air pressure system will be shut off, but heating and cooling will still be available in the building.  

Other possible impacts include noise near the work site.

For questions or comments on this closure, contact Construction Manager Justin Fuszek at (541) 740-5260.

6/24 – ALS Crane Activity & Parking Space Closures

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As part of the ALS Controls Upgrade project, a crane will be working in the alley behind the Agricultural and Life Sciences building on Monday, June 24.

The alley will be closed to vehicle traffic. The ALS loading dock will be closed. The parking spaces located in the alley behind the Learning Innovation Center, Hovland Hall, Gilmore Hall and the Women’s Building will be closed. No vehicle access to the alley or the parking spaces will be permitted while the crane is working.

All entrances to the ALS building will remain open.

The sidewalk on the south side of the alley will remain open for pedestrians.

Other possible impacts include noise near the work site.

An aerial view of the alley behind the Agricultural and Life Sciences building showing the location of a crane and parking space closures.

For questions or comments on this closure, contact Construction Manager Justin Fuszek at (541) 740-5260.

6/9 – 6/10: ALS Steam, Hot Water Shutdown

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As part of the ALS Controls Replacement project, the steam system in the Agricultural and Life Sciences Building will be shut down starting Sunday, June 9 at 7 P.M. through Monday, June 10 at 5 P.M.

Restrooms and break rooms will not have hot water during this time frame. Laboratory hot water will not be impacted.

The building will experience lower than normal temperatures during this shutdown.

For questions or comments on this closure, contact Construction Manager Justin Fuszek at (541) 740-5260.  

4/9 – 4/12: ALS/Nash Hall Chilled Water System Shutdown

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As part of the Building Controls and Mechanical Renewal project, the chilled water system that feeds the Agricultural and Life Sciences Building and Nash Hall will be shut down to allow for piping work. The buildings may experience elevated temps during the shutdown, but no large temperature swings are expected.

Growth chambers, cold rooms and server rooms will be not affected by this shutdown.

For questions or comments on this closure, contact Construction Manager Justin Fuszek at (541) 740-5260.