Category Archives: Austin Hall

12/18-12/20: Scheduled: Annual Fire Rollup Door Testing

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Scheduled: Annual Fire Rollup Door Testing

Effective Date(s):  December 18-20, 2023

An outside contractor will be performing testing on fire rollup doors December 18th-20th .  The testing is approximately ½ hour per door. The door will be closed for that time, and there may be some noise as the door closes and opens. Please see the list of impacted buildings below.

  • Kelley Engineering Center
  • Pharmacy Building
  • Magruder Hall
  • Research Way Building
  • Burt Hall
  • Environmental Health & Safety Annex
  • Austin Hall
  • George W. Peavy Forest Science Center
  • The Valley Library
  • Joyce Collin Furman Hall
  • Gill Coliseum
  • Sports Performance
  • Reser Stadium

For questions or comments on this closure, contact Alarm Shop at 541-737-2969.

7/24/23: Sackett Hall, Austin Hall & Learning Innovation Center Steam Shutdown

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Revised: Based on Building manager feedback, we have rescheduled this shutdown for Monday, July 24th

The steam will be shut down in Sackett Hall, Austin Hall and Learning Innovation Center on July 24th, 6:00 am – 1:00 pm to inspect steam and condensate leaks. This will affect all steam services, includes heat & hot water building wide.

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

2/17/23-TBD: Austin Hall Immediate Domestic Hot Water Shutdown. 2/24/2023: Hot water has been restored.

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2/24/2023: Hot water has been restored.

The domestic hot water is shut down in Austin Hall for emergency repairs as of February 17, 2023. This will affect all domestic hot water building wide. The restoral of domestic hot water is unknown currently due to the repair requiring a specialty part. A second notice will follow when the repair is complete and domestic hot water has been restored. 

3/21-3/22/22: Sackett Hall, Austin Hall & Learning Innovation Center Steam Shutdown

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The steam will be shut down in Sackett Hall, Austin Hall and Learning Innovation Center March 21, 4:00 pm – March 22, 2022 5:00 pm to repair a leaking steam gasket. This will affect all steam services, includes heat & hot water building wide.

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

11/3/21: Sackett Hall, Austin Hall & Learning Innovation Center Steam Shutdown 9:00 am – 2:00 pm

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The steam will be shut down in Sackett Hall, Austin Hall and Learning Innovation Center November 3, 2021 from 9:00am- 2:00pm for repairs. This will affect all steam services, includes heat & hot water building wide.

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

7/2021: 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 5th

  • Reser Stadium
  • Merritt Truax Indoor Center
  • Magruder Hall Onan
  • Magruder Hall Generac
  • Dryden Hall

Week of July 12th

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

Week of July 19th

  • Energy Center
  • Precision Agricultural Systems Center
  • RAIL
  • Austin Hall
  • Learning Innovation Center

Saturday July 24th

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

Week of July 26th

  • Hallie E. Ford Center
  • Kelly Engineering Center
  • Johnson Hall
  • Plageman Student Health Center

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

11/10-11/13/20: Elevator Shutdown in Austin Hall, Cordley and Learning Innovation Center 8:00 am – 4:30 pm.

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The elevators will be shut down in the following buildings on the days listed below from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm while the annual category five full load testing is performed.

Tuesday November 10, 2020

  • Austin Hall Elevator #1 & #2

Thursday November 12, 2020

  • Learning Innovation Center Elevator #1 & #2
  • Cordley East Elevator (Time Permitting)

Friday November 13, 2020

  • Learning Innovation Center Elevator #3 & #4
  • Cordley East Elevator (Time Permitting)

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