Scheduled: Fire Alarm & Sprinkler Testing

Effective Date(s): August 14th-August 18th, 2023

Convergint will be conducting annual fire alarm & sprinkler testing.  Testing will take place in the buildings listed below.  The testing will be brief and include both sounding of alarms and strobes. As part of the testing building occupants may notice occasional beeping coming from the fire panel and horns and strobe lights activating throughout the building.  Signage will be posted on exterior doors while testing is being conducted.

August 14th  

  • Beth Ray
  • Cascade Hall
  • Parking Structure

August 15th

  • Kerr Administration/ Kerr B210 Data Room
  • McAlexander Field House

August 16th

  • Goss Stadium
  • Snell Hall/ MU East

August 17th

  • Ballard Extension Hall
  • Bates Hall
  • Hallie Ford

August 18th

  • Gilmore Annex
  • Gilmore Hall
  • Hovland Hall
  • Nash Hall

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

Scheduled: Fire Alarm & Sprinkler Testing

Effective Date(s): August 7th-August 11th, 2023

Convergint will be conducting annual fire alarm & sprinkler testing.  Testing will take place in the buildings listed below.  The testing will be brief and include both sounding of alarms and strobes. As part of the testing building occupants may notice occasional beeping coming from the fire panel and horns and strobe lights activating throughout the building.  Signage will be posted on exterior doors while testing is being conducted.

August 7th

  • Dryden Hall
  • Peavey Forest Science Center
  • Richardson Hall 

August 8th

  • Energy Center
  • Heckert Lodge
  • Reed Lodge

August 9th

  • Kearney Hall
  • Merryfield Hall          
  • Owen Hall

August 10th

  • Reser Stadium East
  • Valley Football Center

August 11th

  • Gill Coliseum
  • Sports Performance Center

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

As part of the Cordley Hall Renewal project,  a natural gas shutdown will occur today, Friday July 21 that will result in no natural gas service in Nash Hall and ALS, lasting until 3 pm. Northwest Natural Gas will be working in the area south of Cordley Hall east and will protrude into Campus Way.

Emergency natural gas shutdown for Nash Hall and ALS on July 21, 2023.

For questions or comments on this closure, contact Construction Manager Jason Lundy at 541-270-0193. 

As part of the ALS Controls project, the chilled water cooling system will be temporarily shut down in the Agriculture & Life Sciences Building and Nash Hall on Wednesday, June 28 from 6 A.M. to 12 P.M to allow for piping and sensor installation. The chilled water system controls the air conditioning in the impacted buildings. Building temperatures will be slightly warmer during the outage, but the difference will be minimal. Walk-ins, server rooms and environmental chambers will not be impacted by this shutdown.

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

Date: Wednesday, February 1st, 2023: 12:00AM – 3:00AM

As part of the Withycombe Hall Renovation project, a planned power outage will impact multiple buildings in the area. The outage is scheduled for Wednesday, February 1st, from 12:00AM – 3:00AM.

The following buildings will be without power from 12:00 AM – 3:00AM on Wednesday, February 1st:

  • Withycombe Hall
  • Nash Hall
  • Gilmore Hall
  • Ballard Extension
  • Women’s Building

What do you need to do to prepare for this outage? Please make sure that all computers, printers, copiers and other electronic devices are turned off prior to February 1st, 2023. If you have an Uninterruptable Power Supply (UPS), also known as a battery back-up, please be sure to turn it off as well.

For questions or comments on this work, contact Construction Manager Rick Freeman at (541) 231-5368.

Due do construction-related activities at Cordley East for the Cordley Hall Renovation Project, the North District Utility Plant will be shut down starting on Monday, Oct. 10, 2022 through Wednesday, October 12, 2022. This will impact chilled water service to all buildings on the chilled water loop. Impacted buildings include: Cordley West, ALS, Nash Hall, Wilkinson Hall and the Burt Hall complex.

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

Cordley Hall area map

For work related to the Cordley Hall Renewal Project, a planned power outage is scheduled from 5-7 a.m. on Thursday, August 18, 2022 for the following buildings on Oregon State University’s Corvallis campus:

  • Ballard Extension
  • Cordley Hall- East side
  • Gilmore Hall
  • Nash Hall
  • Withycombe Hall
  • Women’s Building

This is the rescheduled date for the planned power outage originally scheduled for August 8.

For questions or comments about this closure, contact Construction Manager Jason Lundy at 541-270-0193.

Power outage area map

For work related to the Cordley Hall Renewal Project, a planned power outage is scheduled for the following buildings on Oregon State University’s Corvallis campus:

  • Ballard Extension
  • Cordley Hall- East side
  • Gilmore Hall
  • Nash Hall
  • Withycombe Hall
  • Women’s Building

The planned power outage is scheduled from 5 a.m. to 7 a.m. on Monday, August 8, 2022. 

For questions or comments about this closure, contact Construction Manager Jason Lundy at 541-270-0193.

Planned power outage area map

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 4th

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

Week of July 11th

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

Week of July 18th

  • Energy Center
  • Precision Agricultural Systems Center
  • RAIL

Saturday July 23rd

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

Week of July 25th

  • 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.

Closures are often subject to changes and delays, so please visit the OSU Campus Closures, Shutdowns, and Detours page for updates on this and other campus closures.

Please forward this notice to anyone who would benefit from this information.

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Facilities Services

University Facilities, Infrastructure & Operations

Oregon State University

830 SW 35th Street | Corvallis, OR 97331 | 541-737-2969