Portions of OSU’s Corvallis Campus may have recently experienced a power bump. Pacific Power is investigating the cause and Facilities Services is checking building systems for any issues.

If you have areas without power or if there are issues with generators or backup power, please call Public Safety 541-737-3010 to dispatch the Facilities on-call.

As part of work being done at Valley Football Center, Ralph Miller Lane will be closed between Protho Field and Valley Football Center to allow a crane to move equipment to VFC. Work is scheduled to take place between 7 a.m. and 11 a.m. on Monday, Oct 3. The sidewalk on the Protho field side of the street will remain open to pedestrians.

For questions or comments on this closure, contact Jason Dalrymple, director of facilities and operations for Athletics.

For work related to the Cordley Hall Renovation Project, stand-by generator testing will take place on Cordley Hall’s west side. The testing will cause AC power interruptions and impact the building’s primary power. Testing is scheduled from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. on Wednesday, September 14, 2022.

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

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 the start of the scheduled stand-by generator testing. If you have an Uninterruptable Power Supply (UPS), also known as a battery back-up, please be sure to turn it off as well.

Cordley West area map

Scheduled:  Agricultural & Life Sciences Bldg. – Generator Transfer Switch Testing

Effective Date(s): August 10, 2022, 6:30 am – 7:30 am.

To ensure recent repairs to the transfer switch were successful, power to all 208 and 120v red emergency outlets will be briefly interrupted for testing on August 10, 2022. Power interruptions should only occur when the switch is turned on and then turned off a short amount of time later.

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


As part of the Cordley Hall Renewal Project, the north/south sidewalk on the east side of Cordley Hall will be closed due to construction activities from Friday, August 5, 2022 until June 2024.

This sidewalk is between Cordley Hall, Bates Hall and the Hallie E. Ford Center. The closure is between SW Campus Way and SW Orchard Ave.

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

Sidewalk closure between SW Orchard Ave and SW Campus Way at OSU

One of the Linus Pauling Science Center building supply fans will be shut down to replace several failed fan motors. Building occupants may notice some air pressure fluctuations, fume hoods will remain operational.

For questions or comments on this closure, contact Matt Zink at 541-737-2969.

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