Each year Facilities Services performs necessary maintenance on the university’s steam system, which requires shutting off the steam throughout campus, to complete maintenance services at the plant, throughout the steam tunnels and in each building. This process affects hot water supply, heating, and all equipment that uses steam, campus wide. The steam shutdown for 2026 will occur June 15th – June 17th, 2026.
For questions or comments on this closure contact Les Walton at 541-737-8812.
Renovation work occurring at Gilkey Hall will require a planned power outage impacting multiple buildings on the northeast side of campus.
The power outage will occur on Wednesday, May 20 and again on Thursday, May 21 from 6:00 – 7:00 a.m. both days. The exception will be Gilkey Hall, which will remain without power for the full 24 period.
The buildings impacted by the 1-hour power outage on both days are:
Buildings will be closed during this power outage. Any OSU staff needing to enter must check in with the contractor on-site.
Please ensure that all electronic devices not connected to emergency power are powered down and that all computers, printers, copiers and other electronic devices are turned off prior to Wednesday, May 20. If you have an Uninterruptable Power Supply (UPS), also known as a battery back-up, please be sure to turn it off as well.
Employees scheduled to work when buildings are without power should consult with their supervisors regarding work schedules. For more information regarding work scheduling, please refer to the instructions regarding Interruptions of University Operations.
For questions or comments on this closure, contact Project Manager Scott Bond at (541) 974-2520.
Please note that after May 18, questions should be directed to Jason Lundy at (541) 270-0193.
All of the vacuum pumps will be shut down in Weniger Hall for system servicing May 8, 2026 6:00 am – 8:00 am.
For questions or comments on this closure contact Richard Olsen at 541-737-7025.
SW 13th St. will be closed from SW A Avenue to SW Washington Ave. starting Monday, May 4 through Wednesday, July 8 to allow for Union Pacific to complete a project at the railroad crossing.
Local traffic will be permitted from SW A Avenue to the railroad tracks, but no vehicles will be allowed to cross the tracks.
A partial closure of the parking lots located between the railroad tracks and SW Washington Ave. will continue through July 8.
Other possible impacts include construction noise near the work area.
For questions or comments on this closure, contact Project Manager Scott Bond at (541) 974-2520.
The sidewalk at the northeast corner of Bexell Hall will be closed to allow for painting work on Monday, May 4 from 7:00 – 11:00 a.m.
For questions or comments on this closure, contact Project Manager Ryan Wilson at (503) 779-3488.
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 April 27th
Week of May 4th
Week of May 11th
Week of May 18th
For questions or comments on this notice contact, Brandon Holden at 541-737-8313.
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
Oregon State University
830 SW 35th Street | Corvallis, OR 97331 | 541-737-2969
The industrial and domestic water will be shut down in Dearborn Hall April 25, 2026 from 7:00 am to 5:00 pm to replace bad sections of hot water piping. This will affect the industrial and domestic hot water in labs and equipment attached to the industrial water. This will not affect restrooms.
For questions or comments on this notice contact, Travis Howard at 541-737-7651.
Contractors for the city of Corvallis will be returning to SW 35th St. and Western Blvd. to complete pavement markings and lane striping on Monday, April 6 and Tuesday, April 7. This work will require frequent changes in traffic patterns such as lane closures, changes to parking lot access, etc. The fresh paint will require 10-15 minutes to cure in each area before traffic will be allowed to drive over it.
Access to the Western Building and UHDS parking lots may be limited to a single entry/exit point at times while paint is curing.
Please be prepared for changing travel routes in area around West Hills Rd./Western Blvd./SW 35th St. and follow detour signage and flagger directions.
CTS and Beaver Bus routes may be detoured, please check schedules.
For questions or comments on this closure, contact Josh Bjornstedt.
Due to construction work happening in the area, a section of sidewalk on the west side of SW 15th St. adjacent to Adams Hall will be closed starting Monday, April 6 through Monday, April 20. Other possible impacts from this project include an increase in construction noise in the area.
For questions or comments on this closure, contact Project Manager Tarrigon Van Denburg at (714) 390-5313.
The west sidewalk and entrance at Fairbanks Hall will be intermittently closed due to exterior painting work on Friday, April 3. The east entrance will also be closed at times as work progresses around the building. One building entrance will remain accessible at all times. Signage will be posted to direct building visitors.
For questions or comments on this closure, contact Project Manager Tarrigon Van Denburg at (714) 390-5313.
Due to contractor tree work being performed on the north side of the Memorial Union Quad the red marked sidewalks will be closed for access (see map) beginning Wednesday, April 15, 2026 from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. The green line on the map indicates adjusted path of travel. There will be intermittent loud noise to chip brush.
For questions or comments on this closure, contact Chris Trine at 541-737-3488.
