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.
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.
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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.
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 Monday, April 13, 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.
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 Tuesday, April 14, 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.
Due to construction work happening in the area, parking spaces in lots along SW 13th St., between SW Washington Ave. and the railroad tracks will be closed. The impacted lots are Washington Ave. SW (#3201) and Washington Ave. SE (#3209). The parking spaces will be closed through Friday, June 12.
For questions or comments on this closure, contact Project Manager Derek Bennett at (541) 609-6111.
On Friday, March 27, 2026 from 7:00 am – 1:00 pm, the parking lot (#3330) at Wiegand Hall (view map) will be closed to accommodate the crane for removal and reinstallation of new HVAC equipment onto the roof.
For questions or comments on this closure, contact Justin Fuszek at 541-737-1296.
