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2012 Annual Steam and Electrical Shutdowns begin Friday June 1st and end Sunday June 9th
Monday, 5/14/2012

 

The 2012 Annual Steam and 2012 Annual Electrical Shutdown schedules have been released.  This year’s work begins on Friday June 1st and continues through Sunday June 9.  The Physical Plant worked closely this year with the Registrar’s Office, Summer at Rensselaer and Rensselaer’s Conference Services to minimize the impact to our students.  Please carefully review the schedules to see what the impact will be to your buildings.

The shutdown of the steam system will impact the campus for the period Sunday June 3rd to Saturday June 9th.

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City of Troy Hydrant Flushing Currently in Progress
Wednesday, 5/9/2012

We received notice today, Wednesday May 9th, that the City of Troy has begun their annual flushing of the water lines.  This activity may cause temporary discoloartion of the water supply.

The schedule released by the City indicates that the East Campus may be affected today Wednesday May 9th from 7:00 AM to 3:30 PM.

The main campus may be affected Monday May 14th from 7:00 AM to 3:30 PM.

Sage Boiler House Connector Project
Friday, 5/4/2012

The Physical Plant has contracted Zandri Construction Corporation to effect repairs designed by Ryan-Biggs Associates to the Sage Boiler House this summer.  This project will remove and replace a portion of the roadway behind the Russell Sage Laboratory (see attached diagram).  This section of roadway is actually the roof of the Sage Boiler House.  Steel plates were placed over problematic areas of the roadway in the past until funding became available and designs were completed to facilitate the repair.  There are major campus steam and communication utilities running immediately under the area being repaired which service the main campus.  The completion of this project will help to...

Jonsson Engineering Center Exterior Masonry Repairs
Friday, 3/30/2012

A contract has been awarded to Western Building Restoration Co, Inc., for repair of the exterior masonry at the north side of Jonsson Engineering Center.  The work will begin on Monday April 2, 2012 and continue to August 17, 2012.  The project will include resetting of some bricks, replacing existing horizontal and vertical control joints and some re-pointing of mortar joints. Safety precautions will be made at the 3rd level ramp on the north side of Jonsson Engineering Center before masonry work begins.  The safety precautions will include netting along the length of the JEC ramp and pedestrian scaffolding at the east and west ends of the ramp.  The JEC ramp will remain open. The exterior stairs at the west end of the JEC ramp (northwest...

Regularly Scheduled Shutdowns
Thursday, 5/26/2011

In order to perform preventative maintanence on our building systems the Physical Plant has implemented reqularly scheduled shutdowns as follows.  When planning your experiments please keep these in mind.

Electrical and Steam Distribution Systems

Annual Shutdowns

  •  Campus wide steam and electrical distribution systems outages take place the first week in June.

Air Supply and Fume Hood Exhaust Systems

Bi-Annual Shutdowns - June, November

  • Wednesday following Graduation  Walker Laboratory
  • Wednesday before Thanksgiving  Walker Laboratory

Quarterly Shutdowns - January, April, July, October...