Revised Power Shutdown to Impact Seven Buildings Starting at 6 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 9

Summary of disruption: Testing of electrical transfer switches will prompt power shutdowns at seven buildings starting at 6 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 9. Electrical service is expected to be restored by 2:30 p.m.

Affected buildings

Roundhouse (Building 16)

Facilities Planning & Construction (Building 81)

Information Technology and Institutional Planning (Building 91)

Police and Parking Services (Building 109)

College of Business Administration (Buildings 162, 163 and 164)

Reason for disruption: Allow contractor crews to test automatic transfer switches for the emergency power systems. Testing is essential to ensure continued emergency standby reliability and performance and minimize the risk of unexpected outages to the emergency system load capability.

How does this affect me? Elevators, fire alarms, the HVAC system, interior lights, and electrical outlets connected to emergency panels will not be in service during the power shutdown and testing. The outage in Building 16 will switch off emergency power to the University Library. However, primary power in the University Library will not be affected.  

What do I need to do? Please share this information with others in the buildings who may have not received this message.

For any questions or more information, please contact: Martin Cartagena, Electrical Shop supervisor, at Ext. 3044.