[Facilities Services Notifications] Final Reminder: Planned Multiple Building Power Interruptions for Saturday 3/27 & Sunday 3/28/21

[Facilities]

PLANNED POWER SERVICE INTERRUPTION NOTIFICATION
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DATE
March 24, 2021
FROM
Facilities Services
TO
Impacted Building Occupants
SUBJECT
Final Reminder: Planned Multiple Building Power Interruptions for Saturday 3/27 & Sunday 3/28/21
Please be advised a planned power project will impact various buildings on Saturday 3/27 and Sunday 3/28. Please read below for exact details.

PURPOSE:
The campus continues to move forward with an extensive upgrade to our electrical infrastructure, creating more reliability, reducing unplanned outages, as well as providing flexibility for future growth. This service interruption (details below) allows the campus to continue with balancing electrical power across major electrical switches, support the large-scale cabling upgrade underneath the highway for more secure campus connections with the city, eliminate primary power infrastructure immediately adjacent to the freeway, and allow us to have redundancy of campus electrical support in the near future.

It will be necessary to perform an electrical infrastructure upgrade on Saturday, March 27th from 8:00 am - 4:00 pm and Sunday, March 28th from 7:00 am - 11:00 am.

Although performing electrical work over a 3-day campus holiday weekend is not ideal, the dates of Saturday, March 27 and Sunday, March 28, 2021 were selected to avoid the Easter Holiday weekend and still keep the project moving forward.  Additionally, this timing addresses the scope and safety considerations required during a time when power usage is at its lowest and campus teaching and business operations are closed. Please review the details of the planned interruptions below:

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POWER INTERRUPTIONS

Saturday, March 27, 2021 from 8:00 am - 4:00 pm

The following two buildings will experience two (2) momentary power service interruptions lasting up to 15 minutes in duration.

*        The first service interruption will occur during the transition to generator power at the start of the day and the second interruption transferring service from generator power back to main power near the end of the day.
Impacted Buildings
Multidisciplinary Research Building (MRB)
Materials Science & Engineering

Concerned occupants should take the following precautions:

*        If you have sensitive research equipment or systems you know can be impacted by power interruption and you have not connected them to uninterrupted power devices (UPS) and surge protectors, please plan to disconnect and turn off equipment for the duration of the day to avoid any damage.

*        Additional information on how to power down your lab may be found from our partners at EH&S: https://ehs.ucr.edu/laboratory/utilities.

The following buildings should not experience power service interruptions.

*        Although on the same circuits as the project work for Saturday, these buildings are not expected to experience a power service interruption; however, in the remote chance of a power interruption, it will be momentary in nature.
Potentially Impacted Buildings
Aberdeen & Inverness
Highlander Union Building (HUB)
Arts Building
Humanities & Social Science Building
Athletics and Dance Building
Lothian Residence Hall
Barnes & Noble Bookstore
Orbach Science Library
Bourns Hall
Pentland Hills Residence Hall
Boyce Hall
Pierce Annex
Campbell Hall
Pierce Hall
CHASS
School of Medicine Education
Chemical Science Building
Science Laboratory 1
Corporation yard
Skye Hall
Costo Hall
Student Recreation Center (SRC)
Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S)
Student Services Building
Fleet Services
Transportation Services (TAPS)
Geology Building / Geology Addition
University Lecture Hall
Glen Mor
Vivarium Trailer
Greenhouse 6-10, 11-14 and 15-17
Webber Hall
Growth Chamber Facility 1 (GCF1)
Winston Chung Hall

Sunday, March 28, 2021 from 7:00 am - 11:00 am

The following 7 buildings will experience two (2) momentary power service interruptions lasting up to 15 minutes in duration.

*        The first service interruption will occur during the transition to generator power at the start of the day and the second interruption transferring service from generator power back to main power near the end of the day.
Impacted Buildings
Boyce Hall
School of Medicine Education Trailer
Campus Arabidopsis Facility (CAF)
Vivarium Trailer
Greenhouse 6-10, 11-14 and 15-17
Webber Hall
School of Medicine Education


CONTACT INFORMATION
Gerald Caraig, PD&C Project Manager
gerald.caraig at ucr.edu<mailto:gerald.caraig at ucr.edu>

Client Support Services
(951) 827-4214 / facilities at ucr.edu<mailto:facilities at ucr.edu>


Thank you,
PD&C and Facilities Services
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