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The steam distribution system for the ISU campus requires periodic maintenance to run reliably and efficiently.  Some of this required maintenance requires that the full system be shut down.  This year’s outage is planned for 48 hours on Saturday, 5/14/22 and Sunday 5/15/22 (starting late Friday night, 5/13/22 and ending at midnight on Sunday, 5/15/22). We will plan to be back in full operation at midnight Sunday 5/15 but this could be delayed somewhat if we run into unforeseen issues during our repairs.  Items affected by this outage include the following: 

• Cooking equipment using steam
• Domestic hot water in all but a few small areas (water will still come out of the faucets – it just will not be hot)
• Swimming pool heaters
• Heating and air conditioning reheat systems in most buildings
  • Reheat systems provide for individual room temperature control so when these are out of service there will be some rooms several degrees colder than their temperature set point while other rooms will likely be warmer than their set point.

• Dye pots used for dying costumes at Centennial East
• Science equipment including the cage washer and some sterilization equipment

Beginning on Monday, May 9, 2022,  Facilities will be testing Fire Alarms in various buildings on campus from 8:00 am – 4:00 pm.  Below is the building schedule for testing. 

Beginning on Monday, May 9th all elevators on campus will be subject to inspection.  Each elevator will be expected to be down anywhere from 60-90 minutes during the inspection.  The inspection process will last approximately one month to help accommodate various schedules and events happening on campus – so please allow yourself extra time to get around. 

The first group of elevators (in alphabetical order) to be inspected are listed below and are expected to be completed by the end of May:

The second group of elevators (in alphabetical order) to be inspected will begin on May 21^st and expected to be completed by June 10^th:

If you would like to be added to the Facilities Services List Serv to receive emails regarding the announcements you read above, please send your request to Sarah Bollman at sebollm@ilstu.edu.