Facilities Management 

 

Electrical Outage: November 28, 2009

 edwardsville Campus

 

The previously announced Edwardsville campus electrical outage for the
Saturday after Thanksgiving is still scheduled.  The crews at AmerenIP have
worked out a method to reduce the impact on the campus.  There will now only
be one outage instead of the previously announced two.  On the morning of
Saturday November 28 between 8:30 and 10:00 AM power will be shut off to the
core of the Edwardsville campus.  It will be off for an estimated 1 - 2 hours.

The outage will affect the core of the Edwardsville campus including the
academic buildings, residence halls, Student Fitness Center, MUC, Supporting
Services Building, and Early Childhood Center.  University Park, Birger
Hall, Cougar Village, ERTC, buildings on Stadium Drive, and the Credit Union
will not be affected.

It is strongly recommended that people not come to campus during the
electrical outage.  There will NOT be any lighting in most campus
stairwells.  Elevators will not be operational.

The outage is to allow AmerenIP to upgrade the electrical feed to the
Religious Center to improve safety and reliability.

Our electricians will be working in Lovejoy Library upgrading the emergency
power distribution system in the building.  As a result power will be off
for all or parts of the building for most of the day.   Lovejoy Library will
be open on Friday November 27, but closed on Saturday November 28.

Robert B. Washburn
Director Facilities Management
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
(618)650-2560 - fax (618)650-2595