NOVEMBER/DECEMBER CLIPBOARD
UPDATES FROM FACILITIES MANAGEMENT
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HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM FACILITIES MANAGEMENT!

Service Alerts & Activities

Christmas Break

Campuses will be closed with NO building access (except those with after-hours card access) from end of business December 23, 2008, to reopen on January 5, 2009.

NOTE: During Holiday breaks, all buildings are locked and heating/cooling is on a holiday schedule unless exceptions have been noted by the department (and usually sent via e-mail to the campus community) and/or FM has been notified. Faculty/staff/students using keyless entry during the break should be aware that, due to the modified heating/cooling schedule, buildings will be cooler then usual. Snow removal is modified during the break period, also.

It’s That Time Again…
Mating deer are on the move beginning in October, and State Police are reminding drivers that means they may be moving into the paths of motorists.

The deer mating season between October and December makes the animals more active, which means they are more likely to run out in front of vehicles and cause accidents. Drivers should be especially alert around wooded areas and farm fields.

According to Master Trooper Ralph Timmins, an average of 300 such accidents happen in the area each year, involving 23,000 deer! Most of the serious crashes are the result of evasive maneuvering by drivers attempting to miss the animal. In the attempt, they sometimes hit another car or truck or a fixed object and can cause serious injury or death. Hitting the deer may destroy the deer and severely damage the automobile, but rarely injures people. According to police, the best thing to do when encountering a darting deer is to brake and try to steer away from the deer while remaining within your traffic lane or on the shoulder. Driving out of the lane or off the shoulder is dangerous. People should prepare for evasive action if they see a deer near the roadway and should not assume the animal will not bolt into traffic lanes.

Except for their eyes, deer do not reflect light. At 55 mph, a driver has only one second to react, not nearly enough time to avoid an accident.

(Information from The Telegraph, October 11, 2005)

News that will floor you…

Facilities Management is putting together a bid to replace about 14,000 square feet of carpeting between fall and spring semester. FM is reviewing the carpet requests that were received and getting bids for the areas selected.

The Gift that will keep on giving…
Building occupants are reminded to be certain all food trash is discarded into the appropriate receptacles before leaving for Christmas break. The banana left in a trash can in December will be especially unpleasant by January, and everyone in the office, perhaps everyone on the floor, will notice!
Just in Case…
Employees who need to be on campus during Christmas break should be aware of the following:

In case of a police emergency…………………………………………Dial 911
When in need of campus police assistance……………………………Dial 3324
When reporting building problems……………Dial 3513 and follow instructions

Think Green…
Temperatures in campus buildings are kept at the bare minimum during Christmas break while buildings are unoccupied. Most plants do fairly well in cooler temperatures; however, building occupants whose plants are especially sensitive to cold may consider taking the plants home over Christmas break.

Vacation E-Mail Addresses

The departmental email accounts below should be used when sending email to Facilities Management, especially during months when individuals may be on vacation. If an email is for a specific individual, and it doesn’t matter how soon it is answered, individual email addresses are fine. However, when the email has to do with a situation that needs to be addressed in a timely manner, the following email addresses should be used:

Hot or cold calls/Customer Service/Work Order Control: E-mail (fmserv@siue.edu) or call 3711

SERVICE NUMBERS

FACILITIES MANAGEMENT SERVICES
Temperature Control, Work Order Control, Customer Service/650-3711
Key Control/650-3200
Utilities & Energy Management/650-3329
Grounds/650-2719
Director/650-2560
Business Manager, Alicia Wainright/650-3161

OPERATIONAL MANAGERS:
Janice LaRiviere/650-3804 (Maintenance)
Steve Brandenburg/650-2069 (Building Services, Grounds)
Ed Matecki/650-2258 (Utilities)
Frank Zaloga/7252 or 6350 (Alton SDM and ESLHEC)

Architects/Engineers:
Rick Klein/650-3575
Mohammad Rouf/650-3917

Facilities Management Fax: 618-650-2595
After hours/week-end building problems 650-3513 or 650-3324