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Sent: 2023-10-11
From: EIU
To: Various Recipients

Subject: Campus Wide Steam Outage

Building Coordinators:

Please notify your building occupants of this outage. Any questions or concerns, please contact facilities at 581-3520.


FACILITIES PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT OUTAGE PLANNING SHEET

Campus Wide Steam Outage


REQUESTED BY: Bill Burnside, HVAC Foreman

BUILDINGS OR AREAS INVOLVED: Entire Campus served by steam system

DATE/TIME: Friday, October 20, 2023, 4:00 a.m. – Saturday, October 21, 2023, 5 p.m.

PURPOSE OF PROPOSED OUTAGE: Repair steam leaks in steam tunnels

POSSIBLE PROBLEMS / SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS: Due to an active leak in our steam system, Facilities personnel will be shutting down steam to the entire EIU campus. This is required to repair the leak and repack high pressure values. During the outage there will be no steam, no heat, and no hot water. All buildings will remain operational. If employees have concerns about their work environment, they should discuss this with their supervisor. Please also note, between 4:00am and 6:00am the steam system will be vented which will create a loud whistle sound from the old steam plant. Thank you for your patience as we continue to repair and improve our campus infrastructure.

CONTACT THE DEPARTMENT

Technology Support

217-581-4357
support@eiu.edu