Wifi outage All,

I saw an email about the wifi being out in the building yesterday evening and came in to find that it still is off this morning

I have sent an email to the appropriate people in OIT to alert them and I'm waiting on a response. 

Please be patient as we mobilize to address the problem.
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Phase one of the craziness has been completed. The chilled water loop has been serviced and is back in service. Room temperatures should be returning to normal after the transfer of environmental controls is completed. 

The transfer of environmental systems over for control by the central plant and the addition of additional seals in our air handling units on the roof is going on today. This may be a several day process. 

Next Tuesday evening we will have a minimum of a 4 hour complete building power outage (save the emergency lighting and outlets) to test the systems in the vivarium in the event of a campus outage. 

Thank you all for your patience. 
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We are currently switching the building environmental systems over to central plant monitoring and control. One of our critical issues after the switch is the continued operation of every aspect of the vivarium facilities in the event of a building or campus wide  power outage.

To address this situation, the building will have a complete power outage next Tuesday evening at 9:00 PM for 4 hours or more. Emergency lighting and outlets will be operational, but it is advised that you turn off all vacuum pumps and sensitive electronic equipment prior to leaving Tuesday evening. 

Thank you for your patience and attention!
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We will be attempting to redo the seals in the air handlers for the upper floors next Friday Jan 11th. We do have redundancy however we may see some pressurization changes through the day.

Thank you for your understanding.
]]> All, We will be attempting to redo the seals in the air handlers for the upper floors next Friday Jan 11th. We do have redundancy however we may see some pressurization changes through the day.... https://beta.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/89414/guest@my.umbc.edu/a4d433dfa363651c914ec824faee1886/api/pixel ILSB Operations https://beta.my.umbc.edu/groups/ilsb-operations https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/4/xsmall.png?1777560876 https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/4/original.png?1777560876 https://assets3-beta.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/4/xxlarge.png?1777560876 https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/4/xlarge.png?1777560876 https://assets3-beta.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/4/large.png?1777560876 https://assets4-beta.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/4/medium.png?1777560876 https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/4/small.png?1777560876 https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/4/xsmall.png?1777560876 https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/4/xxsmall.png?1777560876 ILSB Operations 0 0 true Fri, 03 Jan 2020 16:27:09 -0500 Building lock down today All,

To make certain the building is secure prior to the winter break, I'm going to lock us down at 3:15 today. ID cards will be required to enter the building until January 2nd.

Have a safe and restful holiday season!
]]> All, To make certain the building is secure prior to the winter break, I'm going to lock us down at 3:15 today. ID cards will be required to enter the building until January 2nd. Have a... https://beta.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/89331/guest@my.umbc.edu/ae33af621d107d67bfc56c4ced04d523/api/pixel ILSB Operations https://beta.my.umbc.edu/groups/ilsb-operations https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/4/xsmall.png?1777560876 https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/4/original.png?1777560876 https://assets3-beta.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/4/xxlarge.png?1777560876 https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/4/xlarge.png?1777560876 https://assets3-beta.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/4/large.png?1777560876 https://assets4-beta.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/4/medium.png?1777560876 https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/4/small.png?1777560876 https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/4/xsmall.png?1777560876 https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/4/xxsmall.png?1777560876 ILSB Operations 1 0 true Fri, 20 Dec 2019 15:03:28 -0500 Winter break outages
All,
This notice is to inform you of upcoming system outages that Facilities Management is planning in order to perform repairs to critical systems.  This notice is being sent to Chairs and Building Managers.  VPs and Deans will also receive this notice via the VP and Deans group.
Please forward this notice to anyone that may not be included in the previously mentioned groups.
As always, if staff or faculty feel that an outage can not be supported, please email me with the concern so that we can attempt to mitigate the concerns and keep the outages on track.

Campus Wide Power Outage:
December 29th 6am - 4pm
Baltimore Gas and Electric and UMBC have identified Sunday December 29th to conduct a campus wide power outage in order to complete three repairs, which were identified through a comprehensive inspection of their electrical distribution system.  This is the only campus wide power outage needed to complete these repairs. 
The TRC will not lose power during this outage.

Brief High Temperature Hot Water (HTHW) outages:
December 30th 9am - 11am and 5pm - 6pm
January 4th 7am - 10am
These brief HTHW outages will allow FM to replace an Automatic Transfer Switch (ATS) at the central plant.  On 22 July 19 FM suffered a HTHW outage for two days due to damage to our ATS at the central plant.  FM has been using a rental ATS while a new ATS was being built.  These outages will allow FM to install the new ATS and restore the central plant to normal operation.
Building occupants may see temperatures within their spaces drop a couple of degrees during these outages, but temperatures will return to normal quickly.

Chilled Water System Outage:
January 6th through January 10th
Maintenance to replace six valves in the Chilled Water System will be completed during this outage.  FM is also installing a new valve during this outage, which will allow future maintenance of this nature to be performed without the need for a system wide outage.  
The Chilled Water System will be turned off at 7am on 6 Jan and will be turned back on by 5pm 10 Jan.  
During this 5 day outage, no processed chilled water will be available.
There will be little noticeable difference to building temperatures during this outage.
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Over the weekend we had numerous students in the building without ID card authorization. 

Looking at the finals schedule, it appears that we should have limited numbers of students needing access on Wednesday morning. I want to run a test mid morning to lock down the building using the Lenel control system around 10AM to assess to actual security at the perimeter doors.

The test should only last 10 - 15 minutes, but will allow me to get the security system personnel out to address the issue prior to the break. 

Please keep your ID cards handy and forward this to anyone that may be needing to access the building the morning of the 18th.

Thank you!
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This notice is to inform you of upcoming system outages that Facilities Management is planning in order to perform repairs to critical systems.  This notice is being sent to Chairs and Building Managers.  VPs and Deans will also receive this notice via the VP and Deans group.
Please forward this notice to anyone that may not be included in the previously mentioned groups.
As always, if staff or faculty feel that an outage can not be supported, please email me with the concern so that we can attempt to mitigate the concerns and keep the outages on track.

Campus Wide Power Outage:
December 29th 6am - 4pm
Baltimore Gas and Electric and UMBC have identified Sunday December 29th to conduct a campus wide power outage in order to complete three repairs, which were identified through a comprehensive inspection of their electrical distribution system.  This is the only campus wide power outage needed to complete these repairs. 
The TRC will not lose power during this outage.

Brief High Temperature Hot Water (HTHW) outages:
December 30th 9am - 11am and 5pm - 6pm
January 4th 7am - 10am
These brief HTHW outages will allow FM to replace an Automatic Transfer Switch (ATS) at the central plant.  On 22 July 19 FM suffered a HTHW outage for two days due to damage to our ATS at the central plant.  FM has been using a rental ATS while a new ATS was being built.  These outages will allow FM to install the new ATS and restore the central plant to normal operation.
Building occupants may see temperatures within their spaces drop a couple of degrees during these outages, but temperatures will return to normal quickly.

Chilled Water System Outage:
January 6th through January 10th
Maintenance to replace six valves in the Chilled Water System will be completed during this outage.  FM is also installing a new valve during this outage, which will allow future maintenance of this nature to be performed without the need for a system wide outage.  
The Chilled Water System will be turned off at 7am on 6 Jan and will be turned back on by 5pm 10 Jan.  
During this 5 day outage, no processed chilled water will be available.
There will be little noticeable difference to building temperatures during this outage.

High Temperature Hot Water (HTHW) Outage:
22 May 20 - 05 June 20
Maintenance to replace many components within the HTHW loop will be completed.
FM contracted an engineering study of our HTHW system, following the October 2018 system failure, and will complete recommended system alterations during this outage.
During this outage buildings will feel cooler than normal due to losing the ability to reheat with HTHW.  Many buildings will also not have domestic hot water available during this outage.  FM and ESH will be monitoring building temperatures as well as humidity throughout this outage.
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We will be doing sprinkler testing this afternoon. The testing company will be bypassing the alarm system, but I wanted everyone to be aware. 

Thank you all for your patience. 
]]> All, We will be doing sprinkler testing this afternoon. The testing company will be bypassing the alarm system, but I wanted everyone to be aware.  Thank you all for your patience.  https://beta.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/89088/guest@my.umbc.edu/080f98ae5c29c7ec05626b2956fee4c2/api/pixel ILSB Operations https://beta.my.umbc.edu/groups/ilsb-operations https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/4/xsmall.png?1777560876 https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/4/original.png?1777560876 https://assets3-beta.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/4/xxlarge.png?1777560876 https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/4/xlarge.png?1777560876 https://assets3-beta.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/4/large.png?1777560876 https://assets4-beta.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/4/medium.png?1777560876 https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/4/small.png?1777560876 https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/4/xsmall.png?1777560876 https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/4/xxsmall.png?1777560876 ILSB Operations 0 0 false Tue, 10 Dec 2019 11:37:38 -0500 Machine shop / Technical service center A resource for hard to fix problems vacuum line hook up All,

A lot of you already know John Cataldi and I know several of you were introduced to him yesterday. John is the supervisor of the UMBC machine shop and a great resource for any number of issues. The shops web site is located at: https://ilsb.umbc.edu/study-room-reservations/.

John was out yesterday taking a look at the vacuum lines to be hooked up. 

There is one final step however to let him complete the work. Please visit the work request page at: https://umbcmmecenter.umbc.edu/work-request-form-test/ 
and fill out the request with the room numbers and chartstrings to be charged and John can then process the requests.

Thanks!
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