power out signPreventative maintenance will require an outage of electrical and steam services to campus on the weekend of May 6.

Maintenance to shut down campus electrical and steam services

Annual preventative maintenance will require an outage of electrical and steam services to campus on the weekend of May 6, reports Facility Services Operations.

The electrical outage portion will be in two phases.

Phase one will disable card access, elevators, lighting, air conditioning, and all power supply and is scheduled for two hours, 7 to 9 a.m. on Saturday, May 6. The shutdown will disrupt the main campus buildings, with the exceptions of downtown properties, Great Lakes Institute of Environmental Research (GLIER), Centre for English Language Development (CELD), 2629 Riverside Dr. West, Centre for Automotive Research and Education (CARE), maintenance and grounds buildings.

Find details in this document: Campus Wide – Temporary Complete System Outage (Steam and Electrical Outage) - Saturday, May 6, 2023 from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.

Phase two is scheduled for nine hours, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., on Saturday, May 6. The shutdown will disrupt the power in the following facilities: Vanier, Laurier and Cartier halls; the GLIER and CARE buildings. It will disable card access, elevators, lighting, air conditioning, and all power supplies in those facilities.

Find details in this document: Steam and Electrical Outage - Saturday, May 6, 2023 at 700 a.m. to Saturday, May 6, 2023 at 400 p.m.

The steam outage will also disable hot water and heating and cooling systems. It is scheduled to begin at noon Friday, May 5, and run through 4 p.m. Sunday, May 7. The shutdown will disrupt most campus buildings, with the exceptions of downtown properties, GLIER, CARE, 2629 Riverside Dr. W., and CELD on Wyandotte.

Find details in this document: Campus Wide - Temporary Complete Steam System Outage, Friday, May 5 at 12:00 p.m. to Sunday, May 7, 2023 at 4:00 p.m.

For more information, contact Facility Services Operations at facilitynotices@uwindsor.ca or 519-253-3000, ext. 2158.