Friday, December 22, 2017

FIRE ALARM OUTAGE - RAL - DEC 27 THRU DEC 29

TO ALL IN RAL:

F & S will be conducting a FIRE ALARM OUTAGE beginning WED., DEC 27 at 7:00am and ending on FRI., DEC 29 at 3:30pm.  If you are in the building, you may notice a slight smoke smell.  This is being done to install a new welded exhaust duct from the penthouse to the ground floor.  Further details of the outage are below:

Facilities and Services is requesting an outage on
FIRE ALARM at ROGER ADAMS LABORATORY (0116) from 2017/12/27 07:00 to 2017/12/29 15:30 -
Outage ID : 3086
Outage Reason : Installation of new welded exhaust duct from the penthouse to the ground floor
Building Sections affected : south
Building Services affected : Fire/Smoke detectors 5-38, 9-29, 12-3, 16-36, 20-36, 24-24, 24-25, 24-26
Building Occupants Effect : Minor smoke smell
Comments : null
This information can also be found on the SCS Building Outages/Important Notices blog:  www.scsbuildingoutages.blogspot.com

Thanks,

Ken Wooldridge
Operations Manager
School of Chemical Sciences
505 S Mathews
Urbana, IL 61801
PH 217 300-3347
Cell 217 202-4908



Tuesday, December 19, 2017

VENTILATION OUTAGE - NOYES LAB - THURS., DEC 28 - 8AM TO 4PM

TO ALL IN NOYES LAB:

F & S will be conducting a VENTILATION OUTAGE on THURS., DEC 28 from 8:00AM to 4:00PM.  Fans(3 of them) will be shut down one at a time for approximately 2 hours each to gather fan data for future preventative maintenance work.  There will be NO VENTILATION, COOLER TEMPS, and NO AIR MOVEMENT**NOTE:  WE ARE CLOSED DURING THIS OUTAGE BUT WANTED TO KEEP EVERYONE AWARE**  Further information about the outage is below:

Facilities and Services is requesting an outage on
VENTILATION at NOYES LABORATORY OF CHEMISTRY (0012) from 2017/12/28 08:00 to 2017/12/28 16:00 -
Ventilation Fan No. : AHU -9, AHU-10 & AHU- 11
Ventilation Area. : entire bldg
Outage ID : 3077
Outage Reason : W/O 10582339 Equipment Asset Identification for future PM Maintenance on New AHU?s
Building Sections affected : Fans will be shut down one at a time for approximately 2 hours ea. To gather fan data for future PM work orders
Building Services affected : Ventilation
Building Occupants Effect : cooler temperatures and no air movement
Comments : null

This information can also be found on the SCS Building Outages/Important Notices Blog:  www.scsbuildingoutages.blogspot.com


Thanks,
Ken Wooldridge
Operations Manager
School of Chemical Sciences
505 S Mathews
Urbana, IL 61801
PH 217 300-3347
Cell 217 202-4908




Monday, December 18, 2017

DI WATER OUTAGE - NOYES LAB - DEC 27 TO DEC. 28

TO ALL IN NOYES LAB:

There will be a DI WATER OUTAGE in NOYES LAB beginning WED., DEC. 27 @ 8:00AM going through THURS., DEC. 28 @ 8:00AM.  This will affect the FIRST, SECOND, THIRD FLOORS with an emphasis on west side on ROOM 210, 216, and the GLASS SHOP.  This is being done to re-route DI piping for new door frame.  Further details of the outage are below:

DEIONIZED WATER at NOYES LABORATORY OF CHEMISTRY (0012) from 2017/12/27 08:00 to 2017/12/28 08:00 -
Outage ID : 3070
Outage Reason : re-route DI piping for new door frame
Building Sections affected : first, second, third floors, west side emphasis on room 210, 216, and the glass shop
Building Services affected : DI water
Building Occupants Effect : no DI water
Comments : null
This information can also be found on the SCS Building Outages/Important Notices Blog:  www.scsbuildingoutages.blogspot.com

Thanks,

Ken Wooldridge
Operations Manager
School of Chemical Sciences
505 S Mathews
Urbana, IL 61801
PH 217 300-3347
Cell 217 202-4908


Friday, December 15, 2017

CHILLED WATER OUTAGE - RAL SOUTH - DEC. 27 THRU DEC. 29 - 8AM TO 4:30PM DAILY

TO ALL IN RAL SOUTH:

F & S will be conducting a CHILLED WATER OUTAGE in RAL SOUTH beginning WED., DEC 27 through FRI., DEC 29.  The outage will last from 8:00AM to 4:30PM.  This is being done to replace chilled water isolation valves.  Further information regarding the outage is below:


Facilities and Services is requesting an outage on:


CHILLED WATER at ROGER ADAMS LABORATORY (0116) from 2017/12/27 08:00 to 2017/12/29 16:30 -
Outage ID : 3067
Outage Reason : REPLACE CHILLED WATER ISOLATION VALVES
Building Sections affected : SOUTH HALF OF THE BUILDING
Building Services affected : CHILLED WATER COOLING, IF OUTSIDE TEPERATURES EXCEED 55 DEGREES THERE WILL BE NO COOLING AVAILABLE
Building Occupants Effect : POSSIBLE WARMER TEMPERATURES IF OUTSIDE TEMPRATURES EXCEED 55 DEGREES
Comments : Daily outage from 8a-4:30p
This information can also be found on the SCS Building Outages/Important Notices Blog:  www.scsbuildingoutages.blogspot.com

Thanks,

Ken Wooldridge
Operations Manager
School of Chemical Sciences
505 S Mathews
Urbana, IL 61801
PH 217 300-3347
Cell 217 202-4908


FIRE ALARM OUTAGE - RAL - WED., DEC 20 - 8AM TO 12PM

T0 ALL IN RAL:

F & S will be conducting a FIRE ALARM OUTAGE on the GROUND & FIRST FLOORS on WED., DEC 20 from 8:00AM to 12:00PM.  This outage is being done for brazing/installing a new nitrogen line.  There might be a slight smell of smoke/heat on the floors mentioned above.  Further details of the outage are below:

Facilities and Services is requesting an outage on
FIRE ALARM at ROGER ADAMS LABORATORY (0116) from 2017/12/20 08:00 to 2017/12/20 12:00 -
Outage ID : 3065
Outage Reason : Brazing of new nitrogen line
Building Sections affected : first floor
Building Services affected : fire and smoke alarms
Building Occupants Effect : slight smell of smoke/heat on first floor
Comments : null
This information can also be found on the SCS Building Outages/Important Notices Blog:  www.scsbuildingoutages.blogspot.com


Thanks,

Ken Wooldridge
Operations Manager
School of Chemical Sciences
505 S Mathews
Urbana, IL 61801
PH 217 300-3347
Cell 217 202-4908

Thursday, December 7, 2017

Added Info: Affected Services Due to Electrical Outage - Noyes Lab

TO ALL:

We were given further information from Chuck Wallbaum on what department file servers will or will not be available during the electrical outages.  Specifically, we would like to address DECEMBER 22 since most of us will still be here working after 12 that day.  **PLEASE NOTE:  EMAIL, PHONE, AND INTERNET WILL STILL BE AVAILABLE**  Here are the servers that will be affected:

Chemistry office file server- UP
ChBE office file server – UP
Chem Admissions/Grad Admissions (Sean) –DOWN
IMP – DOWN
OCB- DOWN
Analytical – DOWN
Career Services- UP
Octane & Butane (Chm Annx) – DOWN

If you have any questions or concerns, please direct those to Chuck Wallbaum.

Thanks,

Danielle Cruzan
SCS Facilities & Safety Assistant
106 Noyes Lab
MC 712 Box D5
UIUC
217.300.6582

Affected Services During Noyes Lab Electrical Outage

To All in SCS:

NOYES LAB will experience several PLANNED ELECTRICAL OUTAGES over the Christmas break. There will be full power outages and partial power outages so all the computer servers in the Noyes Lab data center will be down beginning 12:00 PM Friday December 22nd through January 1st.

Affected services: The following services will not be available from 12:00 PM Friday December 22nd through January 1st:

Reaction
Pharos (Printer/copiers connected to Pharos will not operate in any building)
Business Office RT (Request Tracker trouble ticket software)
Computational Cluster Nodes in 450 Noyes Lab
CLC servers Octane and Butane
SCS Group Storage Servers
SCS Website


Depending on the actual length of the power outages and unforeseen issues due to the power outages, some of these services may be restored before January 1st.  Due to the amount of equipment affected by the outages and the duration, CANS Help Desk staff will not be available during the Christmas break.  


NOYES LAB OCCUPANTS – What to do IN ADVANCE of the outage:
On Friday, December 22, or the last day that you work before the power outages, you should shut off all electrical devices including instruments, printers, copiers, computers, etc.  We recommend that you unplug the power from the wall socket for sensitive electronics.

On Tuesday, January 2nd, or the first day you work after the outage, you may turn everything back on.

If you are having computer related issues January 2nd or later, please contact computing@scs.illinois.edu




Chuck Wallbaum
Director, Computer Services
School of Chemical Sciences

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign