Physical Resources will conduct its annual campus electrical shutdown April 28, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Select buildings on campus will be without power during the shutdown.
What WILL be affected
A full list of buildings included in the shutdown is at the end of this article. The shutdown will turn off:
- Heating
- Ventilation
- Air conditioning
- Hot water in sinks
- Hot water for safety showers and emergency eye wash stations (cold water will be available)
- Elevators (will be locked out of service)
Critical systems requiring chilled water cooling will be switched to domestic water backup.
What WON’T be affected
The shutdown will not affect:
- Essential and emergency power
- Essential and emergency lighting
- Alarms (fire alarms and security alarms)
- E-access doors
No other maintenance or construction activity will be permitted in the affected buildings during this shutdown.
Access to affected buildings should be restricted, other than for security reasons.
Any queries should be directed to Rick Legault, senior construction coordinator, Ext. 52015, rick@pr.uoguelph.ca.
Affected Buildings
University buildings and areas affected by the shutdown are:
- Macdonald Institute
- Macdonald Hall
- Watson Hall
- President’s Residence
- Creelman Hall
- Mills Hall
- War Memorial Hall
- Richards Building
- Zavitz Hall
- Macdonald Stewart Hall
- L. Hutt Building
- F. Mitchell Athletics Centre and New Addition
- Landscape Architecture
- Alumni House
- MacNaughton Building
- Gryphon Centre
- Aviary
- Hagen Aqualab
- Institute of Ichthyology
- Macdonald Stewart Hall Addition
- Child Care and Learning Centre
- Child Care Centre (Portable)
- Rozanski Hall
- University Centre
- Albert A. Thornbrough Building
- John T. Powell Building
- Lennox/Addington Hall
- East Residence
- East Village Townhouse Complex
- Pump House (90 Arboretum Rd.)
- East Village Townhall
- Field Hockey Storage Building
- Arboretum Information Booth
- Portico on Johnston Green
- Guelph Centre for Urban Organic Farming
- Gryphon Soccer Complex
- Dundas Lane softball field
- Dundas Lane rugby field
- Parking lot P18