Every May, during the break between semesters when campus activities slow down, our Facilities staff schedules a hot water outage to conduct maintenance on our heating and cooling systems. This year, campus-wide hot water outages are planned for May 9-21.

In the meantime, the work schedules of several contractors have firmed up for the installation of new lines to improve our cooling, or air-conditioning, system (see "Summer construction to include ground, street excavations" in the past issue of the Tech Times). Excavation and installation will coincide with the hot-water outage between May 9 and 21.

Digging for installation of the "South Loop" section is set to begin May 9 near Marshall Hall and behind Maddux Hall.

Preparation for the "North Loop" section will begin at the same time with the installation of cooling valves, which means that air conditioning won't be available in the Fitness Center, Eblen Center, Foster Hall, the RUC, Johnson Hall and Pennebaker Hall for part of the May 9-21 period.

Street excavation also starts May 9 for the North Loop, so expect some traffic detours and sidewalk closings, too, along University Drive and at the Peachtree intersection.

In addition, Chartwells is installing new chilled water pipes in the RUC, so air conditioning there is likely to be out longer than in other buildings.

Facilities schedules these projects to limit any inconvenience as much as possible. If you have any questions, call Larry Wheaton at 3589 or e-mail lwheaton.