Facilities, Infrastructure and Risk Management (FIRM)

Facilities Management & Campus Services

TO:  Shutdown Group, Mellon Institute

FROM:  FMCS Service Response Center

DATE:  May 3, 2022
SUBJECT:  Mellon Institute Water and Gas Shutdowns 5/5 and 5/6

The following 4 shut downs are scheduled for Mellon Institute this week:

1. A whole building domestic hot water shut down is scheduled for Thursday, 5/5, from 8AM-Noon.  This shut down will impact hot water service to the entire building. The outage is required to install new valves for a lab renovation project.   

2.  A domestic cold water shut down is also scheduled for Thursday, 5/5, from 10AM-2PM.  Two separate risers will be shut off in order to install new valves for a lab renovation project.  The outage will impact the 2^nd – 9^th floor quadrant from the area of the freight elevator to the passenger elevators and the quadrant from rooms 600-647.  This shut down does not impact the restrooms.   

3. A lab gas shut down is scheduled for Friday, 5/6, from 8AM-Noon.  This shut down will impact the VAC (lab vacuum), Gas, DI Water (deionized) and CA (lab air) services from the 2^nd-9^th floors in the quadrant from rooms 600-647.  The outage is to isolate and install new valves for a lab renovation project.

4. Another lab gas shut down is scheduled for Friday, 5/6, from 10AM-2PM.  This shut down will impact the VAC (lab vacuum), Gas, DI Water (deionized) and CA (lab air) services from the 2^nd – 9^th floor quadrant from the area of the freight elevator to the passenger elevators. The outage is to isolate and install new valves for a lab renovation project.  

Please contact CDFD Project Manager, Adam DiMenno, at adimenno@andrew.cmu.edu or 412-268-5371 with any questions or concerns regarding these outages.