UPDATE – Thank you to everyone who attended today's meeting regarding the upcoming annual campus steam shutdown. Your participation and feedback are greatly appreciated.

As discussed, the annual maintenance outage will require a 72-hour shutdown of the main campus steam system, beginning at 6AM on Tuesday, July 28 and ending at 6AM on Friday, July 31. This schedule is consistent with previous years and is necessary to complete required system maintenance.

The presentation slides from today's meeting are attached for your reference.

Key reminders from today's discussion:

• Buildings connected to the main campus steam system will be affected by the outage. Buildings within the designated shutdown area will not have steam service during this period. 
• Air conditioning service will remain available in all buildings. 
• Domestic hot water will remain available in the CUC, Highmark, and Tepper buildings. 

If you have concerns, operational impacts, or special requirements related to the shutdown, please send your feedback to Shannon Wetzel at swetzel@andrew.cmu.edu by Wednesday, July 15, so we can review and address issues prior to the outage. 

On Mon, Jul 6, 2026 at 10:04 AM FMS Announce <fmsannc@andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:

REMINDER – A meeting has been scheduled for tomorrow July 7 at 9AM to discuss the upcoming 72-hour main campus steam shutdown.

If you would like to attend and have not yet requested an invitation, please email Shannon Wetzel at swetzel@andrew.cmu.edu.

As a reminder, the steam shutdown will begin at 6AM on Tuesday, July 28 and will affect most buildings connected to the main campus steam line. Housing buildings, Mellon Institute, SEI, and Dining Services in the CUC, Tepper, Highmark, and Resnik will not be affected.

On Fri, Jun 26, 2026 at 6:53 AM FMS Announce <fmsannc@andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:

Facilities, Infrastructure and Risk Management (FIRM)
Facilities Management & Campus Services

TO:  Shutdown Group, Facility Coordinators

FROM:  Service Response Center

SUBJECT: Campus Steam Shutdown – Discussion Meeting 7/7 9AM

The main campus will experience a 72-hour full steam shutdown starting at 6AM on Tuesday, July 28.  This outage will not affect Housing buildings, Mellon Institute, or the Software Engineering Institute (SEI).  Dining Services will not be affected in the CUC, Tepper, Highmark, or Resnik.  All other buildings connected to the main campus steam line will be affected.  Domestic hot water will not be available and space temperatures will be maintained within a wider range than normal.  

A meeting has been set up to discuss details of the steam shutdown on Tuesday, July 7, at 9AM.  Please send an email to Shannon Wetzel at swetzel@andrew.cmu.edu if you would like to be invited to this meeting.