A planned power outage is scheduled 6 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday, March 24, to install new electrical equipment supporting the capital projects for the Advanced Research Center (ARC), Schrenk Hall and the Welcome Center.

Facilities that will be affected by the power outage include:

• Castleman Hall
• Chancellor’s Residence
• Computer Science Building
• Curtis Laws Wilson Library
• Harris Hall 
• Humanities and Social Sciences
• Rolla Building
• Schrenk Hall
• Straumanis-James Geothermal Plant
• Straumanis-James Hall
• Toomey Hall
• Welcome Center

Buildings will not be accessible during the outage

Shut down all computers and equipment by the end of the workday on Monday, March 23, to prevent data loss and avoid potential equipment issues when power is restored. Any meetings or events scheduled in these spaces should be relocated.

These buildings will be locked down and inaccessible during the outage on March 24. There will be no power, no network access and no card access.

Supervisors in the affected buildings are encouraged to communicate the building inaccessibility to their teams and work with employees to identify alternate work options, including remote work where appropriate.

For more information, email Heath House, senior manager of facilities operations, or Greg Snelson, construction manager.