Author: Jerry Smith

If we do indeed get double digit inches of snow on Sunday, please prepare yourself for snow removal across campus, including in the parking lot and back alley, to take place into Monday and potentially Tuesday. A high impact storm with potential for high wind, will take a while to clean up.

If you arrive to work and your parking space is inaccessible, please DO NOT park in another space in the lot. Utilize street parking or the neighboring pay lot. Save any receipts and submit for reimbursement.

Please be safe and if you find an unsafe condition on campus report it to Facilities by calling 612-767-0544!

2:24p  Happy to report an easily repairable issue was identified and resolved. The elevator is back to normal operation now.

Afternoon All,

                Unfortunately, the elevator is operating inconsistently and therefore out of service. Our elevator vendor will be out today for repair, and I will keep you all updated.

Thanks.

-J

The elevator is now fully operational. Thanks for your patience.

Unfortunately, the passenger elevator at the opera center is out of service until a tech from MEI can come assess the current fault we are experiencing. We will keep you updated on a restore timeline.

If you have any concerns please reach out to facilities at 612-767-0544 or [email protected].

We are having an issue with the door hold button on the Opera Center elevator activating on its own. We have placed a call in for service and will update you as we know more.

While I don’t anticipate any issues with entrapment today (or getting stuck in the elevator), I’m going to take this chance to remind you that if you find yourself stuck in the elevator, instructions on who to call are taped to the inside of the phone door at the bottom of the control panel. Feel free to open the door and explore the posting/phone at any time, there is no alarm or activation simply by opening the door.

II am pleased to announce that heat has been restored to the areas of the Opera Center affected by this morning’s outage. The air handler issue has been resolved, and we’ve installed an upgraded component that will hopefully prevent recurrence.

It will take some time for ambient indoor temps to stabilize, but we should be back to normal by tomorrow morning. 

Please let us know if you continue to experience undue/abnormal cold conditions in your work area.

Due to an issue with one of our rooftop air handlers, there is currently very little heat service for the main administrative areas of the Opera Center. For all intents and purposes, until further notice we have no heat to 3M, 3, and areas of floor 2 other than the Dance Studio. Because other air handlers are still working, there is plenty of heat in the rest of the building to keep this from becoming truly dangerous, but I would still advise limiting the time you plan to spend in the affected areas of the building, and to dress in warm layers when you are there (ambient temps are hovering around the upper 40’s/low 50’s). Seems like probably a good day to work from home!

We’re working with our HVAC vendor to address this problem as quickly as we can. I will do my best to keep everyone updated with important developments.