University of Calgary Chilled Water Supply Interruption.
Good day Team Science,
We have learned more information regarding the chilled water line repair.
The planned shut down, investigation and potential repair is now scheduled for June 9th, 10th, and 11th. They have chosen a weekend, in order to mitigate load on the system and protect end users from heat in the buildings, as air handling goes offline. Our 3rd party contractors will be on site to observe and react should there be any issues. As well, we will have equipment on standby should equipment or an area be identified (not previously identified) that is critical to operation or research. There is a 3-day schedule just in case there is a need for an immediate repair, or the repair to be conducted in that time frame, rather than defer further. There is still always a possibility of a sudden line failure which is why our partners continue to work as quickly as possible to ensure redundancies are in place.
Convocation and Jack Simpson has been supplied with double redundancies as a precaution should there be a sudden loss in the chilled water line prior to investigation and repair.
Our 3rd party vendors are working on domestic water transfer in buildings ES and MS. These are currently underway and in the hands of engineering and contractors, being supported by our infrastructure team.
It should be noted that bypasses will not impact air handling units in buildings, other than animal handling. The University is working on policies and suggestions regarding building occupancy and plan to release it soon.
We also received confirmation that our partners in the URC will be unaffected by this interruption as they run on a different source.
Thank you again for your patience as we navigate this constantly evolving situation.
Infrastructure Operations Support
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