Here is information about engineering campus construction activities that may affect you in the coming week.
Important
- Pedestrians: Please avoid walking in or through the fenced construction sites. Additionally, we have noticed an increase in pedestrians walking in the road. For your safety, and for the safety of all, please avoid walking down Engineering Drive or Randall Avenue. Use designated sidewalks and crosswalks and refrain from walking in roadways or crossing mid-street. A map of approved pedestrian routes is available on the project update page at facilities.engr.wisc.edu.
- Vehicles: Be mindful of pedestrians in crosswalks; if you need to pause while traveling through campus, please keep crosswalks open. Please obey posted speed limit signs.
- Please obey flagger signals. Whether you are on foot, in a vehicle or using other transportation, these people are there to keep you safe when construction equipment is operating outside fenced areas.
- Plan ahead and keep your eyes up. Take extra care when traveling through or near the engineering campus. Be aware of construction and related vehicles entering and exiting various locations. Please avoid all fenced areas and construction trailers near the UW Athletics facilities. And most importantly, be patient and tolerant — your cooperation helps keep everyone safe.
New info: Changes and closures anticipated in the week ahead
- The areas in front of the Mechanical Engineering Building and the atrium entrance of the Engineering Centers Building are fenced for utility location work. The service drive between ME and the Engineering Centers Building is closed. This work will be ongoing for the next four to six weeks.
- The left turn from Randall Avenue into Engineering Drive is open.
- We anticipate pile driving will occur in front of Engineering Hall today and Saturday, after which pile driving in that location will be complete.
- We anticipate that pile driving will occur in the Phillip A. Levy Engineering Center building site in the coming week.
Ongoing
- Until utility tunnel work is complete, Engineering Drive crosswalks to Engineering Hall will shift frequently. No matter how you are traveling through the engineering campus, please be mindful of these new routes for the safety of all.
- At times, you may notice odors in buildings adjacent to construction activity. Most of these odors are temporary; however, if the odors persist, please contact our facilities team at coe-facilities@engr.wisc.edu. If needed, arrange an alternate work location with your supervisor.
- The Engineering Research Building loading dock is partially open. Before scheduling large deliveries to this dock, please reach out to coe-facilities@engr.wisc.edu to coordinate your delivery.
- Semi deliveries can no longer be accepted at College of Engineering loading docks. We would like most deliveries requiring an elevated dock to go to MDS; however, larger items on flatbeds that cannot be accepted by MDS should be coordinated by contacting our facilities team at coe-facilities@engr.wisc.edu.
For future planning or awareness
- Crews are planning to drill piles, or “beams,” the week of March 16 in the areas along Engineering Drive adjacent to the Engineering Centers Building and the Mechanical Engineering Building.
Please be careful and aware: Whether you are on foot, bike, scooter, moped, in a vehicle, or otherwise, be alert and know what’s happening around you. If you see an immediate safety concern, please reach out to Pete Nemmetz, our assistant dean for facilities, right away, at pnemmetz@wisc.edu.
As always, many factors, including weather and other unknowns, may impact construction activities. If our contractors need to make unanticipated changes, I ask that you respect their instructions, and be patient with them and others.
Once again, our goal is to keep you informed about what’s happening for your safety and route-planning purposes.