Here is information about engineering campus construction activities that may affect you in the coming week.
Important
- If you are using Lyft, Uber or another delivery or pickup service, please ensure drivers park on the west side of Engineering Hall (facing the green space). Pausing or parking on Engineering Drive is not allowed for any reason. Thank you for your cooperation.
- 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
- Crews currently are installing a second tower crane along the Campus Drive side of our building project. They are bringing the crane components to the site from Campus Drive to avoid congestion on Engineering Drive and increased pedestrian traffic through our campus due to Engineering Expo.
- Early in the week of April 20, the Engineering Drive entrance to the Engineering Centers Building atrium will be closed temporarily (a handful of days). Please use the ECB Campus Drive entrance, or the skywalk and/or the tunnel from the Mechanical Engineering Building to access ECB.
Ongoing
- There is one crosswalk across Engineering Drive to Engineering Hall. An ADA ramp provides access to Engineering Hall; this ramp is located on the east side of the plaza area (closest to Randall Avenue).
- Crews are drilling piles, or “beams,” in the areas along Engineering Drive adjacent to the Engineering Centers Building and the Mechanical Engineering Building. This work is expected to continue through April 21.
- 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
- In late April, fencing will be installed in “Badger Way” as crews prepare to demolish the McClain Center. We are working on determining impacts to the engineering community and will share more information in future updates.
- The week of April 27, crews will be driving piles in front of Engineering Hall near Engineering Drive. Flaggers will be present as needed to help traffic flow along Engineering Drive.
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.