Here is information about engineering campus construction activities that may affect you in the coming week.
Important
- Pedestrians: 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
- We anticipate that during the week of Nov. 17—likely on Wednesday—one of the Engineering Drive pedestrian crosswalks in front of Engineering Hall may close temporarily.
- Additionally, we apologize for not informing you about the crosswalk closure that occurred this week.
- The WIAA state football tournament will occur Nov. 20-21. Many out-of-town visitors may be traveling through our campus; please be extra vigilant.
Ongoing
- We do not anticipate pile removal in the coming week.
- Pile installation will continue along the Engineering Drive side of Engineering Hall through the end of this week.
- Pile driving will continue for the Phillip A. Levy Engineering Center. (There is a map forecasting pile driving locations on the project updates page on our facilities website.)
- Waterproofing is ongoing in the area of the Engineering Research Building loading dock.
- 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.
- Running through December, there is a temporary pedestrian path through Engineering Mall from Engineering Hall to University Avenue.
- The Engineering Research Building loading dock is closed. Mail and shipping staff will operate out of the Engineering Centers Building receiving area; you can find contact information for these individuals on the loading dock door.
- 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 the Materials Science and Engineering Building, Mechanical Engineering Building, Engineering Research Building, and Engineering Centers Building, contractors will be transitioning laboratory chilled water from the old to new systems. Building occupants will receive separate emails with details.
- We anticipate that on the week of Dec. 1, pile driving in front of the Engineering Hall plaza will continue.
- In the future, crews may be lifting scaffolding onto the Mechanical Engineering Building roof in the traffic lane between the Engineering Centers Building and ME, as well as the area adjacent to the Engineering Research Building loading dock.
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.