Here is information about engineering campus construction activities that may affect you in the coming week.
Important
- Enter the engineering campus by vehicle only from southbound Randall Avenue. There has been a significant increase of U-turns over the railroad tracks at Randall Avenue and Campus Drive. This not only is a traffic violation, it poses a significant safety risk.
- Please continue to use designated routes to travel through the engineering campus, obey posted speed limits, use designated crosswalks to cross streets, refrain from climbing over barriers, and avoid walking in the roadway. Please be patient and tolerant. We appreciate your role in keeping everyone safe.
- Plan ahead and keep your eyes up. Be aware of construction (and related) vehicles entering and exiting locations across the engineering campus.
- Please avoid all fenced areas as well as construction trailers adjacent to the UW Athletics facilities.
New info: Changes and closures anticipated in the week ahead
- On Saturday, Nov. 2, scheduled construction activity will cause a temporary network outage. We anticipate this outage will run from approximately 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Nov. 2. In addition, domestic water (not chilled water) to the Engineering Research Building will be shut off on this date. More details are available in a separate email about these events.
- Beginning the week of Nov. 8, there will be intermittent pile driving adjacent to the Engineering Research Building and the Materials Science and Engineering Building. You may experience vibration in those buildings.
Ongoing
- Semi deliveries can no longer be accepted at College of Engineering loading docks. These deliveries must be routed to MDS in Verona for delivery to the college.
- Until further notice, the left turn from Randall Avenue onto Engineering Drive will be closed.
For future planning or awareness
- No new information to share.
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.