Here is information about engineering campus construction activities that may affect you in the coming week.
Important
- Use designated routes to travel through the engineering campus.
- Use designated crosswalks to cross streets, and please refrain from climbing over barriers.
- Keep your eyes up. Be aware of construction (and related) vehicles entering and exiting locations across the engineering campus.
- Please avoid all fenced areas.
- Please avoid construction trailers adjacent to the UW Athletics facilities.
- Accessible parking stalls now are located in Lot 14 adjacent to Engineering Hall.
- Plan ahead, and please be patient and tolerant.
- You can find all construction updates, along with a map, on the project updates page at facilities.engr.wisc.edu.
New info: Changes and closures anticipated in the week ahead
- A new temporary path runs across Engineering Drive for access to the ramp leading into the Engineering Mall entrance of 1410 Engineering Drive.
Ongoing
- The short drive alongside the Engineering Research Building from Engineering Drive to the Materials Science and Engineering Building is now closed to everyone except construction and fire/rescue personnel and vehicles. Please obey contractor signs and avoid using this route.
- Crews will be working in the Engineering Research Building loading dock and elevated plaza area along Engineering Drive. The Engineering Drive stairway is closed. You will need to access the building through the interior of the Mechanical Engineering Building, the elevated walkway from the Materials Science and Engineering Building, or the accessible ramp on the Engineering Mall side of the building. This ramp is accessible via the sidewalk from 1410 Engineering Drive through Engineering Mall to the Engineering Research Building. Please be mindful of construction traffic when using this route.
For future planning or awareness
- Fire alarm testing for various College of Engineering buildings will occur on Sept. 16 and 17. Given various building exit closures due to construction, we will follow up with instructions for how to exit buildings safely.
- Engineering Drive will experience temporary realignment at various times during construction. Soon, Engineering Drive will run adjacent to 1410 Engineering Drive. We expect this realignment to begin the week of Sept. 23.
- We expect Engineering Drive to remain open for the entire project; however, you may experience temporary slowdowns or stops for periodic work.
- Construction crews will work on Randall Avenue to accommodate the realigned Engineering Drive entrance. We expect this work to begin the week of Sept. 16.
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.