MONDAY, MAY 23RD – SATURDAY, MAY 28TH, 2022

This is a reminder that the campus annual steam shutdown week is scheduled each spring during the week after finals.

Central Plant steam and chilled water will not be available during this shutdown. This means that there will be no building heating or cooling available anywhere on campus. Domestic hot water will be impacted in certain buildings as well.

Stand-alone building-located boilers or cooling systems, NOT connected to central plant distribution steam or chilled water piping will continue to function as usual (for example: off-campus buildings, or dedicated electric cooling or heating equipment serving certain computer data rooms, animal care spaces, and the greenhouses).

Due to the COVID-19 restrictions, we want to assure you that we are taking the following safety precautions:

• All staff and contractors must follow the on-site essential employee/contractor work practices.
• PPE is required when working closer than 6 feet. If they do not have appropriate PPE, work will not be conducted.
• If a person is feeling ill or has been in contact with a person known to be COVID-19 positive, they will not work on-site. It is better to be short a worker than to potentially spread COVID-19.

We apologize for the inconvenience this may cause building occupants.  Steam shutdown week provides Facility Services with a small window of time to perform steam and chilled water distribution repairs and maintenance on systems that otherwise operate continuously throughout the year.

Questions can be directed to the Facility Services Work Order Center at 414-229-4742, or servicerequest@uwm.edu.