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Important campus safety update: Next phase of freight elevator project

A message from Chris Clarke, Vice President for Student Life, and Joseph King, Assistant Vice President of Facilities Operations:

You may have noticed construction equipment outside the main entrance of the Warch Campus Center the past week. This project, as noted in the LU Insider, are for improvements to the freight elevators. We appreciate your patience throughout this project.

A project of this scale involves several phases. We wanted to make you are aware of the next phase of the project, which takes place Monday through Wednesday, January 16-18, and Friday, January 20.

Additional heavy construction traffic including a large concrete pump and a crane will be in the immediate and adjacent areas of Warch and along Boldt Way. There will be no parking allowed on Boldt Way during this time.

In addition, you may notice elevator shutdowns throughout Jan. 16-18 as testing takes place. Here are times to be aware of:

Monday, January 16

9:00 a.m.-4:00 pm: Elevator shutdown and testing throughout the day.

Tuesday, January 17

7:00-9:00 am: Crane arrival and setup including semis driving up and down Boldt Way

9:00 am: Elevator shutdown, testing 9am all systems in the elevator shaft put into “test” mode

4:00-6:00 pm: Construction site clean up

Wednesday, January 18

7:00 a.m.: Clean up and construction equipment removal 

Friday, January 20

7 a.m.: Elevator shut down

8 am-1 pm: Concrete delivery and pumping

1:00 p.m.: Elevator back on 

3:30 p.m.: Work completed