Service announcements

  • Status of Campus Elevators

    All elevators are operating normally.

    February 13- Mackenzie Chown B Block elevator will be out of service for 6 weeks. MacKenzie Chown A Block elevator is available as an alternate.

    Starting March 23 – Mackenzie Chown C Block elevator will be out of service for 6 weeks.

     

     

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  • Facilities Management Monthly Testing of Fire Alarms – March 2023

    We are required by code to test the fire alarm systems throughout all Campus Buildings on a monthly basis.

    The alarms will be tested from March 27th until March 29th. Please note the schedule below.

    Please note, emergency lighting and hoses are checked during the daytime schedule while audible alarms and sprinklers will be checked during the overnight schedule.

    An audible verbal notification will precede each alarm and sound again after it is complete. If no verbal notification is heard and the alarm is sounding, please exit the building.

    Monday, March 27th – half day

    • MacKenzie Chown
    • Schmon Tower
    • Thistle Complex
    • Roy and Lois Cairns Health and Bioscience Research Complex
    • Kenmore Centre
    • Harrison Hall

    Monday, March 27th overnight (10:00pm – 6:30am)

    • Heritage Place Plaza Exam Centre
    • East Academic 1, 2, 3
    • 573A Glenridge
    • International Centre
    • Roy and Lois Cairns Health and Bioscience Research Complex
    • Plaza Building
    • Student Alumni Centre
    • Goodman School of Business
    • MacKenzie Chown
    • Central Utilities Building
    • Harrison Hall
    • Kenmore Centre

    Tuesday, March 28th overnight (10:00pm – 6:30am)

    • Alphie’s Trough
    • Welch Hall
    • South Block
    • Walker Complex North (WC-A/B)
    • Walker Complex Fieldhouse (WC-D)
    • Scotiabank Hall
    • Thistle Complex
    • Schmon Tower
    • Theal House
    • Brock Research & Innovation Centre
    • Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts

    Thursday, March 30 (8:00am – 4:00pm)

    • 573A Glenridge
    • International Centre
    • East Academic 1, 2, 3
    • Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts
    • Brock Research & Innovation Centre
    • Central Utilities Building
    • Goodman School of Business
    • Theal House
    • Welch Hall
    • Scotiabank Hall

    Friday, March 31 (8:00am – 4:00pm)

    • Walker Complex A
    • Walker Complex B
    • South Block
    • Alphie’s Trough
    • Student Alumni Centre
    • Plaza Building

    If you have any questions regarding this work, please email Facilities Management Customer Service at FM@BrockU.CA or call x3717 or email Scott Kernicky, Manager of Electrical Services or call x6201

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  • Facilities Update – Mackenzie Chown C and F Block – HVAC Shutdown- Tuesday, March 21

    Please be advised that as part of a laboratory upgrade in C Block 200 Level, there will be an overnight shutdown of the HVAC unit serving C and F Blocks on Tuesday, March 21 starting at approximately 7:30 pm.  The HVAC will be restored by 7:00 am Wednesday, March 22.

    We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

    If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Linda Tremblay, Project Manager.

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  • Facilities Update – MCA Power Shutdown and Network Connectivity Loss – Monday, March 20

    We wish to advise that NIACON and its subcontractor, Weinmann Electric, plan to temporarily shutdown power on Monday, March 20, between 7:00 a.m. and 7:30 a.m.  The shutdown is an integral part of the renovation/addition project that is underway on Level 200 in MC A-Block.  Please note that the brief shutdown could result in a loss of network connective.  In this regard, we ask that you power down your computer(s) before leaving today.

    We apologize for any inconvenience that the shutdown may cause.  Please rest assured that every effort will be made to restore power as quickly as possible.

    If you have any questions or concerns, please email John Rizzo, Senior Project Manager.

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  • Annual Planned Electrical Shut Down – Group B Buildings – May 12

    Every year, Brock University’s Facilities Management Electrical Services and Information Technology Services conduct full-scale maintenance on their respective infrastructure. Although this occurs annually, the campus is broken up into three groups. You can see the buildings that comprise each group and their future dates here.

    The buildings known as Group B have their annual maintenance scheduled for Friday, May 12, 2023. During this time the buildings will be CLOSED and there will be no access from 6:00 pm on Friday May 12th to 10:00 am on Saturday May 13th.

    Group B Buildings undergoing annual maintenance in May 2023 are:

    • Rankin Family Pavilion
    • Schmon Tower
    • Thistle Complex
    • Alphie’s Trough
    • DeCew Residence
    • Vallee Residence
    • Central Utilities Building
    • Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts

    The University’s East and Satellite Campuses will have normal power and will be operational as per their usual schedules.

    For emergency-only access to any of these affected areas, please contact Campus Security at x 3200 to make arrangements.  All doors will be locked and swipe card access will be unavailable during these times.

    In order to prepare for the power shutdown, networks will be powered down at 6:00 pm, on Friday May 12th. As a result, network access (which includes both wired and wireless connectivity) will NOT be available in the impacted buildings until shortly after the power is restored on Saturday May 13th.

    Prior to leaving for the weekend on Friday, May 12th, Students, Faculty and Staff with spaces in the Group B buildings (as per the list above) are reminded to:

    • make prior arrangements to ensure that computers, printers, and sensitive equipment, etc, are power off
    • Clean out fridges and remove anything that is at risk of spoilage

    In the unlikely event that power cannot be restored to the areas mentioned above by 10:00 am on Saturday, information will be posted on the Brock homepage (under “News”). Every effort will be made to communicate this information by 7:00 am.

    If you have any questions or concerns, please direct them to Scott Kernicky, Electrical Services Manager or call X6201 or Facilities Management Customer Service at FM@BrockU.ca or call x3717.

     

     

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  • UPDATE – Mackenzie Chown Complex – Painting of doors due to changing of door handles

    We wish to advise that our Brock University Locksmiths will be periodically changing out the knob handles for lever handles on all door in Mackenzie Chown Complex. Please note that we are not changing the cylinders and that the original key will still work. The painter will be following behind the locksmith to paint doors that need to be patched and where the escutcheon plates do not line up with the previous ones.

    There will be some disruption at each door for a couple of hours to complete this work.

    We apologize for the inconvenience.

    If you have any questions, please contact Bryan Cober, bcober@brocku.ca

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  • Facilities Update – Mackenzie Chown Complex – Changing of door handles

    We wish to advise that our Brock University Locksmiths will be periodically changing out the knob handles for lever handles on all doors in Mackenzie Chown Complex. Please note that we are not changing the cylinders and that the original keys will still work.

    There will be some disruption at each door for a couple of hours to complete this work.

    We apologize for the inconvenience.

    If you have any questions, please contact Bryan Cober, bcober@brocku.ca

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