Water to be shut off in multiple campus buildings Feb. 18

Domestic water will be unavailable in a number of campus buildings on Feb. 18 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. to complete necessary repairs. Traffic on Sterling Street will be affected by lane reductions during the repair.

The following buildings will be affected

Gilmour Hall

Mills Memorial Library

McMaster University Student Centre (MUSC)

McMaster Museum of Art

Divinity College

L.R. Wilson Hall

Life Sciences Building

Media Production Services (T34)

Sterling Street traffic will be reduced to one lane on the south side of Mills Library (between Stearn Drive and University Avenue), with personnel on site to direct traffic around the work site.

During the repair

Affected buildings will remain open, but building washrooms and water fountains will be closed.

Washrooms will be available in adjacent buildings, including Chester New Hall, Togo Salmon Hall and Kenneth Taylor Hall.

Services located in the impacted buildings may need to adjust their operations. Please see below for details.

Eyewash stations and showers in the affected buildings will be unavailable. No experiments involving splash hazards or requiring handwashing prior to exiting the lab can run during this time.

Fire watch will be in place for the buildings listed above, as well as the Michael DeGroote Centre for Learning and Discovery.

Employees are advised to contact their supervisors should they have any questions.

Modified Operations:

McMaster University Student Centre: Food services in MUSC will be limited to grab-and-go options in La Piazza. Tim Hortons, Booster Juice, Starbucks and Teriyaki Experience will be closed due to Reading Week.

Life Sciences Building: There will be no backup cooling for the cold rooms in the building, no makeup fresh water to fish labs and no water to feed the standpipe system for exiting LSB. Chilled water for building cooling will not be impacted.

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Domestic water will be unavailable in a number of campus buildings <strong>on Feb. 18 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.</strong> to complete necessary repairs. Traffic on Sterling Street will be affected by lane reductions during the repair.

The following buildings will be affected
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</ul>
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</ul>
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</ul>
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</ul>
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</ul>
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</ul>
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</ul>
Sterling Street traffic will be reduced to one lane on the south side of Mills Library (between Stearn Drive and University Avenue), with personnel on site to direct traffic around the work site.

<strong>During the repair  </strong>
<ul>
 	<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="5" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Affected buildings will remain open, but building washrooms and water fountains will be closed.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
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</ul>
<ul>
 	<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="5" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1">Services located in the impacted buildings may need to adjust their operations. Please see below for details.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
 	<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="5" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="4" data-aria-level="1">Eyewash stations and showers in the affected buildings will be unavailable. No experiments involving splash hazards or requiring handwashing prior to exiting the lab can run during this time.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
 	<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="5" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="5" data-aria-level="1">Fire watch will be in place for the buildings listed above, as well as the Michael DeGroote Centre for Learning and Discovery.</li>
</ul>
Employees are advised to contact their supervisors should they have any questions.

<strong>Modified Operations: </strong>

<strong>McMaster University Student Centre:</strong> Food services in MUSC will be limited to grab-and-go options in La Piazza. Tim Hortons, Booster Juice, Starbucks and Teriyaki Experience will be closed due to Reading Week.

<strong>Life Sciences Building:</strong> There will be no backup cooling for the cold rooms in the building, no makeup fresh water to fish labs and no water to feed the standpipe system for exiting LSB. Chilled water for building cooling will not be impacted.

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