‘Aging’ electrical equipment to be replaced

Parts of Gresham campus will close from June 19-21 and June 28-29 for the completion of the Campus Electrical Replacement Project (CERP) started last February.

The Gresham campus will be split into two sections, the north and south campuses. The south campus will be comprised of the health, physical education, aquatics and athletic fields and buildings. The north campus includes the rest of the Gresham campus.

When summer term starts June 25, the north campus section will have had five power substations replaced by June 20. Campus will return to full functioning capability by June 21.

The two power substations in the south campus section will be replaced June 28-29.

All Gresham campus employees, with the exception of Public Safety and Facilities employees and others pre-approved to work, will not be allowed on campus when their portions of campus are closed during the replacements.

The equipment replacement is an effort to cut down from the multiple power outages on the Gresham Campus over the last few years.

“The decision is in response to an aging and deteriorating infrastructure that has led to multiple power outages, including one in 2007 that shut down the Industrial Tech and Visual Arts buildings for two weeks while we replaced the cables,” said Associate of Director of Facilities Management Russ Johnson.

Advocate Staff