Facilities Management

• Consider returning to your office, lab, or classroom in advance of your scheduled return to review the spaces. We need your assistance in spotting and addressing repairs and maintenance that may be needed. Make a Facilities request if you see an issue that needs to be addressed. 
• What to know about cleaning office spaces.
• Staff and faculty in Memorial Hall who want to request a window air conditioner should make a Facilities request. Facilities will provide and install the unit, since the building doesn’t have central air conditioning.

Other updates:

• Facilities team members are working this summer on cleaning and maintenance projects as rooms turn over in the residence halls.
• A permeable path is being created under the skyway between Lindell Library and Oren Gateway Center. Augsburg’s Day Student Government Environmental Action Committee provided funds for the project.

• Lindell Library’s air conditioner stopped working last week and the library closed at 3 p.m. Friday, June 4 for the weekend because of the heat wave. The air conditioner’s chiller needed a new seal and was repaired on Monday when the library reopened.
• Facilities team members are working this summer on cleaning and maintenance projects as rooms turn over in the residence halls.
• Fire alarms and sprinklers around campus will undergo annual testing. This should be completed by June 18.
• A permeable path is being created under the skyway between Lindell Library and Oren Gateway Center. Augsburg’s Day Student Government Environmental Action Committee provided funds for the project.

Returning to Campus? 

• What to know about cleaning office spaces.
• Staff and faculty in Memorial Hall who want to request a window air conditioner should make a Facilities request. Facilities will provide and install the unit, since the building doesn’t have central air conditioning.

• Staff and faculty in Memorial Hall who want to request a window air conditioner should make a Facilities request. Facilities will provide and install the unit, since the building doesn’t have central air conditioning. 
• Fire alarms and sprinklers around campus will undergo annual testing during the next two weeks. This should be completed by June 18.
• Facilities team members are working this summer on cleaning and maintenance projects as rooms turn over in the residence halls.
• Returning to campus? What to know about cleaning office spaces.

Ongoing projects:

• Remodeling of the second-floor classrooms of Old Main is complete. The work included new ceiling tiles, LED lights, HVAC diffusers, and carpeting. 
• Augsburg’s Day Student Government Environmental Action Committee provided $25,000 to fund three Facilities projects. Work is underway to create a permeable path under the skyway between Lindell Library and Oren Gateway Center. The funds also were used to install water bottle filling stations on the third through ninth floors of Urness Residence Hall. Funds also were used for the LED lights that were part of the Old Main second-floor classrooms remodeling project. 

• Staff and faculty in Memorial Hall who want to request a window air conditioner should make a Facilities request. Facilities will provide and install the unit, since the building doesn’t have central air conditioning. 
• The second-floor classrooms of Old Main are being remodeled. The work includes new ceiling tiles, LED lights, HVAC diffusers, and carpeting. The project is tentatively scheduled for completion by May 31. 
• Augsburg’s Day Student Government Environmental Action Committee is providing $25,000 to fund three Facilities projects. Work is underway to create a permeable path under the skyway between Lindell Library and Oren Gateway Center. The funds also will be used to install water bottle filling stations on the third through ninth floors of Urness Residence Hall. Funds were used for the LED lights that are a part of the remodeling of the Old Main second-floor classrooms. 
• T-Mobile completed the antenna updates on the roof of Oren Gateway. Parking Lot H was closed briefly during the updates and those with permits were able to park in other campus surface lots.
• Returning to campus? What to know about cleaning office spaces.

• The second-floor classrooms of Old Main are being remodeled. The work includes new ceiling tiles, LED lights, HVAC diffusers, and carpeting. The project is tentatively scheduled for completion by May 31. 
• Augsburg’s Day Student Government Environmental Action Committee is providing $25,000 to fund three Facilities projects. Work is underway to create a permeable path under the skyway between Lindell Library and Oren Gateway Center. The funds also will be used to install water bottle filling stations on the third through ninth floors of Urness Residence Hall. Funds were used for the LED lights that are a part of the remodeling of the Old Main second-floor classrooms. 
• Find out about cleaning office spaces as you return to campus.

• T-Mobile is scheduled on May 11 to do antenna updates on the roof of Oren Gateway. Parking Lot H will be closed that day. A sign will be posted about the closure. Those who park in Lot H should park in any other surface lot. Any vehicles left in Lot H will be relocated to Lot L at the owner’s expense on that day. Contact Public Safety, 612-330-1717, with any questions related to the lot closure.
• Augsburg’s Day Student Government Environmental Action Committee is providing $25,000 to fund three Facilities projects. Work is starting to create a permeable path under the skyway between Lindell Library and Oren Gateway Center. The funds also will be used to install water bottle filling stations on the third through ninth floors of Urness Residence Hall. Funds also will be used for the LED lights that are a part of the remodeling of the Old Main second-floor classrooms. That project also includes new ceiling tiles, LED lights, HVAC diffusers, and carpeting and is tentatively scheduled for completion by May 31. 
• Students in the Graphic Systems class are completing painting a mural in the Old Main tunnels to welcome faculty and staff back to campus. The students brought the project to the Campus Design Committee of the University Council, and they approved the project because of the moment we’re in and that this particular class has the opportunity to do something special to welcome folks back as they return. See the mural in progress. 
• Find out about cleaning office spaces as you return to campus.

• T-Mobile is scheduled on May 11 to do antenna updates on the roof of Oren Gateway. Parking Lot H will be closed that day. Those who park in Lot H should park in any other surface lot. A sign will be posted about the closure. Any vehicles left in Lot H will be relocated to Lot L at the owner’s expense on that day. Contact Public Safety, 612-330-1717, with any questions related to the lot closure.
• The second-floor classrooms of Old Main are being remodeled. The work includes new ceiling tiles, LED lights, HVAC diffusers, and carpeting. The project is tentatively scheduled for completion by May 31. 
• Students in the Graphic Systems class are completing painting a mural in the Old Main tunnels to welcome faculty and staff back to campus. The students brought the project to the Campus Design Committee of the University Council, and they approved the project because of the moment we’re in and because this particular class has the opportunity to do something special to welcome folks back as they return. See the mural in progress. 
• Find out about cleaning office spaces as you return to campus.

• The second-floor classrooms of Old Main are being remodeled. The work includes new ceiling tiles, LED lights, HVAC diffusers, and carpeting. The project is tentatively scheduled for completion by May 31. 
• Students in the Graphic Systems class are painting a mural in the Old Main tunnels to welcome faculty and staff back to campus. The students brought the project to the Campus Design Committee of the University Council, and they approved the project because of the moment we’re in where so many students, faculty, and staff miss campus, and the fact this particular class has the opportunity to do something special to welcome folks back. Students expect to complete painting this month. See their progress. 
• Find out about custodial practices and cleaning office spaces.

As faculty and staff return to Augsburg University offices, the Facilities Department wants to share information about our cleaning practices.

Custodians are focused on cleaning classrooms, common spaces, and bathrooms. As a reminder, they will clean office suites daily and individual offices one day a week once they are made aware that the space is in use again. If your trash needs to be emptied more than that, please empty it into a commonspace trash receptacle, such as those in hallways. 

A sanitization station is at most building entrances with gel hand sanitizer and foaming hand sanitizer. There also are disinfectant wipes to use in your office as well as in common and shared spaces after use. 

Please put in a custodial request to refill gel hand sanitizer in building dispensers if they’re empty as well as for more disinfectant wipes or for other custodial needs.

• The Dome (officially the Augsburg University Athletics Air Structure) is down and the field has been prepared for spring and summer activities and athletics that will follow public health guidelines.

Ongoing: 

• Please put in a custodial request to refill gel hand sanitizer in building dispensers if they’re empty as well as for more disinfectant wipes, towels, and spray for cleaning up common spaces in offices and similar shared spaces after use.
• Hand sanitizer tip: Use an eighth of a pump to avoid getting too much hand sanitizer.
• HEPA Air Purifiers are being used in classrooms and run 24 hours daily. These are not required and can be turned down or off during class and turned back on afterward.
• HVAC systems are bringing in fresh air 24 hours a day.