Facilities Focus - January 2020 - Volume 9

Facilities Focus logo featuring various IPF staff members at work

IPF Communications

January 7, 2020

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construction junction logo

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Board of Trustees upcoming agendas

February agenda

  • For Step 3 (Budget Adjustment)
    • Munn Ice Arena - Addition 3 (CP18134).

​​​​​April agenda

  • For Step 2 (Authorization to Proceed)
    • T.B. Simon Power Plant - install medium-pressure steam boiler (CP17198).

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Strategic academic development - STEM teaching, learning and interdisciplinary research facilties (CP17133) - update

  • Project milestones:
    • The main electrical switch gear has been energized.
    • Mass Timber installation is complete.
    • Both mechanical penthouses have been constructed. 
    • Exterior window installations are ongoing.
    • Interior electrical and mechanical system installations are ongoing.
  • Impact updates:
    • Construction traffic will continue in and around the construction site until November 2020.
Photo of Ken Gottschalk, project manager

 

For comments, questions or concerns, contact project manager, Ken Gottschalk, at (517) 353-7234 or gottsc20@msu.edu

View looking southeast showing the north and south additions to the old Power Plant
View looking southeast showing the north and south additions to the old Power Plant
View looking southwest showing the new classroom addition on the east side
View looking southwest showing the new classroom addition on the east side
View from West Shaw Lane showing the south stair tower surrounded in mass timber
View from West Shaw Lane showing the south stair tower surrounded in mass timber
View looking southeast at the south addition and its connection to the old Power Plant
View looking southeast at the south addition and its connection to the old Power Plant
View inside the south addition looking north with the new atrium to the left
View inside the south addition looking north with the new atrium to the left
View on the second floor looking west along the southern face of the south addition
View on the second floor looking west along the southern face of the south addition

Project webcam

Project webcam

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Wonders Hall - teaching, learning and student support renovations (CP17151) - wrap up

  • Project milestones:
    • The project was substantially completed on Dec. 23 and is ready for spring semester use.
  • Impact updates:
    • No additional impacts are expected
Photo of Matt Postma, project manager

 

For comments, questions or concerns, contact project manager, Matt Postma, at (517) 353-9223 or postmama@msu.edu

New main corridor to engineering labs and classrooms
New main corridor to Engineering labs and classrooms
New R.E.A.L classroom with supporting technology
New R.E.A.L classroom with supporting technology
New collaborative seating outside of new classrooms
New collaborative seating outside of new classrooms

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University research containment - Biological Safety Level 3 Research Lab (CP18191) - update

  • Project milestones:
    • Wall and ceiling framing are complete.
    • Floor prep and leveling is finished.
    • Lab-level electrical conduit has been installed.
    • Mechanical deck support steel and platform placed for new HVAC equipment. 
  • Impact updates:
    • The west side of A-wing continues to serve as parking and staging area for the project.
    • Utility shutdowns scheduled for electrical and HVAC services.
    • Hoisting and installation of new mechanical equipment will limit access to the work site. 
Photo of Alan Vanderstelt, project manager

 

For comments, questions or concerns, contact project manager, Alan Vanderstelt, at (517) 643-6763 or vande832@msu.edu

Lab space electrical rough-in
Lab space electrical rough-in
New supply and exhaust air duct work on mezzanine
New supply and exhaust air duct work on mezzanine
Mechanical deck support steel and platforms
Mechanical deck support steel and platforms
Wall and ceiling framing
Wall and ceiling framing

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T.B. Simon Power Plant - R.I.C.E. - construct original building (CP17197) - update

  • Project milestones:
    • Building and ancillary-structure foundations are complete.
    • Site utilities installation is nearing completion.
    • Building structural steel erection has started.
    • Delivery of engine components to begin this month.
  • Impact updates:
    • Impacts to campus are limited to Service Road site access and Power Plant site.
    • There are no planned outages required during interconnection of utilities.
    • Parking Lot 87 (Power Plant west) is being utilized for equipment staging.
Photo of Chris Barnes

 

For comments, questions or concerns, contact project manager, Chris Barnes, at (517) 355-1628 or barne137@msu.edu

Aerial-view rendering of R.I.C.E. plant location next to T.B. Simon Power Plant
Aerial-view rendering of R.I.C.E. plant location next to T.B. Simon Power Plant
Foundations installed and utilities interconnections in progress
Foundations installed and utilities interconnections in progress
Progress on installation of structural steel
Progress on installation of structural steel

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FRIB - High-Rigidity Spectrometer (HRS) and Isotope Harvesting Experimental Vault (CP16108) - wrap up

  • Project milestones:
    • Project is now substantially complete.
  • Impact updates:
    • No additional impacts expected.
Photo of Todd Elkin

 

For comments, questions or concerns, contact project manager, Todd Elkin, at (517) 908-7749 or elkin@frib.msu.edu

Overhead Loading Bay door
Overhead Loading Bay door
Experimental Pit and concrete wall shielding
Experimental Pit and concrete wall shielding
Build-out of Isotope Harvesting Experimental Vault Lab
Build-out of Isotope Harvesting Experimental Vault Lab

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Valuable information for our campus customers logo

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2018-19 Facilities and Infrastructure Report now available

MSU Infrastructure Planning and Facilities is proud to serve the university by delivering facilities and services that help Spartans change the world.

Every year, we collect and share information that demonstrates progress in how the developed campus is enhanced and maintained to create an optimal learning environment for students, faculty, staff and visitors.

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Join the conversation about MSU facilities

By joining the Facilities Coordinator Work Group, IPF campus customers can present ideas and discuss solutions around facility-related topics that include best practices, sustainability, long-range planning, maintenance, operations, renovations and campus-facility coordination.

Planned 2020 meeting topics include:

  • Facilities Connect (FAMIS replacement)
  • Telecom
  • Faculty Readiness Team
  • IPF Asset Data Collection Initiative
  • IPF billing update
  • Promapp for process documentation

If you would like to join, contact IPF Planning, Design and Construction operations coordinator, Tiana Carter at carte282@msu.edu. Please include the following information in your email:

  • Name
  • Building you represent
  • Email address
  • Campus phone number

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Instructions for staying safe while walking on ice

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Did the holidays leave your stocking empty?

The MSU Surplus Store just might have what Santa forgot - genuine Spartan Athletics memorabilia!

Check out their online store for one-of-a-kind items, from Spartan Stadium goal post sections to Breslin Student Events Center basketball court floor pieces.

They also have a variety of workout equipment available to help get you closer to achieving your New Year's fitness resolutions.

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MSU Bikes Service Center

Check out what the Service Center has to offer, even on the coldest of days, by watching this awesome video created by one of the Service Center's own student staff members, Henry Hibbeln.

Anthony Rendi, a student mechanic at the MSU Bikes Service Center working on a bicycle tire

 

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USE OF SPACE HEATERS ON CAMPUS

The university has established heating and cooling season building temperature policies to provide comfortable conditions in support of the university’s educational mission while advancing MSU’s energy conservation goals. Space heaters are regulated because they can create system imbalances, overload building electrical circuits and use a significant amount of energy. If used improperly, space heaters can also become a fire hazard.

Most campus spaces are heated to 69 degrees during the winter. Because spaces on campus vary greatly in age, construction and function, exceptions will occur. Please contact us if you experience temperature discomfort on a regular basis at (517) 353-1760. We will identify the source of the problem and work to provide a comfortable work environment.

Where space temperatures fall within university guidelines, several low wattage personal heaters have been approved that meet safety and efficiency guidelines. A list of approved heaters available through Spartan Marketplace can be found here.

NoteThis information does not pertain to MSU Residential and Hospitality Services buildings, offices or departmental spaces.

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Stories from Team IPF logo

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Get to know your IPF crews: Key Shop, Security and Electronics

IPF's Access Control and Security Systems department, headed by Eric Strouse is comprised of three crews - Key Shop, Security and Electronics. They handle everything from biometric scanners to athletics scoreboards, with a whole lot in between.

Eric Simmon installing a biometric scanner in Jenison Field House

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Photo of MSU Museum's new Science on a Sphere exhibit

IPF partners with the MSU Museum to bring the world to campus

The MSU Museum recently partnered with IPF and other campus units to create the new Science on a Sphere exhibit, a room-sized, global display system that uses computers and video projectors to display planetary data onto a six-foot diameter sphere, giving the effect of a giant animated globe.

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Keeping the Spartan spirit flowing

IPF plumber Bert Skowronski is the "superhero" that heads the team of plumbers keeping Spartan Stadium's water flowing, even in the coldest temperatures.

Photo of IPF plumber Bert Skowronski inside of one of Spartan Stadium's bathrooms

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Electrician swapping out old fluorescent tube lights with new LED tubes.

IPF partnership with Consumers Energy powers big savings for MSU

In early 2020, IPF will complete a project to install close to 50,000 new LED tubes in existing fluorescent-light fixtures in nine buildings across campus. These new lights have the potential to save MSU millions in energy and maintenance costs over the course of their 11+ year lifespan. 

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Feedback

We welcome any comments, questions or suggestions on how we can improve communications with you, our campus partners.

Please forward your comments to the IPF Communications department at IPF.Communications@msu.edu

Thank you!

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