facilities

Behind the work that takes place in labs, offices and classrooms across Case Western Reserve University’s campus, there are more than 3,000 staff members helping to make it happen. Whether it’s connecting students with opportunities to help them succeed or making sure common spaces are clean and…

Beginning this weekend and continuing throughout spring break, Campus Planning and Facilities Management will complete work that began last summer on the Case Quad. The last phase of this project will include final improvements—including landscaping around the buildings and site furnishings.…

The Custodial Services department has recently updated its academic cleaning schedule as well as its trash policy.  Instead of leaving trash outside of doors on non-trash pickup days, Custodial Services asks the campus community to empty trash into shared/common receptacles in the hallway or…

As students fill campus again for the fall semester, renovations of the Case Quad have reached a major milestone: Starting today, the first of dozens of yards of  fencing will begin to come down, ultimately allowing pedestrians to again enter and exit all buildings from quad-facing doors. “We…

As fall semester nears, renovations continue on the eastern part of the Case Quad. The construction team is making progress and is on schedule, despite recent rain. Three-quarters of the sidewalks have been completed, while work on new irrigation systems and electrical infrastructure is well…

The Office of Facilities Services will conduct a test next week of the university’s ability to respond to emergency electric grid events. Together with the Medical Center Company, Case Western Reserve University is participating in a voluntary electricity-reduction program to help prevent massive…

Please be advised that the university has been experiencing an abundance of clogged toilets on campus. Technicians are frequently finding flushed wipes, masks and gloves leading to many of these clogs. While individuals may be attempting to take extra precautions during the pandemic, these items…

Today at 10 a.m., Facilities Services will conduct a one-hour reduction of energy demand to test the university’s ability to respond to emergency demand response events. As noted last week and yesterday in The Daily, the university participates in a voluntary electricity-reduction program to help…

Facilities Services will conduct a test next week of the university’s ability to respond to emergency demand response events. Case Western Reserve University participates in a voluntary electricity-reduction program to help prevent massive electrical shutdowns, or “blackouts,” across the regional…

Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are advised that there will be a shutdown of all normal power to Wickenden, Sears Library, Olin and White from Monday, Aug. 2, at 8 a.m. through Wednesday, Aug. 4, at 3 p.m. There will be no normal power for 72 hours and elevators will be…