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The City of Platteville has contracted for the replacement of the water mains that run under the “Pine Street” and “Greenwood Avenue” pedestrian malls. This work will be completed during the months of July and August of 2008. The north ends of parking lots 16 and 14 (Warner Hall and Residence Hall lot on University Plaza) will be closed and barricaded during the duration of the project. Please see links below to a project announcement and proposed schedule.
Pipe Bursting Project Notice
Schedule of Work Details-Platteville, WI 2008
During this brief but involved project, there will be numerous water service outages in academic buildings on campus and pedestrian access issues as the project progresses. Please use this website to keep up to date with the latest news on this project. Many of the buildings will have temporary services, but short outages will still occur. While the affected buildings are using the temporary services, we ask that water conservation be observed. The following are buildings that will be affected:
Pine Street Mall: Royce Hall, Warner Hall, Brigham Hall, Doudna Hall, Children’s Center, Art Building and Ullrich Hall.
Greenwood Avenue Mall: Ottensman Hall, Gardner Hall, Williams Fieldhouse, Central Heating Plant, Boebel Hall, Pioneer Student Center, Karrmann Library, Pioneer Tower and Russell Hall.
The contractor, Murphy Pipeline, will be using a process called “Pipe Bursting” to replace the lines. This process will limit the amount of excavation on the campus. Please see the link below for an illustration of pipe bursting.
June 30, 2008: Murphy Pipeline to begin staging for work. UWP Campus will walk with contractor to determine temporary water service strategies. The north ends of parking lots 16 and 14 will be closing.
July 3, 2008: Please note the piping on the ground in parking lot 16. Murphy Pipeline is currently testing and prechlorinating the line, getting it ready for installation next week. Parking lot 16 will be closed for the duration of the project.
Monday, July 7: Murphy Pipeline will be setting up for the Pine Street Mall water main replacement. Holes will be excavated at the various building water service entrances.
Tuesday, July 8: Water services will be shut down to Art Building, Warner and Brigham Halls. Doudna Hall, Ullrich Hall and Royce Hall will go onto temporary water services. During the temporary water service, the water should not be drunk. Warner and Brigham should be back online within two days. The entire Pine Street Mall replacement should be complete within a week.
July 7, 2008: Work has been delayed by one day. All activities listed above will occur one day later. Water shutdowns and temporary services will now occur for most buildings starting on Wednesday, July 9. The only exception may be Royce Hall, which may go onto temporary service late Tuesday.
During the construction of this line, the Pine Street Mall will have limited pedestrian access. Please, be aware of construction equipment and personnel working on the sidewalks and adjacent areas.
