Padnos Hall Exhaust Ventilation Project
Construction Starts on April 29, 2024
Current Important Information
Important information.
The ventilation for the entire Padnos building will be shut down Friday, 5/17/2024, from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. This is necessary as they need to turn off the main electrical panel to update it.
Here is the other news.
We have had good luck with the current project, and everything seems to be progressing. Air valves are being installed on the 3rd floor of Padnos and the control wiring is being run. They are running the wire to the new fans which they put on the roof last week. We are hoping to have ventilation back on the first week of June and quality air will be certifying the hoods with the idea of being ready to go by the summer semester.
Scope of Project
The university has earmarked funds to bring the exhaust system up to current commercial standards. With the number of times, Padnos Hall has been renovated over its 35 years of service, and it is time to standardize our exhaust system. This project's scope will be to replace the 24 exhaust fans on the roof of Padnos while also replacing all of the variable actuator valves that control how much exhaust to provide to each hood in Padnos.
This project will be split over two summers. Phase 1 and 2. Half of the rooms in Padnos will be taken out of service in the summer of 2023 while they remove the exhaust fans on the roof and replace the hood valves in the laboratory rooms. Most of the phase work will be done on the roof while they lift and mount one ventilation system on the roof and install the appropriate ducting to the existing building duct work.
Schedule of Exhaust Fan Shutdown
Step 1- 1st Six weeks - Spring Semester
Padnos Hall Exhaust Ventilation Project
EF-118/119 Shutdown
Building |
Room |
---|---|
PAD |
305 |
PAD |
306 |
PAD |
372 |
PAD |
376 |
PAD |
305a |
Exhaust Fan EF-120/121 Shutdown
Building |
Room |
---|---|
PAD |
105 |
PAD |
105a |
PAD |
155 |
PAD |
157 |
PAD |
170 |
PAD |
255 |
PAD |
259 |
PAD |
263B |
Step 2 - 2nd Six Weeks - Summer Semester
EF-134-135 Shutdown
Building |
Room |
---|---|
PAD |
360 |
PAD |
366 |
PAD |
367 |
EF-114/115 Shutdown
Building |
Room |
---|---|
PAD |
147 |
PAD |
150 |
PAD |
184 |
PAD |
185 |
PAD |
247 |
PAD |
250 |
PAD |
281 |
PAD |
366 |
PAD |
379 |
PAD |
395 |
PAD |
396 |
PAD |
244 |
EF-112/113 Shutdown
Building |
Room |
---|---|
PAD |
175 |
PAD |
176 |
PAD |
181 |
PAD |
182 |
PAD |
286 |
PAD |
286B |
PAD |
271 |
PAD |
272 |
PAD |
277 |
PAD |
279 |
PAD |
280 |
PAD |
285 |
PAD |
287 |
PAD |
340 |
PAD |
386 |
PAD |
387 |
PAD |
389 |
PAD |
390 |
PAD |
391 |
PAD |
392 |
PAD |
270 |
Exhaust Fan EF-138/139 Shutdown
Building |
Room |
---|---|
PAD |
360 |
PAD |
393 |
Current Padnos Exhaust Layout
![Padnos Old Fan layout](/cms4/asset/8FCAC028-902A-3EFC-5137403A360C8843/screen_shot_2022-09-29_at_8.14.20_am[1664453853].jpg)
New Padnos Exhaust Layout
![New Roof](/cms4/asset/8FCAC028-902A-3EFC-5137403A360C8843/screen_shot_2022-09-29_at_8.15.58_am[1664453810].jpg)