March 19, 2004

Boise State To Deny Access To Buildings March 27 Due To Power Outage

Because of a daylong power outage on the Boise State campus on Saturday, March 27, access to all campus university buildings will be denied that day.   According to Larry Blake, Boise State’s director of facilities administration, the planned outage will be required on the university’s main electrical loop to meet the expanding need for electrical power on the campus. During the outage, Idaho Power will increase the power delivered to the campus by an additional 10 megawatts.   To make the final connections and minimize disruption to the campus on the 27th, the Saturday during spring break, the outage will be from 7 a.m.-7 p.m.   Due to safety concerns, access to all campus buildings north of University Drive, the College of Engineering complex and the Student Recreation Center will be prohibited all day on March 27. Other buildings south of University Drive and buildings west of Capitol Boulevard will be unaffected by the outage.   According to Blake, the decision to deny access to campus buildings is a precautionary measure necessitated by the lack of power to fire alarm, fire detection and fire suppression systems during the outage.   Additional security personnel will be on duty throughout the power outage; those officers have been authorized by the university to remove all unauthorized individuals from the affected campus buildings throughout the entire day on March 27.   For more information, call the Office of University Security at 426-1453.   -30-   Contacts                                                        Media contact Larry Blake                                                     Bob Evancho Facilities administration                                   University Relations 426-1188                                                        426-1643   Bob Seibolt Campus Security 426-1453