11/11/2025: SMSU - Site and Exterior Impacts
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UPCOMING IMPACT NOTICE
FOR IMMEDIATE DISTRIBUTION* * Deans, Directors & Department Chairs: Please distribute to your department personnel * *
LOCATION: Smith Memorial Student Union (SMSU)
DURATION: 11/11/2025 from 5:00:00 AM to 8:00:00 AM
PROJECT INFORMATION: The SMSU Critical Infrastructure Project - HVAC and Elevator Upgrades, will replace the SF-1, SF-4 and SF-12 Heating Ventilation and Cooling systems serving the east half of Smith Memorial Student Union, and modernize Elevators 6, 7 & 15. The project is scheduled to begin on 8/15, and complete in September of 2026. The first phase will demo and replace SF-4.
Upcoming construction activities:
11/11/25 - A boom truck will be delivered to lift materials onto the SMSU roof (see project impacts below).
PROJECT BENEFITS: To replace critical building equipment that is beyond their useful life and which will improve the efficiency and reliability of the the building's HVAC and Elevators.
IMPACT: See attached diagram showing impacts.
Building will be closed for observed holiday.
Between 5:00am - 8:00am, a boom truck will be lifting materials onto the SMSU roof. The Broadway main entrance, stair exit, and sidewalk will be closed at this time, except for emergency egress. Anyone requiring access to the building at these times will need to use alternate entrances at south (SW Harrison St.) or north (SW Montgomery St.).
ACCESSIBILITY IMPACTS: Accessible entrance on SW Broadway Ave will be closed 5:00am - 8:00am. Use alternative accessible entrance, SW Montgomery pedestrian street, on north side building between Cramer Hall and the SMSU building.
PROJECT COORDINATORS:
| NAME | PHONE | |
|---|---|---|
| Matt Gall |
503-725-6289 |
m...@pdx.edu |
| Jackson Elsasser |
509-200-1945 |
jack...@pdx.edu |
| Steve Rounds |
503-869-4334 |
sro...@pdx.edu |
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
If the above coordinator(s) are unavailable, please contact: 503-725-3738
Emergencies call Campus Public Safety: 503-725-4407