Construction Alerts

 Parking lot #13 and #14 will be closed Thursday, March 7, 2013 and Friday, March 8, 2013.

Contractors will continue working on drainage improvements in the Gleason and Crawford Parking Lots (13 and 14), and the approach to the West entrance to Gleason Thursday and Friday this week. These lots will be closed until 5:00 PM Friday.

Please use caution in these areas.

We apologize in advance for the inconvenience.


Facilities Operations will begin paving, sealing and restriping the followings lots as noted below…. Please reference map

 Lot# 17, West and Middle sections of the parking lot between the F.W. Olin Engineering and Charles & Ruth Clemente Center  

West section (closest to the F.W. Olin Engineering Building) and middle section of parking lot #17 will be closed on Tuesday, December 18, 2012 at 10PM.

Prep work will begin on Tuesday, December 18, 2012. Paving and striping, Wednesday, December 19 thru Saturday, December 22 , 2012.

West and middle section of the Parking Lot will reopen on Sunday, December 23, 2012.


Lot# 17, East section of the parking lot in front of the Charles & Ruth Clemente Center/Panther Aquatic Center

Entire east section (two-way traffic) will be closed on Wednesday, December 26, 2012 at 10PM.

Prep work will begin on Wednesday, December 26, 2012. Paving and striping, Friday, December 27 thru Sunday, December 30 , 2012.

Parking Lot will reopen at 6 a.m. on Monday, December 31, 2012.


Lot# 20, South of Building 504 – Harris Center for Science & Engineering  

South parking lot will be closed on Wednesday, December 26, 2012 at 10 pm.

Paving and striping on Friday, December 28 thru Sunday, December 30, 2012

Parking Lot will reopen at 6 a.m. on Monday, December 31, 2012

All vehicles MUST be removed from the parking lots.    Pedestrians - Please avoid walking through these lots as well.  

Refer to http://trolley.fit.edu/  website for any changes to the trolley route

Link to view map  http://www.fit.edu/security/documents/Map-2012-3.pdf


On Tuesday, December 18, 2012, the Facilities Operations Department and it’s Contractor, Bel-Mac Roofing, will begin the Roof Replacement Project for the Gleason Performing Arts Center.  This project is scheduled to take several weeks with a target completion date of January 11, 2013.  Please be aware of the staging areas that will be set aside for Contractor/Construction staging requirements during construction (see below and attached).  In addition, during this project it may be necessary to rope-off areas on a temporary basis.  Please observe areas that will be taped-off with Caution Tape and as always – Be Safe!


On Friday, September 21, 2012, Florida Power & Light has scheduled the connection of the Varsity Training Center to the transformer that feeds Harris Center for Science and Engineering. Power will be interrupted to this facility beginning at 5:30PM and ending at 9:30PM.  

Please take necessary precautions to prepare for this outage.

Please contact the Facilities Operations office at ext 8038 if you have questions or concerns.

We apologize for the inconvenience.


As part of the on-going Siemens Industries, Inc., Energy Savings Performance Contracting Services

Beginning on August 28th and continuing over the next several weeks, representatives of Siemens Industries will be installing Occupancy Sensors for lighting control in areas of the following buildings:

  • Frueauff Building
  • All Faiths Center
  • Nathan M. Bisk College of Business
  • Shepard Building
  • Keuper Administration Building
  • F.W. Olin Engineering Complex
  • Charles and Ruth Clemente Center
  • F.W. Olin Life Sciences Building
  • Gleason Performing Arts Center
  • Military Sciences/Shipping & Receiving Building
  • Alan S. Henry Building
  • Columbia Village – Common areas
  • Roberts Hall – Common areas
  • Evans Hall – Common areas
  • Academic Quad Building 402
  • Academic Quad Building 406
  • Academic Quad Building 405
  • Academic Quad Building 407
  • Academic Quad Building 404

The majority of the installation will be done after hours and on weekends to avoid any disruptions during normal business hours.


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