University Facilities

Clemson Soccer Ops Complex receives two Green Globes for Sustainable Building

Photo of the interior space of the Soccer Ops Complex. Image credit: Clemson Athletics
The Soccer Operations Complex is the latest campus building to receive this award.

The Clemson Soccer Operations Complex has received two Green Globes from the Green Building Initiative, a non-profit organization that manages assessments and certifications related to environmental building practices.

Facilities awarded with this certification are recognized energy conservation, reduced water consumption, responsible use of materials, ecological stewardship, and healthy indoor environments for occupants. The Soccer Ops Complex joins a growing list of new construction and renovated buildings on Clemson’s campus that have earned two or more Globe certifications, including the:

  • College of Business
  • IPTAY Center
  • Outdoor Recreational Fitness and Wellness Center
  • Indoor Tennis Facility

To learn more about Green Globes certification, please visit the Green Building Initiative website.

Electrical Power Outage – Campus Wide – 5/18/20 and 5/19/20

UPDATE: 5/20/20 10:15AM – Switching is complete.  BRC power has been restored.  Planned outage work is complete.

UPDATE: 5/20/20 9:50AM – Cable tested good.  Switching outage for ASB and Godley-Snell will be at 10AM.

UPDATE: 5/20/20 9:10AM – Cable transition is going smoothly.  Testing cable soon to prepare for switching outage on ASB and Godley-Snell.

UPDATE: 5/20/20 6:55AM – Outage for BRC will begin today at 7:00AM.  The building will be without generator backup during this outage that will last approximately 3 hours.  Godley-Snell and Administrative Services building will experience a one minute outage at the end of the outage work affecting BRC.

UPDATE: 5/19/20 10:00AM – BRC failed to go on generator power and remainder of outage work has been put on hold.  The time for the second outage for Administrative Services and Godley-Snell will be scheduled with those building BSCs.

UPDATE: 5/19/20 7:00AM – Group 3 outage on schedule for 7:30AM today.  BRC will remain on generator back up while transition work is being completed.  Follow-up outage for Godley-Snell and Administrative Services Building expected at 12:00PM.  BRC will be restored to utility power at this time.

UPDATE: 5/18/20 4:45PM – Group 2 power restored.  Work complete for the day.  Next outage for Group 3 buildings tomorrow morning at 7:30AM.  Another update will be sent before outage begins.

UPDATE: 5/18/20 4:20PM – Cable termination and testing complete. 4:30 PM outage for group 2 buildings on schedule.

UPDATE: 5/18/20 3:15PM – Work is progressing slowly in preparation for the Group 2 outage.  If no further issues arise, outage will still happen at 4:30PM, but there is a possibility of a delay for the start of the outage.

UPDATE: 5/18/20 12:55PM – All clear from Duke.  No additional outages are anticipated for Group 1 buildings.  Group 2 buildings on schedule at this time for 4:3oPM outage.

UPDATE: 5/18/20 12:40PM – Group 1 loads transferred successfully.  Final testing on Duke substation protection equipment before releasing us to continue loading should be completed in 10 minutes.

UPDATE: 5/18/20 12:18PM – On schedule for Group 1 outage at 12:30PM.  Group 1 will have a 1 minute power outage starting at 12:30PM.

UPDATE: 5/18/20 – 10:45AM – Power is on to new Switching Stations.  Still on schedule.

UPDATE: 5/18/20 – 7:05AM – Hendrix 1st outage is complete.  Building power is restored.

UPDATE: 5/18/20 – 6:50AM – Everything on track.  First outage for Hendrix will proceed at 7AM this morning.

Clemson University Facilities is working to transition the campus electrical distribution feed from the old Duke Power substation that was built in 1968 to the new substation that was just constructed on the SE edge of campus. In order to transition our distribution feeders and stations over to the new source, a few brief electrical power outages are going to be needed early next week that will affect all of campus. Energization of the new substation feed will occur Monday, May 18th. Outages are expected to last less than one minute each and are being planned in a rolling fashion across three groups to affect each campus building as few times as possible. The latest information regarding this outage will appear at the top of this post.

We’re aware of the inconvenience this may cause to many working from home, particularly those who are connecting remotely to work machines operating on campus power. Desktop PCs that are shut off as a result of the outage will need to be manually turned back on. We recommend using CUapps until this is possible for you to do so.

Areas that will be affected by campus distribution outages are shown on the map below.

2018 Campus Electrical Distribution Coverage
This visual shows the the electrical distribution area for Clemson University.

If you have anything that would be adversely affected by this outage, please contact Bret McCarley at bmccarl@clemson.edu with the details so we may plan accordingly and limit the impact to campus activities.

Rolling Outage Schedule

The first outage will occur in the Hendrix Student Center at 7:00 a.m. Monday, May 18th. Thereafter, outages are being planned in a rolling fashion across 3 groups to affect each campus building as few times as possible. Group 1 loads are currently scheduled to experience a one minute outage at 12:30 p.m. Monday, May 18th. Group 2 loads (which includes the Hendrix Student Center) are currently scheduled to experience a one minute outage at 4:30 p.m. Monday, May 18th. Group 3 loads are currently scheduled to experience a one minute outage at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 19th. The Biological Research Center will remain on emergency generator power until new terminations are installed on existing cable and connected to the new feed.  The Admin Services Building and Godley-Snell will experience an additional outage when this cable is terminated and ready for energization (approximately 3-4 hours later).

Group 1
  • Alumni Center
  • Barnes Student Center
  • Barre
  • Botanical Gardens
  • Bracket Hall
  • Byrnes Hall
  • Calhoun Courts
  • Calhoun Mansion
  • Campbell Museum
  • College Of Business
  • College Of Business Construction Power
  • Cooper Library
  • Daniel Hall
  • Douthit Hills
  • Edwards Hall
  • Fernow Street Café
  • Fire Station
  • Freeman Hall
  • Hardin Hall
  • Jordan Hall
  • Kite Hill Recycling
  • Lee Hall I,II,III
  • Lehotsky Hall
  • Lever Hall
  • Long Hall
  • Lowry Hall
  • Manning Hall
  • Mauldin Hall
  • McAdams Hall
  • Old Visitor’s Center
  • Olin Hall
  • Poole Ag
  • President’s Home
  • Redfern Health Center
  • Rhodes Hall
  • Rhodes Annex
  • Riggs Hall
  • Schilletter Hall
  • Sikes Hall
  • Sirrine Hall
  • Smith Hall
  • Strode Hall
  • Strom Thurmond
  • Thornhill Village
  • Traffic Signals (WTC/Cherry, WTC/Sherman, WTC/Calhoun, WTC/Newman)
  • Trustee House
  • Vickery Hall
  • Watt Family Innovation Center

Group 2
  • Band Practice Facility
  • Barnette Hall
  • Bowen Hall
  • Bradley Hall
  • Canteen Hall
  • Central Energy Facility
  • Core Campus
  • Dillard Building
  • Donaldson Center
  • Facilities Buildings @ Klugh Avenue
  • Fike Recreation Center
  • Godfrey Hall
  • Harcombe Hall
  • Hendrix Student Center
  • Holmes Hall
  • Holtzendorff Hall
  • Hunter Hall
  • Isotope Lab
  • Johnstone Annex
  • Kinard Hall
  • Lower Intramural Field
  • Martin Hall
  • McCabe Hall
  • Mell Hall
  • Mikel (Stadium Suites)
  • Nemotode Lab
  • Newman Hall
  • Norris Hall
  • The Shoeboxes
  • Simpson Hall
  • Soccer Stadium
  • Student Union
  • Tennis Center
  • Tillman Hall
  • Traffic Signals (WTC/Williamson, Perimeter/Cherry, Cherry/McMillan, Cherry/Zeta Theta, WTC/College Ave.)
  • Upper Intramural Field
  • Walker Golf Maintenance
  • Wannamaker Hall
  • West Energy Plant

Group 3
  • Admin Services Building
  • Aquaculture
  • Athletics Maintenance
  • Baseball
  • Biosystems Research Complex
  • Brooks Center
  • Child Development Center
  • Earle Hall
  • East Campus Chiller Plant
  • Farmer’s Market
  • Fluor Daniel
  • Godley-Snell
  • Harris A Smith Building
  • Hinson Chiller Plant
  • Hydraulics Lab
  • Indoor Football
  • Indoor Track
  • IPTAY
  • Jervey
  • Life Sciences Building
  • Lightsey Bridge
  • Littlejohn Coliseum
  • McFadden Hall
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Outdoor Fitness
  • Penley Golf
  • Raw Water Pump Station
  • Reeves Football Ops
  • Rowing Facility
  • Soccer Practice
  • Softball
  • Traffic Signals (Perimeter/Ave. Of Champions, Perimeter/WTC)
  • Waste Water Treatment Plant Headworks

Construction Info for Returning Students

This post previously included construction information regarding the College of Business with lane closures along Walter T. Cox Boulevard. This project has been completed two days ahead and schedule and WTC is now open.

A few construction projects happening around campus will impact traffic as students return from the winter break. In addition, newly installed gates in front of Brackett Hall will prevent vehicles from entering the core of campus via Calhoun Drive.

Perimeter Road Near the Brooks Center

Diagram showing where construction is located along Perimeter Road near the Brooks Center
Construction is currently located near the Brooks Performing Arts Center.

The campus-wide electrical distribution upgrade continues, with Perimeter Road currently impacted by construction between Cherry Road and Brooks Center Drive. Presently the northern-most lanes along Perimeter are closed, and two-way traffic is being facilitated using the southern-most lanes between Brooks Center Drive and Cherry Rd.

Cherry Road between Bryan Circle and McMillan Road

Related underground utility construction is currently underway on Cherry Road, and with its final phase expected to end on January 8th. The project impacts the usual entrance to Bryan Circle, but a temporary detour is in place in which traffic can turn from McMillan Road onto Epsilon Zeta, accessing Bryan Circle that way.

New Gates along Calhoun Drive

To improve pedestrian safety in the core of campus, boom barriers have been installed along Calhoun Drive in front of Brackett Hall.  Employee spaces along this stretch have been converted to temporary loading spaces for deliveries.

For the most up to date information regarding construction and its impact to traffic on campus, please see our Road Work Google Map.

Walter T. Cox Boulevard / Calhoun Drive Intersection Now Open

Another major summer construction project has been completed: the reconstruction of the intersection of Walter T. Cox Boulevard and Calhoun Drive is now finished, with traffic flowing along WTC across all four lanes. Calhoun Drive is also fully accessible. The intersection now features a 4-inch tall traffic speed table designed to calm traffic through this pedestrian-heavy area between Sikes Hall, Douthit Hills and the soon to be completed College of Business.

Some work remains to be done with sidewalk construction and landscaping, but no further road closures are expected to be necessary.

This image shows that traffic can now freely move through Walter T. Cox and Calhoun Drive, with a note about remaining work to be done.
The third phase of this project consists of landscaping and sidewalk construction.

Newman Road Now Open

Thanks to Hutch-N-Son Construction, one of this summer’s major construction projects has been completed two weeks ahead of schedule: Newman Road is now open to all traffic after being expanded from two lanes to four as drivers approach the intersection with McMillan Road. Vehicles traveling along Walter T. Cox Boulevard (Hwy. 93) can now reach Perimeter Road through Newman. The expansion will ease congestion as travelers enter and exit campus. With Newman now open, the entrance to McMillan along Perimeter will now close.

McMillan Road Utility Work

McMillan Road will continue to see construction through the fall semester as upgraded infrastructure is installed underground. Crews will be working along McMillian Road from the intersection with Newman Road toward Cherry Road. Portions of McMillan Road will be opened as the work in that area is complete. Residents in Calhoun Courts and Thornhill Village should use Morrison Road to reach the apartments in the area until construction along McMillian Road passes the entrances on to Dunavan Road, Omicron Pi Street and finally, Mills Rd.

For more information on road construction at Clemson University, please see our Road Work Map.

Summer Construction Update 6-11-19

There are many projects underway and the University is taking advantage of summer vacation for many to accomplish as much work as possible before the fall semester.

Highway 93

The underground utilities installation along Highway 93 between Sherman Road and Centennial Blvd. is complete and the highway is now fully open to traffic.  Permanent traffic lines will be painted on the roadway within the coming weeks.

This is a diagram showing the plan for the pedestrian safety table design planned for the intersection of Calhoun Dr. and Highway 93. For more information please call 656-2186.
The pedestrian safety table will aid in managing traffic at this heavily used crosswalk.
Calhoun Drive Intersection Reconstruction

The intersection of Calhoun Drive and Highway 93 is being modified to improve traffic flow. A raised crosswalk similar to the pedestrian safety table on Williamson Road between Memorial Stadium and the Scroll of Honor is being developed for pedestrians who will cross Highway 93 between Sikes Hall and the new College of Business. Work is on schedule with a projected full reopening of the intersection this August.

Cherry / McMillan Intersection

Phase I of the underground utilities installation has been completed at the intersection of Cherry Road and McMillan Road. Phase II is scheduled to begin on July 22 and will require another full closure of the intersection until August 1. The third and final phase of the installation in this area will be scheduled for late 2019.

This diagram shows how Newman will be expanded from 2 lanes to 4 as drivers approach McMillan. For more information call 656-2186.
The expansion of Newman Road will help enhance traffic flow as vehicles approach the intersection with McMillan Road.
McMillan Road near Redfern

Installation of underground utilities across McMillan Road between the Redfern Health Center and Edwards Hall is expected to begin the first week of July. This work should take approximately three weeks to complete.

Newman / McMillan Intersection

Newman Road is being widened to four-lanes north of McMillan Road. Work is underway to prepare for an upcoming road closure to be announced. Once started, the intersection will be closed for approx. three to four weeks, but expected to open by August 12. Aside from brief disruptions relying on flagmen to guide travelers through the construction area, Newman Road currently remains open.

Perimeter / Lot C-1

A new traffic light with dedicated turn lanes is being established at the intersection of Perimeter Road and the commuter parking Lot C-1. This area will see one-lane traffic at times, guided by flagmen to allow drivers to travel both directions in turn.

This diagram shows how Perimeter Road and Zeta Theta Road are being expanded to accommodate a new traffic light. For more information please call 656-2186.
The installation of a new traffic light as well as dedicated turn lanes will help ease congestion along Perimeter Road.
More information

Please see the Clemson University Road Work Google Map for the most up-to-date information on current construction schedules. We also post updates regarding the latest developments to our Twitter feed. Finally, those wishing to avoid having to navigate construction using their own vehicle can take advantage of Parking Services’ Park-n-Ride service. See their summer schedule for more information.

Williamson Road closure at Highway 93 from April 19-24

Williamson Road will be closed at Highway 93 beginning Friday, April 19, at 5:00 pm to install a section of underground utilities that are vital to the project’s completion schedule. Weather permitting, this area will reopen by Wednesday, April 24. One lane of westbound traffic on Hwy. 93 will remain open during this time.

The visual above shows how traffic will flow through construction in this area.
The visual above shows how traffic will flow through construction in this area.

Highway 93 to reopen for Spring Game

All lanes of Highway 93 from College Avenue to Centennial Boulevard will be temporarily reopened by the morning of Friday, April 5, ahead of this weekend’s Spring Game and Ring Ceremony.

Beginning Monday, April 8, traffic control will resume with one-way travel heading westbound along the single northernmost lane. This will mark the start of the final paving phase of the Highway 93 project which is scheduled to be fully completed by early June, weather permitting.

This visual shows the traffic control plan starting on April 8.

Spring Break construction finishes ahead of schedule, Downtown Clemson now fully accessible

Open for business! Driving around downtown Clemson just got a lot easier. Thanks to the recent patch of clear weather, and the joint efforts of Clemson University, our contractors, and the City of Clemson, the sections of construction along Highway 93 that were scheduled during Spring Break are now open – 10 days ahead of schedule! University Facilities appreciates the collaboration that resulted in the quick completion of work and thanks the Clemson Community for its patience.

This map shows circles at Hillcrest Avenue, College Avenue and Sherman Street indicating that these roads are now fully accessible.
Hillcrest Avenue, College Avenue and Sherman Street are now fully accessible to traffic.

Access to and from Hillcrest Avenue at Highway 93 to close March 16- 26

Access to and from Hillcrest Avenue at Highway 93 will be closed from March 16 – 26 to allow workers to install underground utilities in the area.

The contractor, A. West, said lower traffic volumes during Spring Break will allow them to focus their efforts on this project and other areas along Hwy. 93. See the visual below for closure and alternate route information.

This image displays a map of Highway 93, indicating where road closures will occur including Hillcrest Avenue.

For more information about this project, please see our Utility Construction page.