Beginning Monday, March 9, UNMC Facilities Management and Planning will work with contractors to locate in-ground utilities on the east side of the UNMC Omaha campus. The work will take four weeks, with completion expected April 5.
The work, called “potholing,” includes digging holes that are 1.5 feet to 2 feet in diameter to verify the location and depth of utilities. As a result, some sidewalk areas, as well as grassy areas in and around the Ruth & Bill Scott Student Plaza, will be temporarily closed at various points of the project.
During the work, the campus community also should expect loud noise emitting from the potholing machinery.
The work is necessary to allow UNMC’s utility network to connect to Project Health, the $2.19 billion health care facility being built on the Omaha campus of UNMC and its primary clinical partner, Nebraska Medicine.
Questions on the potholing work should be directed to Jonathan Magill with UNMC Facilities Management and Planning by phone at (402) 953-7832 or via email.
