Dear All, Yesterday, we had a meeting with HDR, Physical Facilities, PRF and the developer for the ASPIRE apartments which is being built in front of Birck. The 4 story, 835 beds apartments will include three buildings. The closest one will be within 60 ft north of Birck. HDR is going to do a detailed analysis of the impact of noise, vibration and electromagnetic interference (DC and AC), etc. on Birck both during the construction and in the long term. Meanwhile, if you notice any issues with the ongoing measurements and experimental characterization in your labs, which could be due to the construction activity, please let me and Mark Voorhis know so that we make sure any impact on the sensitive research at Birck is taken into account. Best regards, Ali From: Shakouri, Ali Sent: Friday, January 26, 2018 9:03 AM To: bnc-faculty-all-list@ecn.purdue.edu Cc: Brown, Donna J <brown746@purdue.edu>; Wojtalewicz, Clifford J. <cliffw@purdue.edu>; Turner, Jaime J <jjbiggs@purdue.edu>; Voorhis, Mark L. <mvoorhis@purdue.edu>; Reger, Ronald K <rreger@purdue.edu>; Jurss, Stephen E <sejurss@purdue.edu>; Weinstein, Dana <danaw@purdue.edu>; Chen, Yong P <chen276@purdue.edu> Subject: Meeting with HDR/ Birck's future infrastructure needs Dear Colleagues, Couple of key people from HDR (the firm that designed and built Birck) are coming to Purdue next Tuesday and Wednesday. We just learned last week that the new apartment building under construction is closer to Birck than the original plans presented last year. We want to make sure that this apartment does not hamper the highly sensitive research at Birck both during construction and in the long term. We would like to schedule a meeting with HDR where Birck faculty describe their potential long term facility needs (major equipment, etc.). Could you let Jaime know if you are able to attend a meeting either on Tuesday Jan 30 (4-5:30pm) or Wednesday Jan 31 (9:30-11am)? If you can't make any of these times but have specific feedback, please forward your comments to Mark Voorhis. Thanks a lot, Ali