Announcements

ANOTHER GRAND SUCCESS!
BIKE TO WORK DAY BUSINESS CHALLENGE, June 24

Congratulations to all the DOC people who made the effort to walk, bike, bus, or use alternative transportation to get themselves to work on Bike to Work Day this past Wednesday, June 24! Thanks to the 203 people who registered on the NIST Team (including NTIA, ITS, EMSS, and CCC) in the Business Challenge. NIST placed 3rd overall the 323 competing businesses in Boulder. And thanks to the 203 people who registered on the NOAA team, they placed 6th overall. (Official final results will be available later this week.)

6,325 people registered for the Boulder Business Challenge. The longest DOC bike commuters were Matt Wagers from NOAA rode 52 miles, one-way from Ft. Collins and Lenson Pellouchoud from NIST rode 22.1 miles, one-way from Longmont. NIST logged 1581 miles and NOAA logged 1582 miles using alternate transportation. According to the Native Energy website calculations, we created a combined carbon savings of 1.55 tons of carbon dioxide (assuming medium vehicle fuel efficiency.)

http://www.nativeenergy.com/pages/offset_travel/451.php

Special thanks to this year's BTWD organizers, Alex Hsia, Gaby Petron, Minna Win, Daniel Ziskin, Chuck Brock, and Mary Gorman. Extra thanks to the many volunteers who helped put on the Free Bike Tune-ups, the CCC Kid's Bike Parade, and the BLEA sponsored "ZERO WASTE 2nd Breakfast." (Will von Dauster, Mona Faber, John Lehman, Hannah Lehman, Dan Tomlin, John Gabriel, Scot Colburn, Paul Fuller, Tasshi Dennis, Dave Walker, Lenson Pellouchoud, Mona Tell, Andy Newman, Michael Rhodes, Brian Lerner, and Erika Winter.) Eco thanks to the NOAA Green Team for providing the reusable plates for the event. Final thanks to Connie and staff at the NIST Cafe, EMSS, and Wendy McBride for their generous donations and cooperative efforts!

June 24 BTWD Statistics:

1st place - Boulder County Employees (597 out of 1800) Effort = 9.95
2nd place - Rally Software (103 out of 150) Effort = 5.95
3rd place - NIST (203 registered out of 650) Effort = 5.63
4th place - E Source (68 registered out of 80) Effort = 5.38
5th place - Amgen (231 registered out of 1000) Effort = 5.17
6th place - NOAA (203 registered out of 850) Effort = 4.92
9th place - NCAR/UCAR (234 registered out of 1250) Effort = 4.68

LUIS ROMERO RETIREMENT LUNCH, June 29

The time has come to say so long and honor Luis Romero for his 47 years of Federal service.  Luis has been a valuable member of the EMSS team since 1982 and is currently working in the Inventory Management Office of EMSS.  Luis’ last day at NIST will be Thursday, July 2.  We are going to have a luncheon in his honor on Monday, June 29, at The Egg and I, at 11:30 am.  The cost is $13/person (includes meal, beverage, tax and tip).  Contact Eileen Hinkle, ext. 3955, or Vickie Grulke, ext.5654, to make a reservation, select meal, and pay by Thursday, June 25. 

We are really going to miss Luis and hope everyone gets a chance to come up and sign the card we have for him at the Building 4 Service Desk (and/or contribute towards a gift).

NIST-WIDE SHELTER-IN-PLACE DRILL, Tuesday, June 30 (Note: Date Change)

The Department of Commerce and NIST Emergency Services require each of its sites to carry out a Shelter-in-Place (SIP) exercise at least once a year.  OSHE has scheduled our drill on Tuesday, June 30 at 10 a.m. throughout all NIST Buildings.  Everyone, including guest researchers and contractors, is expected to cooperate. 

The scenario for this year’s exercise is a follows:

The exercise involves a fictional major chlorine spill in the vicinity of NIST. In this type of scenario, the Boulder Department of Emergency Services will put out a reverse 911 call instructing everyone to shelter until it can be declared safe.  Listen for further instructions given by your area’s Evacuation/SIP Coordinator as well as over the PA system in each building at the time of the drill. The length of the drill should be no longer than 15-20 minutes from the time of the PA system alert to shelter until the all-clear is given. Be sure to sign-in on your Evacuation/SIP Coordinators’ rosters. Your Evacuation Coordinator’s names can be located on the NIST/Boulder Safety Website.  Please call Jane at ext. 4402 if you have any questions. 

NOAA GIFT SHOP MONTHLY SPECIAL

The NOAA Gift Shop’s monthly special for June: $1 off for every $10 spent on toys. Normal hours are 12-1 p.m., Tuesday-Thursday. The shop is located in DSRC 1C307.

NIST GIFT SHOP

The NIST store is located under the lobby stairs near the Building 1 cafeteria.  If you would like to purchase any NIST merchandise, please call ext. 5453, 3832, 3988, or 3378. See pictures of their NIST t-shirts, hats, post cards, and more at the BLEA web site by clicking "sales" - http://blea.doc.gov/

SITE HEALTH AND FITNESS ITEMS

EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM COUNSELING

Free counseling is available to all Boulder/DOC employees and their immediate families who are experiencing personal and/or work problems. 

Our new EAP counselor, Kristen Mackiewicz, is available every Friday by appointment. The Employee Assistance Program is voluntary and confidential and there is no leave charge for appointments on site. Please call ext. 3801 to schedule an appointment.

Feel as though you have too much stress in your life?  Have a problem that you want to discuss?  

 WORK............MONEY...........FAMILY.............MENTAL

HEALTH............ADDICTION..........RELATIONSHIPS............

Get free,  confidential, help for the stress in your life.  Call ext. 3801 for information and to set up an appointment.

JUDO NEWS

 

*Katarina Cicak hosted a video party for the Judo club on June 8.  The group got to see some old movie footage of several demonstrations performed by several old Judo masters including Jigoro Kano the founder of the sport.

    

* Sensei Barry Hoffman was a guest instructor at the DoC Judo class on June 15. Barry Hoffman is one of the nation’s top competitors and teachers in several of the most difficult Katas in the martial art of Judo. His honors include four gold medals in the Nage No Kata competition at the U.S. National Judo Championships as well as two international gold medals in the Katame No Kata competition in Canada. Barry possesses an A-level certification from the National Teachers Institute, has also been named to the U.S. National Kata Judges Certification Board. For more information on Judo at DOC, contact Wayde Allen, ext. 5871 or wallen@its.bldrdoc.gov.

 

NEW YOGA CLASS

There is a new Yoga class at the DOC Boulder campus every Friday from 4-5 p.m. in the DSRC Fitness Center, Minna Win will be teaching "Power Vinyasa Yoga".  For more information on this class, contact Minna Win, ext. 4739 or minna.win@noaa.gov.

 

FITNESS CENTER NEWS

If you want to receive information on activities going on in the Fitness Centers, if you want to find someone to work out with, if you have questions about the equipment, or if you want to talk to others about fitness in general, you should subscribe to the DoC Boulder Laboratories FitCenter mailing list located on the web at: http://www.its.bldrdoc.gov/mailman/listinfo/fitcenter

EMSS NEWS
Questions?  Please call the below listed contacts, call ext. 3191, or email: svcdesk@boulder.nist.gov

NIST EXCESS: The NIST Property Office has excess items available in Building 4, if you are interested; please contact Dale Devoe, ext. 7598, or Eva Baca, ext. 5083.

GSA EXCESS: If we do not have what you are looking for, go to the GSA’s website: http://gsaxcess.gov/. You will need to register; once that is complete; you will have access to excess property from other Federal Government agencies.

PLANNED PROJECTS

Building 1

1.  EMSS is continuing the office remodel in 1-2244, 2245, and 2246.  This includes a new door, flooring, and wall coverings.  1-2244 will available by July 6 and 1-2245 & 2246 by September 8.  Contact: Fred Smith, ext 4459.

2. The elevator in Building 1 malfunctioned. An elevator contractor is being called and will be here as soon as possible. If you have any questions or required special accommodations, please call the Service Desk, x3191.

Building 1 Extension (B1E)

1. Excavation & construction between Building 1 and 2 is continuing.  Contact: Bryan Faktor, ext. 7841.

Building 24

1.  EMSS had a contractor come out to do a preliminary survey of the Building 24 air handling systems.  This week the contractor will begin performing an HVAC air balance to ensure the heating and cooling system provides the quantity of air originally designed for the systems. Contact: John Delight, ext. 5776.

Building 26

1. EMSS/Diamond Hills continued mold remediation in the Child Care Center, with work scheduled to be complete July 24.  This work is being done at night, weekends & holidays. The evening work hours are 5:30 p.m.-6:00 a.m. Contact: Dale Thoele, ext. 4009.

Site Wide

1. Exit signs have been replaced throughout Building 1 and 3 with LED signs. Work will continue to replace other incandescent signage in the near future. Contact: Bill Seader, ext. 6314.

2. EMSS began operation of the new chillers in the Central Utility Plant (CUP) last weekend and served Building 1, Wings 3 and 4 and the 3rd floor Center Spine East of the Wing 3 and 4 intersection, and all of 2. They were turned off and all local chillers re-energized on June 18.  On June 22, the CUP chillers will be put back into operation while the chillers have final commissioning done throughout the week. While these chillers are operating, the local systems are turned off. There may be some variations to the chilled water temperature and flow in those areas during this changeover, though we do not anticipate any long-term swings. Contact: Bill Seader, ext. 6314.

3. EMSS will continue the preventative maintenance work on the exhaust fans throughout the site.  Non-critical exhaust fans are being done first. Contact: Bill Seader, ext. 6314.

4. EMSS and Saint Andrews will continue to work on the Site Fire Alarm & Fire Sprinkler systems for approximately 6 weeks. Start time is from 7 a.m.-3:30 p.m. This work may also be done on the weekends. There should be no disruption to any site functions. Contact: Raymond Farber, ext. 4191 or John Grosvenor, ext. 5533.

5. On June 27, the B1E contractor will be launching a lower site power outage. The outage will take place from 7 a.m.-4:30 p.m. and will affect the following buildings:

            (a) Building 1 (with exclusion of the computer room in Wing 5)

            MH1-B-switch LS4-1 (Y) will be opened.
            MH7-switch LS3-7-2 (Y) will be opened.

This will de-energize downrange feeders to MH 15, 14 etc. while leaving Building 1, Wing 5 transformer #026 energized (which is the computer facility panel #2573).

            (b) Building 2
            (c) Visitor Center
            (d) Guard Shack

This lower site power outage is needed in order to pull true tapes through existing MV ductbank conduits. Pulling true tapes gives the contractor the correct measurement for the future electrical lines to be installed. Contact:  Bryan Faktor, ext. 7841.

6. On June 22, the CUP will begin providing steam to Building 1, 2, and 3 and the local systems turned off.  No interruptions are anticipated. Contact: Bill Seader, ext. 6314.

7. EMSS and Air Right Inc. are going to air balance Building 24 on June 23-24.  The technician will need to access all labs and offices to perform this service. Contact: John Delight, ext. 5776.