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In preparation for the upcoming renovation and expansion of the Ramstein Commissary, the district heat contractor will be upgrading the main connection to the commissary building and installing valves to isolate the district heat line that runs under the north parking lot.
It is in this location that a large tent structure will be erected next summer to serve as a large section of the commissary retail area while the existing structure undergoes renovation.
The isolation valves will be installed as a safety precaution for the duration that the tent is in place over the steam lines, and this work must take place before the on-set of winter. Because the parking lot north of the commissary is a popular student drop-off area for the surrounding schools, extra care will be taken to minimize and enclose the construction lay-down area. Parents may still use this as a drop-off area, but the pedestrian gate leading to the Ramstein Elementary School will be blocked.
Parents are asked to instruct their children to stay clear of the fenced-in construction zones (three) at either end of the parking lot. People can still walk to the elementary school from the parking lot through the other pedestrian gate and around the west side of the school, Bldg. 904.
Estimated start date of the project is Sept. 29, with the completion on Oct. 29.
• Heating will be cut off to the commissary, adjacent school buildings, fire station, Nightingale Theater, former base exchange and north chapel the night of Oct. 15 and be turned on again Oct. 17 .
• Pedestrian gate leading to the Elementary School (ES)
to be blocked
• Alt path to ES around Bldg. 904
