Varian Building Management

Building Status:

• Utilities (HVAC, plumbing, flooding, leaks, etc.) 
• Connectivity (internet, Wi-Fi, and phones) - No known issues
• Building card key access - All Varian & PAB exterior doors are now card-only 3-24-2025
• Power / Electrical 
• Process cooling water - No known issues

Last updated May 8, 2025 

Report a Facilities or Safety Concern in Varian

For all after-hours building-related emergency issues, call Work Control: (650) 723-2281

You will be asked for the quad and building number. You will then be asked for the floor, and the room number. You will be asked to describe the problem. 

Your response: Varian Physics Building, Quad 04, Building 520,Your floor and room number. 

For non-emergency building-related issues, you may submit a work request to LBRE, or email physics-facilities [at] stanford.edu.

LBRE Work Order Log (Includes complete and incomplete work orders for Varian, Building 60, and Student Observatory)

Upcoming events: 

FIRE ALARM TESTING:

- CONTRACTOR TESTING 5/16 6:00AM

- SUFMO TESTING 5/20 7:30AM

- SCCFM TESTING 5/22 8:00AM

Conference room 355 upgrade - June - August, 2025

Building Manager: Dorrene Ross (650) 804-2289 

All Varian & PAB doors are card-only, 24 hours. Between the hours of 8am-5pm, anyone with a Stanford ID can access. 

Our onboarding and key issuing procedures are currently being examined and revised. 

As of February 2025, please refer to our safety training manual. 

Alfred Zong lab project (Varian basement) - Whiting-Turner Contracting Company

512/2025 - 5/16/2025

Highlights:

- Construction Continued In Electron and Photon Lab

- Plumbing & Mechanical Rough-In Continued

- Caulking Around Finishes Completed

- AHU Start - Up In-Progress

- FCU Start - Up In-Progress

- Optical Table Seismic Leg Anchorage In-Progress

- 80/20 Optical Rack Additional Support Install In-Progress

- Casework Install Completed

- Fume Hood Install Completed

Upcoming Construction Impacts: 

- Noise / Vibration from screw, anchor, and shot pin install during the hours of 5:00AM - 8:30AM.

- Noise will be caused from impact drills, sanders, and band-saws during the hours of 5:00AM - 10:00AM.

FIRE ALARM TESTING:

- CONTRACTOR TESTING 5/16 6:00AM

- SUFMO TESTING 5/20 7:30AM

- SCCFM TESTING 5/22 8:00AM

Varian has 3 conference rooms that can be reserved for Physics-related events. All rooms can be viewed by Stanford affiliates in Outlook or Stanford Webcal. Click "Add Calendar", "Add From Directory", search the calendar names as listed below. To reserve a time, email khoi [at] stanford.edu (khoi[at]stanford[dot]edu).

• "Varian Physics Lab 206" (Capacity 25) cal_lo_cr_physics_208 at o365.stanford.edu
• "Varian Physics Lab 312" (Capacity 20) cal_lo_varian_physics_lab_312 at o365.stanford.edu
• "Varian Physics Lab 355" (Capacity 50) cal_lo_cr_physics_355 at o365.stanford.edu (Under construction from June - August 2025)

The Varian outdoor patio, facing the quad, is not open for reservations, and is only for departmental events at this time. 

Information about HEPL/PAB conference rooms can be found here. To reserve a HEPL conference room for a Physics event, email khoi [at] stanford.edu (khoi[at]stanford[dot]edu).