Building Operations Weekly
Top Stories Reading Break provides great opportunity for preventive maintenance on the Chem C fume hoods Last week was Reading Break and we planned to make use of this downtime to get in and refurbish the fume hoods in the Chemistry C wing teaching labs. Thanks to all for this proactive work. One of our […]
Joint Health and Safety Committee transitions set to begin pilot in Building Operations and Student Housing and Hospitality Services
In order to enhance our safety culture, UBC is redesigning our University Health and Safety Committee (UHSC). Starting in April, Risk Management Service (RMS) will pilot a new structure with Building Operations.
Building Operations launches on Twitter @UBCFixMySpace
When you’re just passing through a strange building or see something outside that needs attention you can now tweet us with the location and issue—and we’ll get it fixed.
Building Operations Weekly
Top Stories Time is Ticking! We have selected a software vendor for the TimeCard Improvement project The Building Operations TimeCard Improvement (TCI) project was undertaken in an effort to better serve our operations by eliminating/reducing the pains of our current manual, paper-based time system. The TCI vendor evaluation committee judged Kronos to be the best suitable […]
Power Outage—a great test of our emergency response
On Monday, February 6th, at 11:15 a.m., the Vancouver campus experienced a power outage. here’s how we got the campus working again.
Building Operations Weekly
Top Stories Coming soon, Service Centre launches Twitter account @UBCFixMySpace UBC students and visitors have been looking for a way to easily report non-emergency service requests, and we have been looking for an easy way to collect feedback on the spaces we operate and maintain. Voila! To meet this need, we are creating a Twitter […]
Building Operations Weekly
Top Stories Power Outage — a great test of our emergency response Monday’s brief power outage was terribly inconvenient for the campus but it was a great test of our emergency response. Around 11:15am power went out on the UBC campus. The VOIP phones were still working and calls were coming in to the service […]
New equipment and new helping hands for Snow & Ice
UBC has now purchased small brining units that can fit on our small Kubota tractors that can fit between buildings and on narrow walkways.