Building Operations Weekly
Top Stories SHARING OUR STORY AS CAMPUS AND ASSET STEWARDS THROUGH THE APPA SELF-ASSESSMENT REPORT For the past two years we have been talking about EAOS and what that means to enable us to move from reactive maintenance to planned proactive operations and maintenance (read more about EAOS here). We have achieved a great […]
New Quantum Matter Institute building recipient of improved handover process
QMI will be home to researchers whose work will have very cool applications for electronics, the automotive industry, the health care sector, and sustainable energy—bound to make UBC famous! Our new building handover process means our knowledge and experience can help deliver better total cost of ownership outcomes for the university.
Building Operations Weekly
Top Stories Brief lull in teaching schedules was our opportunity for proactive and preventive maintenance in Chem B Chemistry South (B-wing), is primarily teaching labs and so we took advantage of the time between teaching sessions to perform preventive maintenance on all the supply air handlers and exhaust fans for fume hoods. We cleaned heating […]
Building Operations Weekly
Top Stories Convocation Ceremonies at Chan Centre May 24 – June 1 During the convocation period please refrain from disruptive work along Main Mall from the Reconciliation Pole to the Rose Garden Parkade, and along University Boulevard from the Martha Piper Pond to Alumni Centre. We want our new grads and their loved ones to […]
Crews prepare Museum of Anthropology for new exhibit’s opening night
The exhibit opened on May 11th with over 1,000 guests and remarks by Prince Amyn Aga Khan, the younger brother of His Highness the Aga Khan, and a lifelong supporter of the arts.
Building Operations Weekly
Top Stories Attendance at Delta Career fair helps build awareness for careers at UBC UBC participated in the inaugural career fair hosted by the Municipality of Delta. The goal was to reach out to the community and market ourselves as an employer with trade specific opportunities. The Building Ops team met some candidates, secured resumes, […]
Building Operations Weekly
Top Stories LOWER MALL DES CONSTRUCTION WORK MOVING FURTHER SOUTH With construction work moving further south along Lower Mall, access from Oberlander Lane to the north side of Lower Mall will remain open. Access from Agronomy Road will be restricted. With the change in traffic pattern, use extreme caution when driving through the USB yard. […]
Preparing (spaces) for student exams
Over the past two weeks staff with the Custodial and BOLD teams laid out 169,091 thousand exam booklets, set up 1,350 temporary desks and 1,362 chairs and ensured it all happened without a hitch.