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Top Stories Leadership Development Keeping You Safe on Campus…Know How To Communicate with a Potentially Violent Person Tips for communicating with a potentially violent person: Keep your attention on the other person to let them know you are interested in what they have to say. Avoid challenging non-verbal staring or glaring as it may […]
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Top Stories Asset Stewardship Limited Vehicle Access at Alumni Centre and the Nest Due to Repairs to South Plaza Pavers From June 18 – 26, sections of pavers will be removed at the Alumni Centre and the Nest, and will be replaced with temporary asphalt fix to East and West side of the plaza. […]
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Top Stories WHAT ARE YOU DOING FOR SAFETY? PERFORM PRE-JOB PLANNING Planning for success ensures job safety One of our most powerful safety tools is pre-work planning. Pre-work planning is a safety assessment at the start of a shift or before beginning any work. Research has shown that employing pre-work planning throughout a job […]
Building Operations’ Robotic Floor Scrubber Pilot Comes to Successful Conclusion
Building Operations and UBC alum-driven company, A&K Robotics, completed their successful three-week pilot test of A&K’s robotic floor cleaning system at UBC’s Sauder School of Business in the Henry Angus Building.
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Top Stories What Are You Doing for Safety? It Doesn’t Have To Hurt: Preventing Musculoskeletal Injuries A musculoskeletal injury or MSI is an injury or disorder of the muscles, tendons, ligaments, cartilage, nerves, blood vessels or bursae. They can occur suddenly (overexertion) or develop over a period of time (repetition). The presence of risk […]