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Building Operations Weekly

WORKDAY HR 101 COURSES ARE NOW AVAILABLE ON CANVAS On November 2nd 2020, UBC goes live with Workday. Everyone at Building Operations will be using Workday for everyday tasks such as; requesting vacation and other absences, checking vacation and sick time balances, checking paystubs, submitting expenses, updating personal information and benefits information In preparation for Workday go-live, we strongly encourage you to […]

Building Operations teams are ready for the workplace

With the gradual and phased reoccupancy of the university, Building Operations wants to ensure that team members have successfully completed the ‘Preventing COVID-19 Infection in the Workplace’ training before returning to work. 

Building Operations Weekly

Top Stories CONGRATULATIONS ON SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING PREVENTING COVID-19 INFECTION IN THE WORKPLACE TRAINING! Congratulations and thank you to the Building Operations team for successfully completing COVID-19 training! Less a few employees that are on vacation or LOA, we have achieved nearly 100% completion throughout the department. Thank you to all of the Managers, Heads and […]

Philip Beck promoted as new Head in Soft Landscape, Municipal Services with Building Operations

Philip Beck is the successful candidate for the new Soft Landscape head position that was introduced to support Chris Longford, head of the Soft Landscape team. Chris and Phil will work closely together to manage a growing team of over 35 people on the Soft Landscape team.

Building Operations Weekly

COVID TRAINING DEADLINE WAS AUGUST 7TH: REMINDER TO HAVE ALL STAFF COMPLETE COVID TRAINING The deadline for COVID training completion was Friday August 7th  Completing this course is mandatory for all UBC and Building Operations staff.  It is great to see that we had  665 staff, or 90%, of Building Operations employees complete the course prior […]

Kayna Merchant joins UBC as Facilities Architectural Manager with Building Operations

Kayna is joining the Transition Team as Facilities Architectural Manager, reporting to Nikii Hoglund, Director of Asset Replacement and Improvements. In this new role, Kayna will be working closely with the Architectural Trades Team to gain a fulsome understanding of architectural maintenance considerations to provide a better balance of the diverse needs of multiple stakeholders within UBC.

Building Operations Weekly

*DEADLINE THIS WEEK* ALL BUILDING OPERATIONS STAFF MUST COMPLETE COVID TRAINING BY FRIDAY AUGUST 7TH Preventing COVID-19 in the Workplace is a new course that details the initiatives that the University is undertaking to prevent COVID-19 infection in the workplace and outlines how you can contribute.   Please follow the link below to access the course […]