Building Operations Weekly archive

Building Operations Weekly is published by email each week on Tuesday. It contains a summary of the news and events published that week to the Building Operations digital signage network. Below, organized by date in descending order, is the content of each week’s email newsletter since January 2015. Calendar events are not archived.

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Top Stories Timecard Improvement Project: See Project Update Posters in USB Main Hallway Earlier this year, staff, crew members, shop heads, and managers were asked to provide feedback, questions, and requests to give guidance on what we should focus on when it comes to improving time cards and our time tracking processes. The feedback highlights […]

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Top Stories   Caution: Work in USB Yard Starts on Monday, July 17 Drivers, please use extra caution in the USB Yard. From July 17 until August 17, the contractor plans to start (oil interceptor) work in the USB Yard. The green box below illustrates the work zone.   Our First Step Towards the APPA […]

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Top Stories New LSC Generator Increases Capacity for Research The Life Sciences Centre received a new generator last week, currently being installed. This second generator increases reliability for critical research in the building and increases the capacity to take on new loads for new research as well as key building systems and equipment. The benefits […]

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Top Stories Emergency Exercise on Agronomy Road & Orchard Commons this Wednesday, June 28 from 8AM -2PM On Wednesday, June 28 at 8:00am to 2:00pm UBC Vancouver is conducting an emergency exercise on Agronomy Road between Main Mall and West Mall with parts of the exercise taking place at Orchard Commons. As Building Operations is […]

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Top Stories   Teamwork Makes the Dream Work Late in the workday, on June 7th, the Street Light crew received an urgent SR to repair a pole light out between the Purdy and Detweiller Buildings, near UBC Hospital. The crew went out and assessed the job, determined the light out required a lift to access […]

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