Building Operations Weekly
Top Stories Campus Security taking our after-hours service calls starting August 4 Historically, the Power House handled Building Operations’ urgent after-hour calls. Because of the decommissioning of the old Power House, Building Operations has been working with Campus Security over the last several months to prepare their department in handling these calls. Effective Tuesday, August […]
Building Operations Weekly
High voltage crew and labourer crew working together The Utilities Electricians, Rob Schwarz, Mike Robson, Case McMaster; apprentices Mike Paley and Dariusz Jaworski work together to remove a high voltage cable from the manhole on West Mall in front of USB. With the help of Foti Alexiou, Rob Sommerfeld and Quentin Benedetti, they manage to […]
Building Operations Weekly
Top Stories ________________________________________ SOFT LANDSCAPE AND LABOURERS WORK TOGETHER TO RESTORE MOA POND The entire soft landscape team took an hour and a half out of their day to take part in the restoration of the Museum of Anthropology (MoA) pond. The labour crew contributed by vigorously re-establishing the original cut of the shorelines. Rocks, […]
Building Operations Weekly
Top Stories ________________________________________ WATER, STEAM AND SMOKE HAVE KEPT FOLKS BUSY THIS PAST WEEK There was a water main break between Woodward Library and the UBC Hospital last Friday which resulted in flooding of a hospital mechanical room. The break on the domestic water line fed into the steam line chamber which created a plume […]
Building Operations Weekly
Top Stories ________________________________________ INTRODUCING THE REVISED NEW EMPLOYEE ONBOARDING PROGRAM ON JULY 6TH Do you remember your first day at UBC? Trying to digest a mountain of information during a full day of orientation and training isn’t easy. We know that the first day on a job can be challenging in itself without an information […]