Building Operations Weekly
Top Stories Dr. Martha Piper thanks Building Ops crews for making UBC 100 celebration a success Thanks to the efforts of Bill Toor, Florante Navarra and Dumitra Gheorgheos from Custodial Services; Jas Badesha, Bob Khella, Georges Bisson, George Beris from the Labour Crew; Phil Beck and Gregg Doughty from Soft Landscape; and James Bellavance; Dr. […]
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Top Stories Updated list of buildings now served by the DES available on Building Operations website Check out the latest DES Update to know which buildings are running on the district energy hot water heating system and which buildings will be coming online soon. Staff Excellence Awards….coming soon Stay tuned for details for the coming Staff Excellence […]
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Top Stories Senior staff attending workshop on Monday, October 5 The senior staff will be at a workshop on Monday, October 5th, from 8:00 am – 3:30 pm. Please plan accordingly and obtain required signatures in advance wherever possible to ensure minimal operational disruption. Custodial Team prepared the Alumni Centre for a grand opening The […]
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Top Stories Reminder: don’t park in the loading bay at IRC/Woodward Library When parking at IRC/Woodward Library our vehicles may only use the reserved parking stalls in the pullout west of IRC, on Health Sciences Mall, just up from the loading bay. Watch for “Reserved for Building Ops” signage coming up in the next few weeks. Campus mail […]
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Top stories Electrical Team Restores Power to 80 Buildings On September 13, at around 11:45 am, equipment failure within Earth Sciences buildings caused an electrical fault and tripped out 2 main campus feeders. The magnitude of the fault rippled through the electrical system which was detected by other devices within the main campus substation. Our […]
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Top Stories First week of classes puts some HVAC systems to the test Mechanical Maintenance and Operations shops have been extra busy today with numerous reports of HVAC issues across campus. Thanks to BMS and the Operating Engineers for the speedy response and tireless troubleshooting. Hopefully we can have all of these important spaces operating […]
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Top Stories Mayhem caused by windstorm kept Building Ops busy On August 29, a wicked windstorm hit Metro Vancouver ripping trees and causing power outages. At approximately 11:45 am, power to South Campus was lost due to a fallen tree across the incoming hydro line in Pacific Spirit Park. By 2:15 pm, Stan Takenaka and […]
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Top Stories No parking in the new fire lane on the south side of War Memorial Gym Building Operations staff photos now available as part of UBC’s official collection In May and June this year we worked with photographers Martin Dee and Jamil Rhajiak of Marketing & Communication to produce photos of Building Operations staff for […]
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Top Stories First Quarter budget forecasts puts us on target and allows us to hire Our financial reports are out! The good news is that savings from salaries and materials for the first three months of our fiscal year total $125,000. As discussed in our May town halls we have a significant savings target […]
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Top Stories Bright Ideas – Ideas for Capital Improvements Needed Earlier this week UBC was granted some funds from the provincial ministry for advanced education (AVED). Building Ops has put our hand up and said that we can help spend it, so we need your ideas. We have our 5 year plan for capital improvements […]