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Robin Shortt & Ingrid Lindner joins the EMMS Sustainment team

We are happy to announce that we have now filled two additional positions on the EMMS Sustainment team — Business Analyst and Systems Analyst. Robin Shortt will take on the Business Analyst role for the EMMS Sustainment team, and Ingrid Lindner joins the EMMS Sustainment team as Systems Analyst.

Building Operations Weekly

ALL STAFF MUST ADHERE TO PROVINCE-WIDE COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS By order and direction of the Provincial Health Officer, all individuals, places of work and businesses in B.C must adhere to the new province-wide restrictions:  https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/safety/emergency-preparedness-response-recovery/covid-19-provincial-support/restrictions  Important guidelines that staff are to follow:   Non-medical masks are required in indoors spaces. Face shields are recommended for individuals with exceptions that […]

Building Operations Weekly

DAILY COVID-19 SELF ASSESSMENTS MUST BE COMPLETED DAILY PRIOR TO COMING TO WORK ON CAMPUS The updated Public Health Orders reinforce the requirement for all faculty and staff to self-assess daily for symptoms of COVID-19, before arriving at their workplace.  Please use the BC self-assessment tool at https://bc.thrive.health/ to complete your self assessment prior to coming to work on […]

Tarkan Serim joins Building Operations as team lead for the EMMS Sustainment Team

Tarkan will be leading the Enterprise Maintenance Management System (EMMS) Sustainment Team and will be responsible for EMMS issues resolution, back log management, product management, vendor release management, and will be a key member of the EMMS Steering Committee. This is a new position reporting into Building Operations’ Customer Services & Informatics unit.

Building Operations Weekly

Top Stories CONGRATULATIONS ON SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING PRIVACY & INFORMATION SECURITY – FUNDAMENTALS PART 1 TRAINING! Congratulations and thank you to the Building Operations team for successfully completing Privacy & Information Security – Fundamentals Part 1 training! We have achieved 100% completion throughout the department, with a total of 676 staff taking the course.  Thank you […]

Building Operations Weekly

PLANON IS LIVE! Congratulations on a successful first couple of days in Planon, following go live on Monday, November 2.  To access Planon: Web client users: https://ubc-prod.planoncloud.com Mobile users: https://ubc-prod.planoncloud.com/bp * see note below before logging in   An important note for all technicians using mobile: you need to refresh the PMFS app before logging into Planon for the first time. Instructions […]

Welcome to Planon

Congratulations everyone! Today’s go-live of Planon marks a significant milestone for the Facilities team and our UBC community. The efforts required — from our evaluation and selection of Planon, to undergoing design, configuration, testing and training, to go-live today — have been significant and the implementation of this system has not been a simple task.

Planon is live at UBC

Planon officially launches today. Teams in Building Operations, Energy & Water Services, Locksmiths and Chemistry Stores will use Planon on a daily basis, and technicians in the field will be using Planon mobile to complete work orders, request materials, rent tools and equipment and update building asset information to support UBC’s asset management program.