Facilities Weekly – September 27, 2023
Weekly updates for UBC Facilities staff — Building a stronger Facilities team | Farewell Gathering for Jodi Scott | A major milestone as Electrical and Mechanical Building Operations groups roll out the first round of asset QR Code tags | Three additional fully-electrified Mobi public bike share stations | The Centre Health Fair | National Truth and Reconciliation Day (Orange Shirt Day) | New UBC conferences website | Building safety capacity: understanding the risk of fatigue | Weekly emergency tip: emergency preparedness
Three additional fully-electrified Mobi public bike share stations
Construction will begin for the installation of three additional fully-electrified bike share stations at Thunderbird Parkade, Orchard Commons, and West Mall Swing Space. The installation for each station will be approximately 3 weeks, and expected to be completed by end of October 2023.
Building a stronger Facilities team
The Facilities leadership team has been working to improve clarity of purpose internally within our Facilities departments and externally with the UBC community, on delivery of our facilities development and operations services to enable students, faculty, and staff to excel in their work at UBC. This starts with internal alignment and the importance of integrating departments into one Facilities team to re-position how we present ourselves to the campus community.
Facilities Weekly – September 19, 2023
Weekly updates for UBC Facilities staff — Digital lockers at Stores will soon be available | USB re-roofing project to begin next spring |
Planon Stream 1 extension project near completion | Zone List updates | Kids To Work Day 2023 Registration Opens September 20 | Book online: Free fitness classes at The Centre | Reminder to share your feedback on proposed amendments to the Snow Policy (SC5) | Building safety capacity: working safely at heights | Weekly Emergency Tip: Emergency Preparedness
Alan Ehrenholz joins Facilities’ Municipal Services as Municipal Engineer
Alan will help enhance our technical expertise in civil engineering and asset stewardship. Alan’s passion and contribution towards community-oriented initiatives will help strengthen our equity, diversity and inclusion work while balancing the operational and maintenance needs for a resilient campus through asset stewardship and design.
Planon Release 1 to 6.2 are now complete
Since the launch of Planon, UBC’s Enterprise Maintenance Management System in November 2020, the Planon Stream 1 extension project was created to deliver enhancements and new functionalities within Planon. The project is divided into multiple phases and releases. To date, Planon Release 1 to 6.2 are now complete.
Facilities Weekly – September 12, 2023
Weekly updates for UBC Facilities staff — Upcoming University Endowment Lands (UEL) project | Kids to Work Day is November 1 | UBC’s Mass Care exercise comes to life in a full set up | Safety Awareness Week is September 18-22, 2023 | Building safety capacity – Safety on the Go: UBC Safe Vancouver App | Weekly Emergency Tip: Emergency Preparedness
Upcoming University Endowment Lands (UEL) project
In October, UEL will return to conduct additional maintenance and testing to the 16th Avenue water main. As a precaution, Facilities will be isolating this pipe and rerouting our water supply to minimize disruption. The water remains safe for use and consumption. Once the 16th Avenue water main is back in operation, Facilities will continue to monitor and test our water supply.
Making the campus a better place
Today, we welcome students back on campus, and we are seeing them in full force. I encourage you all to take a moment to reflect on your contributions and the impact you have in creating this space for students, faculty, and staff. This is why we are here, and this is our purpose. Every day, we provide and sustain the physical environment for teaching, learning, and research for over 58,000 students and over 6,000 faculty members.
Facilities Weekly – September 5, 2023
Weekly updates for UBC Facilities staff — A message from John | Safety bollards play a critical role in protecting our campus community | Driving safely on campus | VFA audit 2023/24 | Increase in mosquito activity may be attributable to this year’s weather pattern | Campus as a Living Lab Grand Challenge | Are you prepared for an emergency?