Facilities News


VPFO Leadership office renovations completed

After several months of renovation, the VPFO Leadership office will be moving out of their current swing space location – West Mall Annex, and back to Level 6, Walter C. Koerner Library as of Monday, February 11, 2019.

The Commons building: nothing common about it

The Commons building at UBC Okanagan is a significant addition to the campus environment and will be an influential part of the student, faculty, staff, and visitor experience on the campus.

Winter is Coming, and UBC is prepared

While you may only now be thinking about pulling your snow shovel out of storage, Building Operations and Facilities Management staff at UBC been planning for weeks for any winter weather event that may strike the campuses.

Innovative floor-cleaning robots now scrubbing the halls of UBC

A&K Robotics worked closely with UBC Building Operations to develop the technology, which will now be used to clean the same floors the company’s founders once walked as students.

The Museum of Anthropology’s Great Hall to receive extensive seismic upgrades

The Museum of Anthropology (MOA) will receive extensive seismic upgrades beginning on December 3, to augment the building’s structural integrity and help preserve the invaluable cultural significance and living heritage of the world-renowned Indigenous Northwest Coast collection.