A year in review: A look at Custodial Services
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Custodial Services has been playing an important role in keeping spaces in the UBC Vancouver campus clean and safe. As we start the new year, we’d like to share an overview and some facts about Custodial Services and our campus.
Parm Ubhi joins Building Operations as Sub Head Operating Engineer 3rd Class Dayshift
Parm started his career at UBC in Building Operations in 2016, and joined Energy & Water Services to expand his experience and work towards his 3rd Class Power Engineering certification. While he was working on his 3rd Class, he also accepted the responsibility of the shop steward for the IUOE 115 membership.
Jordan Buckshaw joins Project Services Team as Project Manager
Jordan is a Professional Engineer and holds a bachelors in Applied Science Civil Engineering from UBC and a diploma in Building Engineering Technology from BCIT. Jordan’s diverse construction and training experience, strategic oversight and creative problem solving will be an asset to the Project Services team.
MOA: Great Hall renewal project is proceeding
The Museum of Anthropology (MOA): Great Hall Renewal project is proceeding, and the dismantling of the outer walls of MOA’s Great Hall is starting this week. This work will continue into the Spring 2022, with construction of the new structure and skylight installations starting in the Summer 2022. The project is anticipated to be completed in the Fall 2023.
Chemistry North Heat Recovery Coils
Early in 2020, our Facilities teams had the opportunity to work together to enhance an existing maintenance project. While the maintenance work conducted by Building Operations was underway to replace the chiller at Chemistry E Block, North Wing, our team in Energy & Water Services identified an opportunity to install heat recovery coils in the […]
Sandy Hutchinson promoted to Sub-Head, Stores in Municipals Services
Sandy joined UBC in 2017 as a laborer 3. During his time with UBC, Sandy has successfully completed the Expression of Interest (EOI) program and has spent the last 2 years performing Sub-Head duties where he has developed strong relationships and provided key technical capabilities to his team.
Chemistry Centre Heat Recovery Chiller
In the summer of 2021, Energy & Water Services successfully completed the installation of the heat recovery chiller in Chemistry D Block, and commissioned in October 2021. A server room in the basement of Chemistry D (Centre) Block currently holds a computer cluster in support of research and learning. In order to properly regulate the […]
David Rowswell joins Facilities Information and Inventory Systems as Programmer Analyst in Infrastructure Development
David has worked in multiple roles at UBC. He is joining us on secondment from ITSC (Service Center) where he worked as part of our IT support team. After graduating from UBC with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science in 2017, he also worked in the Department of Botany.
Facilities Annual Injury Statistical Review 2021
UBC Facilities aims to provide a safe, healthy, and secure environment to ensure the health, safety, and wellbeing of all of us as we work to support the university. In order to gain some insight into our health and safety efforts over the past year and identify areas for improvement, here is a general overview of the preliminary Facilities incident/accident statistics for 2021.
UBC Gateway project received the 2021 Canadian Architect Award of Excellence
The design intends to express commonalities between Musqueam values, culture, and learning and the UBC Gateway environmental and wellness goals. This project is nearing the end of the design process and should start construction in spring, targeting Board 3 approval in March.