Facilities Update – April 15, 2025
Energizing the future: SHED project wins 2025 SAB Award | USB Lighting Renewal starting in late April | Coming this May! The Planon app is getting an upgrade | Ant season is here: Help keep pests away | Upcoming road closures: April 26 and May 5 | It’s not too late to join Clean up the Campus | UBC Facilities Golf Tournament | Thermal units current operating status | Staying safe at work: Pre-use inspections | Emergency preparedness: Keep a pair of shoes by your bed in case of a nighttime earthquake
Facilities Update – April 8, 2025
UBC opens Gordon B. Shrum Building | Solid Waste Infrastructure Guidelines update | New Scaffolding Safe Work Procedures | No parking in the cut-out in front of the Klinck Building | Shaping resilient campuses webinar recording | Zone list update | NJSS | Thermal units current operating status | Join the Clean up the Campus Event | 2025 UBC Facilities Golf Tournament | Staying safe at work: Workplace inspections | Emergency preparedness: Get to know your neighbours
Facilities Update – April 1, 2025
Our roadmap: strengthening service for a growing campus | Report any issues after radio network upgrades | Be the first to try the new Planon app | Reminder: Fill out the survey for the new Facilities website | Keeping the air flowing: Brimacombe VFDs replaced | Fire alarm monitoring transitioned to new company | Custodial Services thinking ahead | Thermal units current operating status | Thermal projects | Staying safe at work: Working safely at heights | Emergency preparedness: Pet preparedness
Facilities Update – March 25, 2025
Have your say on the new Facilities website | New Planon app coming in May | Restricting the use of DeepSeek AI apps | Storm the wall impacts | NJSS: March 2025 | Thermal units current operating status | Staying safe at work: WorkSafeBC Requirements SNOPA | Emergency preparedness: Grab-and-go bag
Facilities Weekly – March 18, 2025
Reminder: Apply for the 2025 EOI Program | No parking in delivery cut-out next to Klinck Building | Shaping resilient campuses at UBC and Stanford webinar | Thermal units current operating status | Staying safe at work: Asbestos Alert | Emergency preparedness: Make a household emergency plan
Facilities Weekly – March 11, 2025
Expression of Interest (EOI) 2025 is accepting applications | Eve of Pie Day cancelled | Wesbrook Mall closure Mar 14-15 | Reviving a legacy: 1950s mural reinstalled at Brock Commons South | NJSS March 4 | Thermal units current operating status | Pink Shirt Day photos | Congrats to our UBC Triathlon Duathlon participants | Staying safe at work: Find asbestos information in Planon | Emergency preparedness: Know the risks
Facilities Update – March 4, 2025
Adopting a new Facilities service delivery model | Let’s grow kindness as a team | Road closures: UBC Triathlon March 8 | NJSS: February 25 | Thermal projects updates | Thermal units current operating status | Make a team and bake a pie | Help with the Point-in-Time Homeless Count | Staying safe at work: Staying sharp as we spring forward during Daylight Savings | Emergency preparedness: How much water should I have for an emergency?
Facilities Update – February 25, 2025
Pink Shirt Day is tomorrow | Updated Facilities Service Centre and clerk emails | Car share vehicles cleaning begins this Friday | Follow one-way signage on Main Mall | Help with the Point-in-Time Homelessness Count at UBC | Sign up for Eve of Pie Day | Thermal units current operating status | Workplace strategies for mental health: protecting ourselves against bullying | Emergency preparedness: Earthquake safety
Facilities Update – February 18, 2025
Upcoming road closures | Pink Shirt Day is next week | Eve of Pie Day | Thermal units current operating status | Workplace strategies for mental health: Self-awareness for emotional intelligence | Emergency preparedness: Do you know where your gas meter is located?
Facilities Update – February 11, 2025
High efficiency, big savings: Replacing aging campus infrastructure | SRC loading bay closed Feb 13-14 for Invictus Games | Building Operations and Energy & Water Services websites will be transitioning | Noise work window Feb 15-Mar 2 | Thermal units current operating status | Staying safe at work: Hazard identification and managing risks | Emergency preparedness: Create a 10-step family emergency plan