Jen Dick joins UBC Facilities’ Learning Spaces Team as Learning Space Planner
Jen Dick joins UBC Facilities’ Learning Spaces Team as the Learning Space Planner. Jen comes to us from the Construction Office where she has served as a Project Coordinator. Jen is a Red Seal certified Joinery by trade and has more recently completed the Rick Hansen Accessibility certification and Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt.
Jenny Black joins UBC Facilities as Red Zone Facilities Manager
Jenny joins UBC Facilities’ Customer Services & Informatics team from UBC Athletics & Recreation where she has been working for the past 9 years as a facility coordinator and facility manager. Buildings in her portfolio have included the War Memorial Gym, the UBC Boathouse and most recently Thunderbird Park where she was managing eight buildings and 14 sports fields.
Jeannie Lee joins Facilities’ Energy & Water Services as Utilities Manager
Jeannie brings in extensive, local knowledge in both private and public engineering sectors focuses on utilities planning, stormwater management, and climate change resilience. Prior to joining UBC, Jeannie was the Senior Engineer in the City of Vancouver, leading their Flood Management team, and spent many years at the City of Surrey directly involved in development servicing, capital planning, and public engagement.
Steven Wong joins Comptroller’s Capital Financial Management & Reporting as Finance Manager in Project Accounting
Steven will be working closely with Capital Planning & Development and Project Services, in Facilities, responsible for overseeing the financial aspects of Facilities projects. This includes project costing, funding, planning, and reporting to support the successful delivery of capital projects across UBC. Steven joins UBC with a wealth of experience in project accounting and financial management.
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.
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.
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.
Steven Lee is promoted to Learning Spaces team’s Senior Learning Space Planner within Facilities’ Infrastructure Development.
Steven will be leading the Learning Spaces team within Facilities Planning and working closely with partners in AV IT and Scheduling Services to ensure the smooth operation and future planning for UBC General Teaching Space (GTS). Steven will be transitioning into this role and working closely with the incumbent planner, Jodi Scott, until her retirement on October 27, 2023.
Safety bollards play a critical role in protecting our campus community
The safety bollards are essential to provide a protective barrier that helps prevent accidents and potential harm to pedestrians. For UBC vehicles, please ensure you are using a bollard wrench to drop the bollards before driving through and resetting the bollard once the vehicle has passed through. For external contractors, please contact the Facilities Service Centre to request access from Municipal Services to drop the bollard for your vehicle to drive through restricted areas.