Facilities Update

The Facilities Update is distributed by email each week on Tuesday. It contains a summary of the news and events to help team members and colleagues across all the Facilities departments be informed of issues and situations they need to know and/or would help them do their job.

This is an archive of past editions so you can catch up on the latest in Facilities.

For submissions or questions, please email communications@vpfo.ubc.ca.

Apr 01, 2025

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

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Mar 27, 2025

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

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Mar 18, 2025

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

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Mar 11, 2025

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

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Mar 05, 2025

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?

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