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.

  • Facilities Weekly – November 13, 2024

    Clog Monster campaign results | Safety alert: Slow down in the yard | New job openings confirmed to move ahead | Book your Respirator Fit Test now | Staff Excellence Awards | Chair blowout sale at the Zero Waste Market…

    Read more: Facilities Weekly – November 13, 2024
  • Facilities Weekly – November 5, 2024

    How are we saving 19 Olympic sized pools worth of water? | A Halloween to remember: costumes, pumpkins, and a Cookie Monster favorite! | Climate Action Plan: Operational emissions going down, down down | How are our buildings doing? Check…

    Read more: Facilities Weekly – November 5, 2024
  • Facilities Weekly – October 29, 2024

    Stop the Clog Monster outside the UBC Bookstore | Staff Excellence Award nominations | Workplace Experience Survey 2024 | Last chance to share what you’d like to hear about the Facilities 3-Year Road Map | New Job Strategy Session: October…

    Read more: Facilities Weekly – October 29, 2024
  • Facilities Weekly – October 22, 2024

    Don’t feed the clog monster campaign | Security alert: Be aware of CEO and colleague fraud emails | Refreshing our Facilities fleet | Updating our Cintas uniforms to UBC Facilities | UBC Campus Mail relocated to the UBC Bookstore |…

    Read more: Facilities Weekly – October 22, 2024
  • Facilities Weekly – October 8, 2024

    Construction begins on the UBC Sauder Expansion | Ongoing 16th Ave watermain project | Thermal units current operating status | Upcoming thermal projects October 2024 | Keep an eye out for respirator fit testing notifications in October | Pumpkin Carving…

    Read more: Facilities Weekly – October 8, 2024
  • Facilities Weekly – October 2, 2024

    Upcoming road closures | Save the date: Kids to Work Day is November 6 | New Job Strategy Session (NJSS): October 1, 2024 | Thermal units current operating statuses | Free Coffee, Please! Give back to community and get free…

    Read more: Facilities Weekly – October 2, 2024
  • Facilities Weekly – September 24, 2024

    Orange Shirt Day at UBC | Celebrate Circular Economy Month | New Job Strategy Session (NJSS): September 24, 2024 | Thermal units current operating statuses | Building safety capacity: OHS Regulation App | October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month & Privacy…

    Read more: Facilities Weekly – September 24, 2024
  • Facilities Weekly – September 17, 2024

    Operational Improvement in Municipal Services | Hebb Tower heating system repair | Celebrating our staff who joined the 25 Year Club | Thermal units current operating statuses | Join the Campus Security Stakeholder Meeting in-person | National Day for Truth…

    Read more: Facilities Weekly – September 17, 2024
  • Facilities Weekly – September 10, 2024

    Regular testing and maintenance lead to quick action in an emergency | Reminder to bring your wristbands to the UBC Welcome Back Staff BBQ | New Job Strategy Session (NJSS): September 10, 2024 | Thermal units current operating statuses |…

    Read more: Facilities Weekly – September 10, 2024
  • Facilities Weekly – September 4, 2024

    Brock Commons South opens to welcome its first cohort of students | Rigid Equipment Training Session for Building Operations Plumbers & Stores Teams | See you at the UBC Welcome Back Staff BBQ! | Back to school with Safety &…

    Read more: Facilities Weekly – September 4, 2024

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