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.
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Facilities Weekly – August 20, 2024
Construction and road closures | Entering a lab space? Follow these procedures to stay safe | USB fuel dispensers unavailable on August 28 | Zone list update – Aug 19 | New presentation templates | Register for the UBC Welcome…
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Facilities Weekly – August 13, 2024
Touch a truck: Giving kids a hands-on experience of Waste Management | Updates to required mental health training for managers and supervisors | You’re invited to the UBC Welcome Back BBQ | Zone list update | Marra Lab construction to…
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Facilities Weekly – August 6, 2024
Reaching for the sky: new high-head lab under construction for STBE cluster | New UBC vehicle parking spots available near Friedman Building | Get ready for the Welcome Back Staff & Faculty BBQ | Show your connection to the VPFO…
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Facilities Weekly – July 30, 2024
Successful PRV-1 upgrade at the Chan Centre | Beaty expansion – tower crane removal | 16th Ave watermain work | NJSS – July 23, 2024 | Thermal units current operating statuses | Building safety capacity: Safety footwear | Weekly Emergency…
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Upcoming 16th Avenue watermain project
Please be advised that UBC Facilities will be conducting maintenance work on the 16th Avenue watermain that supplies water to the UBC Vancouver campus. UBC Facilities will be flushing the system prior to and throughout this work. However, some buildings on…
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Facilities Weekly – July 23, 2024
Thanks for coming to our Facilities Townhall | Understanding roles in the Construction Office | August 2024 exam schedule is now available | Planon internal communications tips | Applications open for the Workplace Wellbeing Ambassador program | Submit your nominations…
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Facilities Weekly – July 16, 2024
Facilities Townhall meetings | Ice cream social | Congrats VPFO Day 2024 Survey winners | Thermal units current operating status | NJSS July 2024
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Facilities Weekly – July 9, 2024
Developing Facilities’ 3-year Road Map | New internal communications functionality in Planon | Facilities’ Ice Cream Social | VPFO Lunch with a Leader winners | Thermal units current operating statuses | Building safety capacity: Dealing with heat stress | Weekly…
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Facilities Weekly – July 2, 2024
Be mindful of work impacts on classrooms | Developing Facilities’ 3-year road map | Facilities Ice cream social | Upcoming Engineering Road closure | Noise work window | Thermal units current operating status | Campus Energy Centre | NJSS June…
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Facilities Weekly – June 25, 2024
From identifying a maintenance issue to changing the fancoil industry | Building Operations reduces aged work orders by 73% | VPFO Day survey and video | Planon internal comms changes coming July 2 | Facilities Service Guide | Thunderbird Blvd…
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