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Wednesday, November 13, 2024

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…
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Tuesday, November 5, 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…
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Monday, November 4, 2024

Tanya Nyandong joins Custodial Services as Custodial Manager for the Evening Shift

Tanya brings a wealth of experience and a proven track record of success. She has a robust background in facilities management that will help support…
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Wednesday, October 30, 2024

The latest Facility Condition Index is available

Facilities has updated the bubble diagrams that show the condition of UBC Vancouver Point Grey owned buildings as assessed by the Ministry of Post-Secondary Education…
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Tuesday, October 29, 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…
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Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Building a sustainable UBC: Saving energy and water on campus

In the past year, UBC Facilities’ Energy & Water Services led three key projects to help UBC meet our sustainability goals and lessen energy and…
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Tuesday, October 22, 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…
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Thursday, October 17, 2024

Don’t feed the clog monster

Every time you flush paper towel, the dreaded clog monster grows, creating an increasingly large clog down in the building’s pipe system. This menacing fiend…
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Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Metro Vancouver water crews conducting planned maintenance

As part of planned maintenance, Metro Vancouver water crews are working within the City of Vancouver, which may cause turbid water. Update: As of October…
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Friday, October 11, 2024

$7-million donation from Dan On Foundation seeds the future of food innovation at UBC

A $7-million donation from the Dan On Foundation will fund the building of UBC’s Food and Beverage Innovation Centre, set to formally open in early…
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