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Monday, December 16, 2024

Construction begins in January on the Foster Lab Renovation

Construction on the Foster Lab Renovation in the Networks of Centre of Excellence (NCE) - Room 440 is anticipated to begin in January 2025 and…
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Tuesday, December 3, 2024

Saad Ibrahim joins Energy & Water Services as Civil Engineer

As of December 2, Saad Ibrahim has joined Energy & Water Services. He joins us from the City of Brantford, Ontario, where he worked as…
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Thursday, November 28, 2024

Metro Vancouver water crews conducting planned maintenance

Metro Vancouver water crews are working within the City of Vancouver December 3–5, which may cause cloudy water. The water is still safe for consumption…
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Tuesday, November 26, 2024

Fixing campus infrastructure breaks, spills, and leaks

Addressing leaks is vital to maintaining campus infrastructure and supporting the VPFO’s campus excellence and sustainability goals. The UBC Facilities team has shown their dedication, expertise,…
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Friday, November 15, 2024

The 98-year-old that stopped traffic

UBC's historic Old Fire Hall was carefully relocated to preserve its heritage for future generations amidst campus redevelopment projects. Read more on UBC News.
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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

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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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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