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Thursday, August 4, 2022

Fly-through video of UBC’s New Recreation Centre

The new facility will provide much needed recreation space including a state of the art fitness centre, three gymnasiums, an indoor track, and many other…
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Wednesday, August 3, 2022

Facilities Weekly – August 3, 2022

Weekly updates for UBC Facilities staff. UBC Facilities is part of the VP Finance & Operations (VPFO) Portfolio, and includes six departments—Building Operations, Custodial Services,…
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Tuesday, August 2, 2022

Facilities’ Stores team applying Lean Six Sigma to reduce order pick time

Sean Zheng, a Store Operator from Municipal Services within UBC Facilities and Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt graduate, recently implemented a simple yet effective process…
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Wednesday, July 27, 2022

Sean Lynch promoted to Director, Custodial Services within Facilities

Sean Lynch has been promoted to become UBC Facilities new Director, Custodial Services effective August 2, 2022.
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Tuesday, July 26, 2022

Facilities Weekly – July 26, 2022

Weekly updates for UBC Facilities staff. UBC Facilities is part of the VP Finance & Operations (VPFO) Portfolio, and includes six departments—Building Operations, Custodial Services,…
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Tuesday, July 26, 2022

New Treasury Offices: Piloting Design and Technology to Support Hybrid Work across the VPFO

After years of hard work and planning by the Treasury team and UBC Facilities’ Infrastructure Development team, Treasury’s existing office space in the Old Administration…
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Monday, July 25, 2022

July update on upcoming road closures on UBC Vancouver campus

An update on the upcoming road closures on the UBC Vancouver campus.
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Monday, July 25, 2022

Third Space—Solar Decathlon project

UBC Facilities is working together with UBC’s award-winning Third Quadrant Design—a team of more than 60 students in engineering, architecture, business, and arts to help plan and manage a…
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Friday, July 22, 2022

Martin Go promoted to Waste Site Supervisor in Municipal Services within Facilities

Martin joined the Waste Management team in 2011 as a Medium Truck Driver and has advanced through progressively more responsible positions as an Express of…
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Wednesday, July 20, 2022

A Walk Through Time – Tree of Life project

As part of a public art installation providing an interactive journey through Earth's 4.5 billion-year history connecting the Pacific Museum of the Earth to the…
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