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Monday, January 31, 2022

A year in review: A look at Custodial Services

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Custodial Services has been playing an important role in keeping spaces in the UBC Vancouver campus clean and…
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Tuesday, January 25, 2022

Facilities Weekly – January 25, 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, January 25, 2022

Parm Ubhi joins Building Operations as Sub Head Operating Engineer 3rd Class Dayshift

Parm started his career at UBC in Building Operations in 2016, and joined Energy & Water Services to expand his experience and work towards his…
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Monday, January 24, 2022

Jordan Buckshaw joins Project Services Team as Project Manager

Jordan is a Professional Engineer and holds a bachelors in Applied Science Civil Engineering from UBC and a diploma in Building Engineering Technology from BCIT.…
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Wednesday, January 19, 2022

MOA: Great Hall renewal project is proceeding

The Museum of Anthropology (MOA): Great Hall Renewal project is proceeding, and the dismantling of the outer walls of MOA’s Great Hall is starting this…
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Wednesday, January 19, 2022

Chemistry North Heat Recovery Coils

Early in 2020, our Facilities teams had the opportunity to work together to enhance an existing maintenance project. While the maintenance work conducted by Building…
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Tuesday, January 18, 2022

Facilities Weekly – January 18, 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, January 18, 2022

Sandy Hutchinson promoted to Sub-Head, Stores in Municipals Services

Sandy joined UBC in 2017 as a laborer 3.  During his time with UBC, Sandy has successfully completed the Expression of Interest (EOI) program and…
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Tuesday, January 18, 2022

Chemistry Centre Heat Recovery Chiller

In the summer of 2021, Energy & Water Services successfully completed the installation of the heat recovery chiller in Chemistry D Block, and commissioned in…
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Tuesday, January 18, 2022

David Rowswell joins Facilities Information and Inventory Systems as Programmer Analyst in Infrastructure Development

David has worked in multiple roles at UBC. He is joining us on secondment from ITSC (Service Center) where he worked as part of our…
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