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Monday, January 10, 2022

Gilberto Andrade joins Municipal Services as the new Senior Materials Resource Coordinator

Gilberto holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting and a designation in Certified Planning and Inventory Management (CPIM). He comes to UBC with over 25…
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Monday, January 10, 2022

Focusing our resources at the frontline

Our new Facilities organizational structure will enable us to work better together as an integrated Facilities team, and allow for more efficient planning, decision-making and…
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Wednesday, January 5, 2022

Meynardo Villarica promoted to Architectural Sub Head in Building Operations

Meynardo joins the architectural supervisory team with strong carpentry and customer services experience which he refined in his current role as Yellow Zone Carpenter. His carpentry…
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Wednesday, December 15, 2021

2021 Staff excellence award winners

This year, we have expanded the recognition program to recognize all of our team members in UBC Facilities for their hard work and dedication to…
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Tuesday, December 14, 2021

Sean McGregor joins Mechanical Trades as People & Process Manager in Building Operations

Sean joins the mechanical team with strong customer service experience from his current role as Blue Zone Facilities Manager in Customer Services & Informatics. He…
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Monday, December 13, 2021

Preliminary approval received for the downtown Kelowna project

The UBC Downtown Kelowna project recently received preliminary approval from the Board of Governors meeting on December 5, 2021 to move forward with this project.…
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Monday, December 13, 2021

A reminder to stick to primary routes when driving to campus

When extreme weather comes to UBC Vancouver, Municipal Services in Building Operations is responsible for managing snow and ice within the Vancouver campus. Our snow…
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Wednesday, December 8, 2021

Curtis Spencer is promoted to Subhead Electrical Maintenance in Building Operations

Curtis joined UBC in February 2017 working on campus street lights before moving to the electrical controls crew where he took on both the green…
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Monday, December 6, 2021

New water meter installation on 16th Avenue in the University Endowment Lands (UEL)

The University Endowment Lands will be installing a new water meter on 16th Avenue as part of regular maintenance and upgrades. UBC Facilities will support…
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Monday, December 6, 2021

Supporting UBC Faculty of Dentistry’s new simulation and digital dentistry laboratory project

Last year, UBC Dentistry announced plans for a new simulation and digital dentistry laboratory that will be transformative for our DMD and DHDP student learning…
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