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Tuesday, January 11, 2022

Winston Feliciano promoted to Mechanic Apprentice in Building Operations

Winston brings over 10 years of supply chain experience and has completed the Building Operations Expression of Interest (EOI) Program, as well as participated as…
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Tuesday, January 11, 2022

Facilities teams supporting extreme weather events and keeping our community safe

2021 certainly was an unprecedented year for those working on campus to support extreme weather events. A big thank you goes out to team members…
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Tuesday, January 11, 2022

Facilities weekly – January 11, 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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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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