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Wednesday, November 11, 2020

MOA’s Great Hall Renewal featured in Vancouver Sun & CityNews Vancouver

The Museum of Anthropology’s Great Hall will be seismically upgraded with base isolation technology.
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Tuesday, November 10, 2020

Building resilience around MOA’s irreplaceable collection

MOA has begun preparations for a rebuild of its iconic Great Hall that will upgrade the resiliency of the space and protect its irreplaceable collection…
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Monday, November 2, 2020

Workday is now live

Workday is now live, retrofitting and integrating 42 applications across the university. Some of these systems were 25 years old or more. This major milestone…
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Monday, November 2, 2020

Welcome to Planon

Congratulations everyone! Today’s go-live of Planon marks a significant milestone for the Facilities team and our UBC community. The efforts required — from our evaluation…
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Monday, November 2, 2020

Planon is live at UBC

Planon officially launches today. Teams in Building Operations, Energy & Water Services, Locksmiths and Chemistry Stores will use Planon on a daily basis, and technicians…
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Friday, October 30, 2020

Expanding fuel resilience at UBC

Teams from Environmental Protection, Emergency Management and Energy & Water Services collaborated to expand the back-up diesel supply at the Campus Energy Centre by replacing…
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Thursday, October 15, 2020

Water main repaired on University Endowment Lands (UEL)

The water main break on the 300 mm 16th avenue water main in the University Endowment Lands has now been repaired. UEL and Energy &…
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Tuesday, October 13, 2020

Water main break on University Endowment Lands (UEL)

Energy & Water Services’ operators are currently responding to a water main break on the 300 mm 16th avenue water main on University Endowment Lands.…
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Friday, October 9, 2020

Reminder: Freeze of non-urgent service requests from Oct 17-Nov 1

The November 2nd go-live date for Planon is fast approaching. As part of this transition and launch, we are asking all faculty/staff members to hold-off…
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Monday, October 5, 2020

Getting ready for Planon and Workday

We are now only one month away from the November 2 go-live date for Planon and Workday. The opportunities are exciting, as Planon will provide…
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