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Tuesday, September 1, 2020

Working in your building

The Facilities team recognize that various units in our team, by nature of their work, are required to enter different UBC buildings to carry out…
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Tuesday, August 18, 2020

Erin Kastner, a sustainability champion for twenty years

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Sustainability Coordinator program, Campus & Community Planning spoke to Erin Kastner, Geospatial Information Manager with Energy & Water…
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Monday, August 17, 2020

Philip Beck promoted as new Head in Soft Landscape, Municipal Services with Building Operations

Philip Beck is the successful candidate for the new Soft Landscape head position that was introduced to support Chris Longford, head of the Soft Landscape…
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Tuesday, August 4, 2020

Kayna Merchant joins UBC as Facilities Architectural Manager with Building Operations

Kayna is joining the Transition Team as Facilities Architectural Manager, reporting to Nikii Hoglund, Director of Asset Replacement and Improvements. In this new role, Kayna…
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Wednesday, July 29, 2020

Looking ahead to Fall 2020

It has been encouraging to see the gradual resumption of research, programs and activities on campus in accordance with UBC’s COVID-19 Safety Planning Framework. In…
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Monday, July 13, 2020

Safe reoccupancy for your building & spaces

With the gradual and phased reoccupancy of the university, we want to remind faculty and staff that the Facilities Group will require a minimum of…
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Thursday, June 25, 2020

Hoi Ying Yu joins Building Operations as Contract Manager

Hoi will be responsible for managing Building Operations’ service contracts and oversee internal revenue generating contracts. She will be working closely with the trades, project…
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Monday, June 15, 2020

Museum of Anthropology (MOA) Great Hall Renewal Open House

Due to precautions in place for COVID-19, public consultation for this project will take place online on Monday, June 29. Join the meeting anytime between…
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Friday, June 12, 2020

In memory of Lorraine Beckett

It is with great sadness that we learn of the passing of our friend and dear colleague Lorraine Beckett. This is a very difficult loss…
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Thursday, June 11, 2020

New 12 MW biomass boiler arrives on campus

As part of the Bioenergy facility expansion, the anticipated 12 MW biomass fueled hot water combustion boiler arrived on campus at the Bioenergy Research Demonstration…
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