There will be a planned electrical outage affecting the listed buildings on Sunday 28 September.
Connetics and UC Electricians will be upgrading the 11kV transformer at the Puaka-James Hight Substation on Sunday 28 September between 6:30 AM – 11:30 PM.
To maintain power to key buildings, and maintain Library opening hours on Sunday, a generator will be installed. This requires two total power outages from 6:30–8:30 AM and then from 9:30–11:30 PM during connection and disconnection of the generator.
Affected Buildings:
• Puaka-James Hight (AS01)
• North Arts LT (AR04)
• Matariki (GS01)
• Okeover (AS01)
FM recommend that people in the affected buildings:
• Power down IT equipment before leaving Friday 27 Sept
• Check UPS systems
• Coordinate specialist equipment shutdown/reset
• Note- FM cannot reset faculty-specific equipment
Please refer all enquiries to fmassist@canterbury.ac.nz
Thank you for your cooperation as we complete these required electrical upgrade works.
Facilities Management