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Facilities Management Current Works and Outages

1. Rehua Car Park Bollards – student and staff night parking

FM contractors have completed installation of the Security Bollards at the entrance of the Carpark adjacent to the Rehua building.
The bollards will be raised outside of normal UC hours, and staff and students will need to swipe their Canterbury Card to enter and exit the carpark.
Weekend use – the bollards will be raised at 6pm Friday night and will remain in place until 7am Monday morning.
Weekday use – the bollards will raise at 6pm each day and lower at 7am the following morning. Bollards will be raised throughout any public holidays.
When the bollards are raised overnight staff and students can access the carpark by swiping their Canterbury Card.
Please remember to leave a space between vehicles when entering and leaving the carpark to avoid damage.

2. Puaka-James Hight- Domestic Hot Water Outage 10-14 February

There will be a Domestic Hot Water (DHW) Outage in place for the Puaka-James Hight Building from 8am Monday 10 February until 5pm Friday 14 February while urgent repairs are completed to the DHW system.
This means that there will only be cold water available in toilets and showers for the duration of the outage. The Domestic Cold Water (DCW) will not be affected therefore toilets will still be in working order and flushable other than when indicated.
Please note that we expect Hot Water will still be available to Cafes and Commercial service outlets and other area during the outage where the hot water is run through a billy system.
During the outage, please use alternative buildings for showering or other domestic hot water requirements.

3. Puaka-James Hight Lift Outages 7 -13 February 2025

To enable switchboard maintenance and upgrade works in the Puaka-James Hight building lift outages will be in place from today 7 February until 6pm Thursday 13 February as follows:
Wednesday 12 February – Thursday 13 February
• The Level 1 Western side lift bank, lifts numbers 11 & 12, will be out of service from 6am Wednesday 12 February until 6pm Thursday 13 February.
While a bank of lifts is out of service for these planned works and you need to change floors, or enter or exit the building, please use the alternative bank of lift at the opposite end of the building or use the stairs. Follow usual evacuation procedures in the event of an emergency.

4. Dovedale Project – Jack Mann Roof Works – Change of pedestrian access

Facilities Management Contractors, Dominion, advise that there will be a pedestrian diversion in place affecting the North Foyer/Entrance of the Jack Mann Building from 7am Monday 10 February until 6pm Saturday 15 February.
This access interruption is required to allow Contractors to complete the canopy works over the north entrance.
Entrance Access will be gained via the south entrance only. Signage has been installed to notify this upcoming change and will remain in place for the duration of the works.

5. Removal of Ground Source Heat Pump Project Hoardings

Facilities Management contractors are progressing the removal of the hoardings around the new Ground Sourced Heat Pump (GSHP) plant room and landscaped area.
The wooden hoarding marked amber on the insert diagram Thursday 13 Feb. Temporary cyclone fencing will be in place while construction equipment is removed from the area.
Once each area is safe for pedestrian access the temporary fencing will be removed and you can access the pathway through the area. Please take care and watch for any truck and Hiab movement as contractors remove construction equipment from the area. Do not enter the works area, behind the temporary fencing or inside coned or taped off areas.
Once the temporary fencing has been removed, please use the pedestrian walkways. Do not walk on the grassed areas until the newly sown grass has started to grow.

Please direct any enquiries to fmassist@canterbury.ac.nz.

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Planned Power Outage- Tupuānuku Tuesday 4 February

There will be a complete power outage affecting Tupuānuku and the Energy Centre between 8.30am and 5pm on Tuesday 4th February.

Facilities Management contractors, Connetics and Southbase, will be completing the installation and connection of a new transformer to support the new Tupuārangi Student Hall.

Please be prepared for this power outage to last approximately eight (8) hours however contractors hope to restore power as quickly as possible.

Those in affected buildings should prepare to be without power for up to eight (8) hours and turn off all computer and other electrical equipment prior to the power outage.
Please remain cautious and aware of construction and utility works in progress.
Direct all enquiries to fmassist@canterbury.ac.nz.

Thank you for your consideration as we complete these required electrical connection works.

Facilities Management

Power Outages and Floor Closures Puaka-James Hight 4-17 January 2025.

Facilities Management advise that, as a continuation of the lift upgrade works in progress, Contractors will be undertaking maintenance and upgrade works in the Puaka-James Hight building during January 2025 that will impact on the listed floors, with outages and closures as follows:

​​​Level 11

Saturday 4 January Power Outage from 6am until 11am – Isolation of the power boards on level 11.

​​Monday 6 January to Wednesday 8 January – floor closure – level 11 will be closed for the replacement of the level 11 power board.

Level 10

Wednesday 8 January to Friday 10 January – floor closure– level 10 will be closed for the replacement of the level 10 power board.

​​Level 5

Monday 6 January to Friday 10 January – closure of floor lobbies for maintenance work in the two lift cores. One lobby will be closed off at a time. The East lobby will be closed first, followed by the West lobby.

This will mean 1 x core lift will be available for access on L5. The “staff lift” in the Northwest corner will also be open for use.

​​​Level 6

Monday 13 January to Wednesday 15 Jan – floor closure – level 6 will be closed for maintenance works.

​​​​Level 4

Wednesday 15 January to Friday 17 January-floor closure – level 4 will be closed for maintenance works.

A full access outage will be in place for staff and students during each individual floor closure. This means you will not be able to access floors 4,5,6,10 and 11 during the times listed above.

What do you need to do?

  • Please adhere to all works signage and closures.
  • Use the listed available lifts for access when the lift lobbies in level 5 are closed for works.
  • Plan for power outages that affect levels 10 and 11 as listed.
  • Turn off IT equipment on levels 10 and 11 before leaving prior to the power outages.

Please direct any enquiries to fmassist@canterbury.ac.nz

Thank you for your consideration as these lift upgrade works continue.

Facilities Management