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Planned Lift Outage Matariki 23-24 April

There will be a scheduled outage for lifts 19 and 20 in the Matariki Building, between 8am and 4pm daily, on Wednesday 23 April and Thursday 24 April.

Facilities management contractors will be undertaking planned maintenance on the lifts.

To ensure that one lift remains operational at all times, contractors will be working on the lifts one at a time over the scheduled two days

Please follow all contractor signage. If you need to change floors, or enter or exit the building during the works, use the alternative working lift or the stairs.

Follow usual evacuation procedures in the event of an emergency.

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

Thank you for your patience as we complete these required maintenance works.

Facilities Management.

Complete Water Outage to Jack Erskine Thursday 17 April

There will be a complete water outage for the Jack Erskine Building between 0730 am and 1130 am on Thursday 17 April while Facilities Management contractors complete repairs to a leak in the backflow associated with the water feed to the building.

During the water shutdown please use toilets in other buildings and make alternative arrangements for tearoom access or supplies.

Do not turn on any taps in the building. if you do, please turn off immediately to avoid flooding when the water is turned back on.

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

Thank you for your patience as we perform these required maintenance repairs to the plumbing system.

Facilities Management

After Hours Closure Arts Road Forestry Road Intersection 16 April

There will be a temporary afterhours road closure at the intersection of Arts Road and Forestry Road between 4.30pm and 8pm on Wednesday 16 April.

Contractors will be using a knuckleboom to complete concrete works on the higher elevations of the north face of the Psychology Sociology Block (refer to inset site map). While works are being undertaken outside normal working hours you may need to make some alterations to your usual exit route as you leave work on Wednesday.

See below for key access information:

  • Exit and access for the Putaiao Koiora (SC22) and Rehua (CO01) carpark can be made via Forestry Road to Creyke Road. Creyke Road exit is left turn only.
  • Exit and access to Psychology -Sociology (AR12) Carpark can still be made via Arts Road.
  • Access to the Law Carpark can be made via University Drive.

Please do not enter any coned off work areas. Follow all signage and intersection closure access and exit information and be aware of the heavy machinery operating from the intersection.

Refer all enquiries to fmassist@canterbury.ac.nz.

Thank you for your understanding as we complete these building works.