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Planned Heating Outage This Weekend

Facilities Management advise that there will be a planned heating outage between 8am Saturday 17 August until 8am Sunday 18 August.

This means there will be no heating during the outage in the following buildings:

  • Ernest Rutherford
  • Julius Von Haast
  • Beatrice Tinsley
  • Central Lecture Theatres

To allow the installation of a larger heating distribution pump for the new ground source heat pump (GSHP) plantroom, the old pump which provides heat to buildings within the Science Precinct, needs to be removed.

Please consider an alternative location to work, where possible, during the outage.

If you are using these buildings, we recommend you dress warmly and to the weather conditions.

Thank you for your patience while these works are performed.

Ngā mihi,

The Facilities Management Team

 

Upper Riccarton Road Works

Road works will be taking place in the Upper Riccarton area between Wednesday 7 August until mid-October. The works will be undertaken during the night between 9.00pm and 6.00am.

Christchurch City Council Contractors Fulton Hogan will be undertaking traffic management system upgrades and road safety traffic improvements.

Please take these works into consideration if you use the roads (listed below) in your commute to UC.

Works include:

  • Installing safe speed platforms on the approaches to the Riccarton Road/Hansons Lane/Waimairi Road intersection.
  • Removing the slip lane from Riccarton Road onto Waimairi Road.
  • Adding a new signalised crossing on Waimairi Road, outside the Bush Inn Centre.
  • Adding cycle lanes on Waimairi Road (between Riccarton Road and Bowen Street) and making changes to the bus stop and parking markings.
  • Installing speed humps on Angela Street, Brake Street, Leslie Street and Bowen Street.
  • Installing a pedestrian refuge island on Yaldhurst Road close to the intersection with Brake Street.
  • Removing the left turn slip lane from Main South Road into Curletts Road and providing a left turn lane at the signals.

Differing traffic management layouts will be implemented while the work is completed, including a variation of road closures, shoulder closures, lane drops and temporary on-street parking removal.

Waimari Road Closure 7 August – 30 August

A road closure will be in place on Waimari Road from 9pm to 6am nightly, between Riccarton Road and Bowen Street, from Wednesday 7 August until Friday 30 August.

Fulton Hogan will be undertaking traffic management system upgrades in this area during these hours. This includes the installation of a signalised pedestrian crossing on Waimari Road outside The Bush Inn Centre, and the upgrade of traffic signals at the Waimari Road and Riccarton Road intersection.

Footpath access around the Fulton Hogan work site will be maintained and access will be available between Leslie St and the Bush Inn entrance on Waimairi Road, as shown in green on the map.

What do you need to do?

  • Pedestrian access will be maintained at all times; you may need to be escorted so please speak to staff onsite.
  • Please follow the directions provided by the onsite traffic management team at all times.
  • Please allow time for delays and plan your trip accordingly.

Note* Please advise Fulton Hogan via the contact information below if you have any specific property requirements e.g. medical visits, home help, large vehicle deliveries, planned works.

Phone 0800 762 334, Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm or email

cant.info@fultonhogan.com.

If you have any questions, please contact fmassist@canterbury.ac.nz.

Temporary Water Outage Homestead Lane 1pm – 3.30pm 23/07/2024

Facilities Management advise that contractors will be undertaking repairs to leaking pipework in the garden area opposite the gate in Homestead Lane today Tuesday 23 July and tomorrow Wednesday 24 July 2024.

To complete this repair, the water will need to be shut off to buildings in Homestead Lane between 1pm and 3.30pm tomorrow Wednesday 24 July.

We expect this to affect the following listed buildings only:

Staff Club
Ilam Apartments
Tupuānuku

Works include removal of an existing leaking valve and pipework and replacing this with a new backflow device.

What do you need to do?

Use alternative toilets and personal care options for the duration of the works.
Fill bottles and drink containers prior to 1pm (if required).
Use bottled water.

Plumbers will be onsite for the duration of the works.
Please direct any enquiries to FMassist@canterbury.ac.nz