Facilities Management contractors will complete essential concrete repairs to the exterior of the West building between 2 April and 4 July 2025.

Contractors will be preparing for the establishment of site fencing from 2 April and works are expected to commence 7 April. This includes pressure washing of the exterior of the building. The works area is circled in red on the inset plan with entry/exit points marked in yellow.

A cherry picker /knuckleboom will be used to access the higher elevations and machinery used to carry out works will be noisy at times.

While the works are in progress please follow all access signage. Do not enter any fenced off work areas and be aware of all machinery in use on site.

Thank you for your consideration as we complete these essential repair works.

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

Facilities Management

Facilities Management (FM) contractors will be dismantling and removing the remaining scaffolding from around the FM Office Block building between 7am Tuesday 1 April and 4pm Wednesday 2 April.

Please ensure that you take care if you are moving through the FM yard or visiting FM and entering or exiting the FM Office Block or using the walkway between the FM Building and the Science Road carpark during the deconstruction times.

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

Thank you for your consideration of the contractors working on the deconstruction.

Facilities Management

Facilities Management advise that the current closure of Ring Road at Dovedale Campus will be extended to 26th April 2025.

Southbase, the contractor working on the site, have requested the extension to continue to maintain a safe distance/exclusion zone for pedestrians and vehicles whilst concrete precast panels are installed on the Production and Postproduction building site (PPB).

The current closure will now also extend to Saturday, bringing the closure hours to:

 – Monday to Friday 7am to 5pm

 – Saturdays 7am to 1pm

This closure will ensure that a safe distance/exclusion zone is maintained for pedestrians and vehicles during works. A crane will be operating on site when panel lifting is in progress.

Staff, visitors and students, who usually use the Orakipaoa carpark during business hours, or on Saturdays, will not be able to park in the carpark on days that panel lifting is in progress.  There will be no access in or out of the carpark during these times.

If you usually park in the carpark between 5pm and 7am and need your vehicle during one of the closure days, you will need to move your car before the carpark closure at 7am. This may apply to Halls of Residence students using the carpark for overnight parking.

If you need to access the halls by car, use the Solway Ave entrance.

Fencing will be in place during lifting hours. Outside of these days/hours, or on days lifting cannot occur due to weather, normal access will be available. The temporary fencing will be adjusted by Southbase or UC Security if and when access to the carpark is available.

Pedestrian access will be redirected per the attached markup.

Refer all enquiries to fmassist@canterbury.ac.nz

Thank you for your cooperation while these construction works and closures are in place.

Facilities Management