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Maintenance Work – SC02 West

Facilitates Management wish to inform you that essential maintenance work will be completed following a significant leak through one of the risers in West.  This affects rooms 808 and 708/781.

To facilitate the repairs, access will be restricted to the North ends of the 8th and 7th floors (Physics side) during this period.

Maintenance Schedule:
Tuesday 2 September – Friday 19 September

Areas affected:

  • SC02 West – Northern Side rooms 808 and 708/781

What do you need to do:

  • Follow any signage in place.
  • Do not walk inside any coned off work areas.
  • Follow usual evacuation procedures in the event of an emergency.

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

Thank you for your consideration as we undertake these maintenance works.

Facilities Management

Temporary Electrical Outage Saturday 6 September

Facilities Management Contractors (Connectics) are completing some essential planned maintenance to the 11Kv substation to ensure that our infrastructure remains compliant, reliable, and resilient.  

To complete this work the listed buildings will experience a complete loss of power for approximately 5 hours from 7am until 12pm on Saturday 6 September. 

Affected buildings should be considered to be closed for the duration of the power outage.

 Affected Buildings:

  • Haere-roa (SS27)
  • Health Centre (SS25)
  • Warehouse K1 (GS50)
  • Recreation Centre (SS01–SS04)

Please note the Rec Centre will be closed on Saturday morning until 12 mid-day

Facilities Management recommend that people in the affected buildings:   

  • Turn off IT equipment in preparation for this outage. 

  • Ensure any equipment UPS is operating correctly. 

  • Plan to shut down and reset any specialist equipment.   
     

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

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

 Facilities Management 

 

Timber Bridge Access Closed Monday 1 September

Facilities Management advises that following a recent condition assessment of the timber bridge between the Health Centre and University Drive, the decision has been made to close the bridge for health and safety reasons.

The timber bridge will be closed from 1 September 2025. 

Access remains available via the adjacent main bridge.

Affected Area:

  • Pedestrian Bridge between Health Centre and University Drive

What do you need to do?

  • Be aware of increased movements across the main bridge.
  • Do not access the closed off bridge.
  • Adhere to any signage in place.

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

Thank you for your consideration during this closure.