Category Archives: Community notice

Campus Lift Inspections – Tuesday 15 October

Facilities Management will be undertaking site inspections on eight (8) lifts on the Ilam and Dovedale Campuses between 10am and 3pm on Tuesday 15 October. Each inspection is expected to take approximately 30 minutes.

Affected Buildings

• Elsie Locke (lift 22 & 23)

• College of English

• Henry Field Building (lift 55)

• ICT Building (lift 25)

• Julius Von Haast (lift 1 & 2)

••Ōtākaro Building (lift 57 & 64)

• Wheki (lift 53)

• Macmillan Brown Library (lift 37)

If you need to change floors or enter or exit the building during an outage, use the stairs or an alternative lift (if available) and follow usual evacuation procedures in the event of an emergency.

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

 Thank you for your consideration as we undertake these inspections.

Facilities Management

Tree Maintenance Friday 11 October

Facilities management will be completing tree works on the river margin of Haere-roa (Avon) stream on University Drive, in the vicinity of the Recreation Centre and Recreation Centre Offices, this Friday 11 October.

Contractors will be working from 8.00am until 4.30pm removing damaged branches and completing some crown reduction to improve the tree form and shape.

What do you need to do?

While contractors are working:

  • Be aware of moving machinery, and machinery noise.
  • Do not enter the fenced off area.

We appreciate your consideration as we perform these essential maintenance works.

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

Facilities Management

Waiutuutu Community Garden Party

You’re invited to our annual garden party in Te Ngaki o Waiutuutu  Waiutuutu Community Garden!

Come and celebrate another year of our glorious garden with yummy pizza from the woodfired oven, and the official opening of our new greenhouse. 🌱🍕

When: Friday 18 October, 12:30pm – 4:30pm (woodfired pizza served from 1pm).

Where: Waiutuutu Community Garden, just off Engineering Road. See a map here.

Please drop in whenever it suits you during the afternoon and stay as long or as little as you like.

This is a space to connect, reflect, and celebrate the wonderful year we have had growing in the garden, weaving and nurturing friendships and community.

Everyone is welcome. Learn more about our community garden and how you can get involved by following @waiutuutugarden on Instagram.