This notification is to advise that, as part of the refurbishment and re-cladding works on the Garage located within the Ilam (Waiutuutu) Community Gardens, Class B Asbestos removal will be undertaken between 7am and 5pm on Monday 9 June.

Inspections and testing have revealed that the current external cement cladding contains asbestos and will therefore need to be removed by a specialist WorkSafe Licensed Asbestos Removal Contractor. This is low risk work and should only take one (1) day to complete.

Following the asbestos removal, the FM Building team will commence the recladding of the garage with non-asbestos cladding.

Access to the community garden will be restricted, with fencing in place, from today Friday 6 June until completion of the work. There will be no access to the seating areas near the garage during this time.

Please do not enter any restricted or fenced off work areas and find alternative seating and eating areas until works are completed.

Thank you for your consideration as these required removal works are undertaken.

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

There will be a temporary electrical outage affecting levels 1-9 on the Northwest side of the West Building between 7am and 10am on Saturday 7 June. The Facilities Management Electrical Team, and their Electrical Supplier, will be inspecting, testing, and measuring the electrical distribution boards in advance of a planned Distribution Board Safety Upgrade Project.

What do you need to do?

FM recommend that staff and /or students:

• Turn off IT equipment in preparation for this outage by close of business Friday 6 June.

• Ensure any equipment UPS is operating correctly.

• Plan to shut down and reset any specialist equipment.

Note: If laboratories or laboratory equipment will be affected by this outage then the Laboratory Technicians responsible for those spaces will need to reset any equipment, equipment alarms or associated services post outage.

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

Thank you for your understanding as FM Electricians complete these inspections.