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

On Wednesday 26 March the Building Survey team, who work in the Facilities Management Group here on Campus, will commence a programme of work to survey all buildings on the Dovedale and Ilam campuses.

The purpose of the survey is to complete a full visual assessment of the condition of the buildings.  Photographs are also taken during the assessment to maintain a visual record of the condition of the building at that time.

 What will the surveyors be doing? 

• Surveyors will be accessing all areas and are working with faculties to ensure the least disruption possible to your work and study spaces.
• The Surveyors will only be visually inspecting each room and in some cases may need to take measurements of the room or specific items. Depending on the size of the room this could take between 5 and 15 minutes.
• Surveyors will ensure that any photographs taken during the assessment are of the building and that persons are not identifiable in the photographs.

Please allow the surveyors to come in and view and measure the spaces – they will be quiet!

Your support in ensuring that spaces are tidy and open for inspection will be appreciated.

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

 Thank you for your consideration as we undertake these required building surveys.

Facilities Management