Facilities Management advises that Lift #12, located in the western lift bank of Puaka-James Hight, will be out of service from 1pm Monday 20 October 2025 until 5pm Tuesday 30 June 2026.

This is part of a sequential upgrade programme being carried out by our contractor, OTIS, to modernise all lifts in the building. Each lift will be upgraded one at a time, with an expected downtime of 4–6 months per lift. Lift #13 has recently returned to service and is now fully operational.

During this period, hoarding will be installed near Lift #12 on Level 1 and Level 11, and works will begin in the Eastern End plantroom.

While Lift #12 is unavailable, please use alternative lifts or stairs to move between floors.

In the event of an emergency follow usual evacuation procedures

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

Thank you for your support during this outage and works programme.

Facilities Management

Facilities Management advises that as part of our Asbestos Management survey program, SQN, an external survey company, will be completing plant room surveys between 8am and 5pm on tomorrow Tuesday 21 October.

Affected Buildings and Rooms:

EN02 – Mechanical Engineering Wing: Room 205

EN01 – Rata: Rooms 107, 152b, 222a, 343b

AR12 – Psychology – Sociology Block: Rooms 115a, 242

Please note that these plant rooms are accessed via other spaces. To minimize disruption, the survey team will aim to enter these areas when they are vacant.

What you need to do:

• Let us know if there is a specific time that we should not enter rooms or spaces.
• Allow the survey team to quietly enter and view the spaces.
•  Please do not enter the plant rooms while the survey is in progress.

Please refer all enquiries to fmassist@cnterbury.ac.nz

Thank you for your cooperation and support.

Facilities Management

Facilities Management advise that there will be a temporary power outage on Level 1 of the James Logie Building from 7am to 8am on Saturday 25 October, to allow the UC Building Controls Team to carry out essential work on the distribution board as part of a wider metering project.

Please note:

• The outage affects Level 1 only, which are teaching spaces.
• No offices or other floors will be impacted.
• The Timetabling team has confirmed no bookings will be disrupted.

What you need to do:

• Save all work and ensure all electrical equipment is turned off and logged out by close of business Friday 24 October.
• Follow any contractor signage or instructions on site.

• Follow usual evacuation procedures in the event of an emergency.

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

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

Facilities Management.