Facilities Management advises that a scheduled power outage will affect several buildings at 24 Kirkwood Avenue between 5.30pm and 10.30pm this Thursday 23 October.

This outage is necessary to enable the connection of the new power supply for the Takurua development.

Affected Buildings:

GS50 – UC Print & K1 Lecture Theatre

GS91, GS92, RH17 – Mechanical Engineering Workshops

These buildings should be considered closed during the outage.

Important Instructions:

• Turn off all IT equipment by 5:00pm on Thursday.
• FM electricians and contractors will be onsite to manage infrastructure.
• Follow signage and contractor instructions during the works.
• Follow usual evacuation procedures in the event of an emergency.

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