The Facilities Management Senior Building Surveyor will be completing Building Floor Plan Verification Inspections on the following listed buildings spaces between Tuesday 24 June and Friday 27 June.

Affected Buildings

• GS92 – Mech Eng Workshop – level 1
• AS12 – Angus Tait – Level 2
• EN03 – Civil & Natural Resources Engineering – Level 2
• EN06 – Chemical and Process Engineering – Level 2
• GS23 – Facilities Management Office – Level2
• EN35 – John Britten – Level 1
• SC01 – Len Lye – Level 2

The purpose of the building floor plan verification is to complete a visual inspection of all rooms in a building to record any differences to the floor plans that the University currently have on file. To do this the Building Surveyor will be accessing all spaces within an area, so please allow access – he will be very quiet!

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

Thank you for your consideration as we undertake these inspections.

Facilities Management

This is an urgent reminder, from the Facilities Management Fire Safety Manager, for all staff and students to check that furniture, and other flammable items are positioned at least one (1) metre away from heaters, and that all electric plug in heating devices are electrically tested and tagged with a current tag affixed.

This reminder comes after a report was received into ASSURA (the UC Health and Safety portal) advising of damage to a desktop, that had the potential to result in an outbreak of fire.

Fortunately, the damage was noticed during furniture movements and immediate action was taken to remove the desk, and other furniture was moved a safe distance away.

As the attached photos shows the desktop edging has been heat affected because the desk was positioned over a wall heater. The heat from an electric heater accumulates on furniture, clothing, and other belongings if they are too close and this is dangerous. If this had gone unnoticed it could have resulted in the plastic edge igniting and resulting in significant asset damage.

What you need to do

• Remember the “metre heater rule”.
• All staff and students are to check that all furniture, clothing, and belongings are at least one metre from an electric heater.
• Do not dry clothing and other articles over or on electric heaters.
• Check that all electric plug in heating devices are electrically tested and tagged, with a current tag affixed.

Facilities Management

Facilities Management (FM) advise the temporary closure of the following rooms in the West Building between 7am Monday 23 June and 5pm on Tuesday 24 June.

• (SCO2) West Monday 23 June – level 8 – the following rooms will be closed all day with no access: 839, 837 and 831.

• (SCO2) West Tuesday 24 June- Lab 543 will be closed all day with no access.

These rooms will be closed while FM contractors undertake maintenance cleaning to enable back flow prevention testing as part of the Building Warrant of Fitness (BWOF).

Rooms will not be accessible for the duration of the work. Do not enter. Please adhere to all signage and instruction.

Thank you for your cooperation while these works are in progress.

Direct all enquiries to fmassist@canterbury.ac.nz.

Facilities Management.