Rec Centre Closed on Saturday 6th September until 1:00 PM

Kia ora, 

The UC Rec Centre will be closed until 1:00 PM on Saturday, 6 September due to essential maintenance work affecting the building’s power supply. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and appreciate your understanding.

To clarify:

  • The gym is open as usual until Saturday, 6 September

  • On Saturday, 6 September, the gym will be closed from opening time until 1:00 PM.

  • We will reopen from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM on Saturday.

  • Normal hours resume on Sunday, 7 September.

Thank you for your patience – we look forward to seeing you at the UC Rec Centre soon!

Ngā mihi,

UC Rec&Sport

Puaka-James Hight Lift 12 Outage 8 September

Facilitates Management wish to inform you on a Lift Outage scheduled to take place from Monday 8 September

Lift #12, located in the eastern lift bank in Puaka-James Hight, will be out of service from 8am Monday 8 September until 5pm Monday 1 December, while Facilities Management contractors OTIS complete maintenance to Lift #12.

Some key information for staff:

  • OTIS will be commencing in the Eastern End plantroom first.
  • Hoarding will be placed outside Lift 12 on Level 1 and level 11.
  • Lift 10 will be fully functional from Friday 5 September

What do you need to do?

While lifts 12 is out of service for these planned works, and you need to change floors or enter or exit the building:

  • Use an alternative lift.
  • Use the stairs.
  • Follow usual evacuation procedures in the event of an emergency.

This is part of a sequential programme of works to upgrade lift equipment for all lifts in the Puaka-James Hight building, and will be completed over a 12-month period.

Addressing the works one lift at a time, each lift is expected to be out of service for 3 months.

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

 Thank you for your patience and consideration as we undertake this planned programme of works to upgrade all lifts n Puaka-James Hight.

Facilities Management

Maintenance Work – SC02 West

Facilitates Management wish to inform you that essential maintenance work will be completed following a significant leak through one of the risers in West.  This affects rooms 808 and 708/781.

To facilitate the repairs, access will be restricted to the North ends of the 8th and 7th floors (Physics side) during this period.

Maintenance Schedule:
Tuesday 2 September – Friday 19 September

Areas affected:

  • SC02 West – Northern Side rooms 808 and 708/781

What do you need to do:

  • Follow any signage in place.
  • Do not walk inside any coned off work areas.
  • Follow usual evacuation procedures in the event of an emergency.

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

Thank you for your consideration as we undertake these maintenance works.

Facilities Management