Hello all,
This is your 1-month notice of a regular building power shutdown for regulatory electrical maintenance work.
| BUILDING(S): | David Strangway Building Michael Smith Laboratories |
| SERVICE: | All electricity not on a back-up generator |
| SHUTDOWN FROM: | 8:00 AM Saturday, June 14th, 2025 |
| SHUTDOWN TO: | 6:00 PM Saturday, June 14th, 2025 |
| REASON: | Maintenance to High Voltage Feeder 12F10 |
Feeder shutdowns are done every 5 years, and this exercise is designed to provide the campus with reliable power on our end (doesn’t include Hydro’s side). We’re simply doing everything in our “power” to ensure reliable electricity to all buildings.
NOTE: Please keep this date in mind when planning/booking events, exams, and classes around this date and time. My suggestion would be to simply block off this period of time as “busy”. As there will be no regular power, the building will be essentially shutdown during this time frame. Because there are so many buildings impacted, these shutdowns are not cancelled last minute due to classes, events, etc. The shutdown will go on!
What to expect?
- Regular power within your building will be off. Generator power will be active during this time if your building has a generator.
How this will affect you?
- If your equipment is on generator power there will be a short power outage (10 – 20 seconds as the generator gets up to speed) then all gets transferred over. The same will happen when the power is restored at the end of this exercise.
- If your equipment is not on generator power, please plan to power it down in advance of the shutdown.
Concerns?
- If you have power sensitive equipment including computers, it’s highly recommended that the equipment be manually shutdown and unplugged during this maintenance.
- If you have a UPS (uninterrupted power supply) this is a great opportunity to test out your equipment, if you don’t have one this is a great opportunity to look into and possibly purchase one (UPS won’t be supplied for the duration of this shutdown)
- This is a great excuse to clean out general food storage fridges and freezers. What often happens is that occupants will return to their fridge/freezer and notice a mysterious puddle of water at the base of the unit and call in a maintenance request to have the issue looked into, only to find it was the result of the ice buildup in the freezer that has melted.
Please reach out to me with any concerns.
Thanks,
Jeffrey Smith
Facilities Manager
VP Finance & Operations (VPFO) Portfolio | Facilities | Customer Services and Informatics
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus
2329 West Mall | Vancouver BC | V6T 1Z4 Canada
Phone 604 822 3425
jeff.smith@ubc.ca
https://facilities.ubc.ca/
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