Closures at David Strangway Building, UBCH, DMCBH and VGH

DMCBH: Temporary shutdown of emergency power required for annual maintenance

All emergency power receptacles (RED electrical outlets or emergency power designated outlets – please see the Emergency Electrical Outlets poster) will be without power.

The following will be affected:

All equipment plugged into emergency power receptacles
Elevators 1, 2 and 3
Emergency lighting
Freezers
Fans

ACTION REQUIRED: Equipment plugged into emergency power receptacles will need to be moved to normal power receptacles to operate during the shutdown.

Equipment that needs to remain powered on during shutdown:

Before June 29, please unplugall equipment currently plugged into emergency receptacles and re-plug into normal power receptacles until after the shutdown.
Upon returning to work on Tuesday, July 2, re-plug equipment into emergency power receptacles.

All other sensitive equipment: All other equipment currently plugged into emergency power receptacles must be properly powered down before June 29.

NOTE: During the shutdown, elevators 1, 2 and 3 will be out of service and there will be no lighting in stairwells. For your safety, we encourage you to avoid coming into the building during this time.

David Strangway Building

SERVICE:                       All high voltage electricity not on a back-up generator

SHUTDOWN FROM:      8:00 AM Saturday, June 15^th, 2025

SHUTDOWN TO: 6:00 PM Saturday, June 15^th, 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 timeframe. 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.

Road Closure near VGH

Another upcoming crane lift and road closure along Laurel street, scheduled for Thursday June 20^th from 6am to 3pm.

The crane and road closure will be located per the image below in the red box and yellow lines, between 10^th and 12^th Ave.

Vehicles will not be able to drive north/ south along Laurel St. as the crane will be a full road closure.
The underground parking will be open, accessible from 10^th Ave. The DHCC loading bay will remain accessible from 12^th Ave.
There will be traffic management personnel and signage on the day to help direct drivers & pedestrians.
Please note that some of the street parking along Laurel will be a temporary unavailable during this time to allow this work appropriate space. Please look out for street signage confirming which stalls are not available. Do not leave your vehicle parked in these spots overnight on Wednesday June 19^th into Thursday morning as the vehicle will be towed at owner’s expense.

Please see below an image which can help represent the extent of the closure.

UBC Hospital / DMCBH

Temporary shutdown of emergency power required for annual maintenance

All emergency power receptacles (RED electrical outlets or emergency power designated outlets – please see attached Emergency Electrical Outlets poster) will be without power.