/facilities/articles/rss en /facilities/article/holiday-bulletin-2024 <p>The holiday period extends from <b>December 25, 2024 to the evening of January 2, 2025</b>.</p> <p>A <a href="/facilities/files/facilities/holiday_bulletin_-_2024_-_final_-_en.pdf">PDF version of this bulletin</a> is also available for printing.</p> Fri, 15 Nov 2024 17:03:10 +0000 roberta.grimmtrotta@mcgill.ca 1783 at /facilities /facilities/article/phoenix-rises-new-dawn-campus-public-safety <p>We are thrilled to announce the official launch of Phoenix, Campus Public Safety's Incident Management Solution (IMS), in the coming days. This modern platform provides a centralized solution to manage every incident and request, from initial alert to final report, empowering our Campus Public Safety (CPS) team to respond swiftly and effectively.</p> Thu, 06 Jun 2024 12:28:59 +0000 Facilities Management and Ancillary Services 1729 at /facilities /facilities/article/ongoing-and-upcoming-construction-projects-mcgill-summer-2024 <p>Facilities Management and Ancillary Services oversees construction and renovation projects across Â鶹AV campuses, from classroom and laboratory upgrades to the complete interior demolition of a building and its remodeling. </p> <p>Here is a closer look at some major projects currently in construction or set to kick off in the next couple of months. For a full list of the projects happening in your building (or scheduled to start soon), consult <a href="https://maps.mcgill.ca/?cmp=1&txt=EN" rel="noreferrer noopener">our online maps of projects</a>.</p> Fri, 31 May 2024 14:36:06 +0000 nienke.broekstra@mcgill.ca 1725 at /facilities /facilities/article/get-know-office-avp <p>You might run into or talk to some of them when you happen to be walking by the north end of the 11<sup>th</sup> floor at 1010 Sherbrooke, where the team is based. We’re talking about the Office of the Associate Vice-President (AVP), Facilities Management and Ancillary Services.</p> Tue, 19 Mar 2024 15:34:55 +0000 Facilities Management and Ancillary Services 1699 at /facilities /facilities/article/phoenix-rises-spring <p><b>Introducing Phoenix this spring! </b>Campus Public Safety’s Incident Management Solution (IMS)<b>, </b>which will provide all CPS teams with a centralized system to manage every incident and request from initial alert to final report, has been<b> </b>reborn with a fiery new name.</p> Wed, 13 Mar 2024 14:57:25 +0000 Facilities Management and Ancillary Services 1695 at /facilities /facilities/article/bike-and-pedestrian-safety-quebec-roads-and-mcgills-campuses <p>As winter weather in Quebec slowly transitions to spring, the roads and lanes, including those on Â鶹AV’s campuses, will soon get busier with cyclists and pedestrians. We can all share the road safely by keeping in mind a few basic rules and guidelines.</p> <p>Below are some reminders for both cyclists and pedestrians on how to stay safe on public roads and on Â鶹AV’s campuses and property.</p> Wed, 13 Mar 2024 13:37:35 +0000 Melissa Ng Wan 1692 at /facilities /facilities/article/emergency-preparedness-vehicles-winter <p>Winter is in full swing and being prepared for it goes hand in hand with living in Quebec. We often think about preparing our homes for winter but what about our vehicles? Are you and your vehicle ready if you were stuck in a snowstorm? If you have a second car, is that one prepared too?</p> Fri, 26 Jan 2024 21:13:39 +0000 Melissa Ng Wan 1662 at /facilities /facilities/article/schulich-library-renovation-preserving-past-building-future-0 <p>The Macdonald Stewart Library Building, home to the Schulich Library, is part of a group of buildings built at the end of the 19th century that gave the downtown campus its signature image. At $31.8M, its recent renovation - interior and exterior - was the largest project completed at Â鶹AV in 2023. Great care went into the restoration of its original limestone façades, including its magnificent sculpted elements. <a href="https://reporter.mcgill.ca/the-schulich-library-renovation-preserving-the-past-building-for-the-future/">Learn more in this <em>Â鶹AV Reporter</em> article</a>.</p> Thu, 04 Jan 2024 15:06:53 +0000 Facilities Management and Ancillary Services 1643 at /facilities /facilities/article/four-decades-dedication-gabriela-pinto <p><img alt="Gabriela Pinto" height="400" width="320" style="width: 250px; height: 313px; float: right; margin: 5px 10px;" class="media-element file-large rt" src="/facilities/files/facilities/styles/wysiwyg_large/public/tmp_c9f605b1-6969-4628-88c7-54a26c2cb5664.jpeg?itok=2Nqks6Ur" />Gabriela (Gaby) Pinto, Manager at Buildings and Grounds, reached a significant service milestone this year: 40 years.</p> Tue, 12 Dec 2023 14:15:59 +0000 nienke.broekstra@mcgill.ca 1637 at /facilities /facilities/article/famis-maximo-status-update-0 <p>Throughout the fall, we’ve been hard at work developing Maximo, the new Asset Management System that will replace FAMIS. Here’s a status update:</p> <p><a href="/facilities/article/maximo-coming">In June, we announced that Phase 1</a> of this initiative would continue until Maximo’s go-live in the spring of 2024. We pushed that date to summer 2024.</p> Wed, 13 Dec 2023 15:40:19 +0000 Facilities Management and Ancillary Services 1640 at /facilities