

Client: | University of British Columbia |
Location: | Vancouver, BC |
Delivery Method: | Construction Management |
Size: | 175,000 sq. ft. |
Completion: | 2019 |
The project has renewed the Biological Sciences North Wing (built in 1976) and replaced the deteriorated Biological Sciences Centre Block (built in 1948). The project includes: teaching laboratories for Biology, Microbiology & Immunology, and Cellular and Physiological Sciences; teaching lab support, including preparation rooms, environment chambers, and plant and specimen collections; instructors’ offices and administrative support; student help centre, informal learning space, and student association offices. It also houses the Faculty of Science Co-op for life sciences programs; replacement lecture theatres and classrooms; and replacement and upgrade of biological science complex functions currently in north wing and centre block, including botany administration hub, post-doctoral and graduate student offices, the bio-imaging facility, research greenhouse and growth chambers, loading/receiving, central stores, workshops, aquatics research and hummingbird lab.