UBC Facilities is responsible for the stewardship of UBC Vancouver’s physical campus assets. Three core operating departments manage the planning, development, operations and maintenance of facilities and utilities on the Vancouver campus, to provide a sustainable physical environment for teaching, learning, research, and campus life.
Plans, develops, renews, and renovates UBC's facilities
Plans, builds, operates, and maintains UBC Vancouver's utilities infrastructure
Operates maintains and renovates UBC Vancouver's campus
The Asset Replacement & Improvement (AR&I) division, including the Transition Team and Construction Office, has started the process of joining with Infrastructure Development to form a new, unified, project delivery team for the Facilities Group.
BC Ministry of Advanced Education has contracted VFA Canada to audit 136 buildings on the UBC Point Grey campus starting June 21 to the end of January 2022. The last audit was undertaken in 2018.
A collaboration between UBC’s Plant Care Services and Building Operations is improving soil quality for researchers at Plant Care Services’ Totem Field and providing an environmentally friendly outlet for compost on campus.
