Petch Building

Formerly Science and Engineering (1986)

 

This building was planned to accommodate the university's then-new Faculty of Engineering and the Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, as well as to provide additional space for the Departments of Biology and Chemistry. It was sited and designed so as to provide a link between the pre-existing Elliott and Cunningham Buildings.

It is a three-storey building of reinforced concrete construction with precast concrete exterior panels. It shares a number of design features with University Centre, including the use of mechanical penthouses finished in copper. A technical feature of interest is its heat-recovery system, whereby heat can be recovered and reused from air that is being exhausted.

 

 

 

Facts and Figures

Architect: The Wade Williams Partnership
Structural: Wayte Blohm & Associates
Mechanical: D. W. Thomson Consultants Ltd.
Electrical: Ian Hayward & Associates Ltd.
Contractor: Campbell Construction Ltd.
Contract: $11,638,500 (June 5, 1984); $12,011,989
Gross area: 120,000 sq. ft.
Cost per square foot: $100.10
Ceremonial sod-turning: June 13, 1984, by the Hon. Hugh A. Curtis, Minister of Finance, with Ian H. Stewart and Howard E. Petch
Official opening: October 2, 1986, by the Hon. Russell G. Fraser, Minister of Post-Secondary Education

 

See UVic's maps and buildings description.

 

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