Campus Services (1965 and 1986)
This is a two-storey reinforced concrete building with masonry walls. It was built in 1965, the
construction cost being financed by prepaid rentals from the Bank of Montreal, principal
tenant of the building until July 1982, when the bank withdrew from the campus. (Other
commercial tenants included a drug store, a barber shop and a beauty salon.) The structure
was planned to accommodate, on its main upper level, the University Bookstore and a coffee
shop run by the Canadian National Institute for the Blind. The basement area has provided
versatile service in housing, at different times, the University Computing Centre, Media and
Technical Services, Campus Planning and Printing and Duplicating Services.
As the Bookstore expanded and included a Campus Shop in its operations, the north-south breezeway on the main floor was enclosed (1983), a mezzanine floor was added and
the north entrance was sealed. On February 27, 1986, the former Bank of Montreal accommodation, which had been temporarily assigned to the new Faculty of Engineering, became
the University's Business and Industry Development Centre (opened by the Hon. Robert H.
McClelland, Minister of Industry and Small Business Development). Later that year, a one-storey addition was built on the southern (Ring Road) side of the building to house the
offices of Canada Manpower, the Cooperative Education Programs and the National Coaching Institute.
Facts and Figures (original building)
Architect: Donald Wagg
Structural: Read Jones Christoffersen Ltd.
Mechanical: F. T. Gardiner, P. Eng.
Electrical: Spratt & Associates
Contractor: G. H. Wheaton Ltd.
Contract: $318,077 (Mar. 11, 1965)
Gross area: 24,041 sq. ft.
Cost per
square foot: $13.23
Facts and Figures (1986 addition)
Architect: Wagg & Hambleton
Structural: Wayte Blohm & Associates
Mechanical: D. W. Thomson Consultants Ltd.
Electrical: Nicholls Engineering Ltd., [formerly Spratt & Associates]
Contractor: Kinetic Construction Ltd.
Contract: $467,800 (Mar. 12, 1986); $480,468
Gross area: 7,703 sq. ft.
Cost per square foot: $62.37
See UVic's maps and buildings description.
Photographs
Model (the Jensen Group Architecture Inc.)
Plans