Saunders Building (1974)

Physical Plant Services

 

The Saunders Building consists of two separate sections: a one-storey shop and storage building for the Department of Buildings and Grounds and a one-storey office building designed to house the offices of Buildings and Grounds, Traffic and Security, and Campus Planning. The construction is wood frame in concrete foundations. Part of the total complex is a pre-existing one-storey shop building, of concrete block construction, and an electrical substation completed in 1979.

 

 

 

 

Name

Arthur J. Saunders, a native of Calgary, was educated in Victoria, where he was a student at Victoria College in 1920–1921; in 1933 he completed his degree in mechanical engineering from UBC. After 17 years with Sidney Roofing and Paper Company, and a dozen years in private practice as a consulting engineer in Victoria, he joined the staff of Victoria College in 1962 as Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds. Throughout the 1960s, he played a crucial and
unique role in the physical planning and development of the Gordon Head Campus. In the year prior to his retirement (1970–71), he served also as Director of Campus Planning. In addition to his university duties, Mr. Saunders was active in professional and community affairs.

Facts and Figures

Architect: Peterson & Lester
Mechanical: F. T. Gardiner, P. Eng.
Electrical: Spratt & Associates
Contractor: CANA Construction Company Ltd., [Richmond]
Contract: $459,072 (June 27, 1973); $467,603
Gross area: 18,650 sq. ft.
Cost per square foot: $25.07
Official opening: October 21, 1974, by Arthur J. Saunders, with Chancellor Robert T. Wallace

 

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Model (Peterson & Lester Architects)