 
The Campus Advisory Board on Student Development has worked in conjunction with the Alma Mater Society to promote the development of social space on campus. The Abdul Ladha Science Centre is a 7,300 aquare foot two floor building with a partial mezzanine level above the second floor. It will be located on East Mall, in between the Hebb Theatre and the Chemistry Physics Builidng. It is a prime location for a student centre, across from the SUB Buidling, the Science Advising Centre, near the libraries, and in the heart of the science precinct.
The Aquatic Ecosystems Research Laboratory (AERL) is a new 62,000 square foot four-storey facility that will bring three existing research units under one roof: the UBC Fisheries Centre (FC), The Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IRES) and the B.C. Fisheries Research Unit (BCFU). The units have close ties with senior scientists at Canada's Department of Fisheries and Oceans, many of whom are adjunct professors at FC and IRES. The new building will house both wet lab and dry lab facilities and will include an Immersion Lab that will analyze real-time dynamic modeling of complex ecosystem behaviour.
 The Chemical and Biological Engineering Building is one of three projects eligible for capital funding under the Province of BC's Doubling the Opportunity (DTO) initiative to increase enrollment and graduates in the Engineering and Science disciplines. The 123,000 square foot building includes two integrated components - a replacement facility for the Chemistry and Biological Engineering Department (CHBE), currently spread over multiple locations on campus and a new facility for the CFI funded Clean Energy Research Centre (CERC). This replacement facility for CHBE is a critical component for the continued success of the Chemical Engineering program.
 The Faculty of Dentistry Master Plan undertaken in 1998 identified the need for a new Dental Clinic of approximately 31,000 square feet. The Master Plan indicated the preferred site for this clinic to be north of the existing Macdonald building at the intersection of University Boulevard and Wesbrook Mall.
The building had been on hold since July 2001 while the need for consultation on the architectural character of the University Boulevard neighbourhood was identified. With the recent endorsement of the University Boulevard Neighbourhood Plan on October 2, 2003, the Dentistry Building was given approval by the Board of Governors to proceed independently of the University Boulevard Architectural Competition.
This new mixed-use building will serve as a gateway to the University Boulevard Neighbourhood as well as an expansion to the Faculty of Dentistry and the medical precinct to the south. The 120,000 square foot building includes above and below-grade parking, retail at grade, a new state-of-the-art dentistry clinic on the second floor and additional university office space on levels three to five.
 The Earthquake Engineering Building is a 7,900 square foot building completed in 2003. It contains state of the art shake tables and test monitoring systems. These facilities will allow UBC Researchers to conduct leading edge research behaviour of structures when subject to combined motion. The design will allow pedestrians along East Mall to view the various tests being carried out in the facility.
Over the past year a proposal was developed to create new student housing on the existing Food Sciences Building site. This new student housing is now underway, and requires the relocation of Food Sciences. The 19,654 square foot buidling will be housed partially within the existing Family & Nutritional Sciences Building located at 2205 East Mall and in a new annex attached to that building. Once the relocation, construction and renovations are complete, the building will be renamed the Food, Nutrition and Health Building .
The Electrical and Computer Engineering Building, now officially named the Fred Kaiser Building, is one of three projects eligible for capital funding under the Doubling the Opportunity (DTO) initiative. This new 96,000 square foot facility will house the Faculty of Applied Science Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Department and will include space for instructional facilities, research labs and office space for graduates, undergraduates and faculty.
The site between Main Mall and an inner courtyard framed by the existing MacLeod and Civil Engineering/Mechanical Engineering (CEME) buildings will link Main Mall and the Cheez Factory through an interior atrium serving as the new main entry for the Engineering precinct. The project is being delivered through a fast-track construction management process.
The Institute for Computing, Information and Cognitive Systems (ICICS) project was initiated in 2001 through the support of the Canadian Foundation of Innovation (CFI) and the British Columbia Knowledge Development Fund (BCKDF). The project is designed to strengthen and create new interdisciplinary research links between the disciplines of computer science, electrical, computer and mechanical engineering, medicine and health care, educational technology, psychology, commerce, process industries and utility systems. The Computer Science Addition (CS) was originally planned as a phased future addition to the ICICS project. Due to the recent approval of Doubling The Opportunity funding (DTO) in October 2002, the design of this addition was accelerated to meet the schedule of the ICICS project, both of which are now fast-tracked. The construction of both projects is now proceeding simultaneously.
Both of the projects will be directly connected to the existing CICSR building. This proximity will allow the Computer Science Department to operate more efficiently and promote dynamic interaction among the students and staff. It will also provide superior high-speed reliable connectivity as well as convenient access for users with no compromise on security.
In 2002, Premier Gordon Campbell announced that the Government would expand education for caregivers through the establishment of a new Life Sciences Centre at UBC. UBC Properties Trust initiated a fast-track construction program in March of 2002 to build a 530,000 square foot facility. This will ensure the goal of doubling the number of graduating medical students is achieved.
The Michael Smith Biotechnology Laboratories is a new 83,000 square foot four-storey Biotechnology laboratory building built adjacent to and over the existing University Bookstore. The Michael Smith Building has been designed to be a "leading edge" laboratory in accordance with the goals of UBC to continue to aspire in a national leadership role in the field of Genomics and to create a facility worthy of the memory of Nobel Laureate, Dr. Michael Smith. Currently, the Biotechnology Lab is divided among six locations on campus, primarily in space borrowed from the Departments of Microbiology & Immunology, Chemistry, Botany, Medical Genetics and Zoology.
The Multi User Facility For Functional Proteomics (MFFP) is a new 8,600 square foot,four-storey annex that will be attached to the existing Biomedical Research Centre (BRC). This new facility will provide space for the following:
1. A cluster of three multi-user facilities comprising
- The UBC Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorting Facility,
- The UBC Facility for genetically modified mice and
- The Collaborative Proteomics Facility
2. Space for the Laboratory for Innovation in Biological Mass Spectrometry (LIBM) and its FT-ICR mass spectrometer.
The project scope will include both the construction of an annex to the existing BRC and 2,150 square feet of renovated space within the BRC. The building massing will take cues from the original structure and will seek to improve the overall functioning of the adjacent Patient Park through the landscape design.
When current buidlings require renovations, existing buildings must be demolished, a new organization moves to UBC on short notice, consequential moves are needed or there is a temporary space shortage, the Swing Space building will be utilized to accommodate campus groups, new hires, chairs and organizations on an interim basis. This 1,200 square foot building will be located on West Mall, on an empty site east of the West Parkade. The Swing Space building will consist of classrooms, office space and a lecture theatre.
The Thunderbird parking facility is part of a comprehensive 10 -year Replacement Parking Plan to ensure adequate parking supply on campus. The 1650 stall parking structure will be located between Agronomy, Wesbrook and Thunderbird Roads, adjacent to the electrical substation.
Since 1949, the Faculty of Forestry has operated the Loon Lake Facility as part of the Malcolm Knapp Research Forest (MKRF) in Maple Ridge, BC. The facility hosts field schools for undergraduate students and researchers in all aspects of forestry, conservation and recreation management. It also hosts retreats for corporate groups and other organizations and events for high school and elementary school groups. Since 2002, Loon Lake has been selected as the site for UBC School of Architecture's Design-Build Course.
 The facility has been extremely successful. In 2003 it hosted over 9,900 visitor days and was awarded the Tourism Excellence Award by the Maple Ridge/ Pitt Meadows Chamber of Commerce. The current Business Plan anticipates increases in occupancy to over 17,000 visitor days annually once the redevelopment of the facility is complete.
Malcolm Knapp Research Forest propose to expand the facility by undertaking a two phase, building construction program. The program will include the development of a new guest lodge, dining and conference facility (Loon Lake Lodge), the expansion and upgrade of the existing Yacht Club building, construction of new guest cabins as well as a number of other smaller upgrades and additions to the facilities at the Loon Lake Research and Education Centre. Currently the facility comprises seven small guest cabins, a classroom building, a yacht club, a caretakers unit and a dining hall.
The Faculty of Agriculture has plans to develop three new facilities at the Pacific Agricultural Research Centre in Agassiz BC to replace and upgrade existing facilities located in the South Campus area of UBC. The first of these buildings is nearing completion and will accommodate a world renowned Avian Genetic Resource Centre in a 12,000 sq.ft. research facility. Plans are underway for two additional facilities to expand the existing Dairy Research Centre complex.
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Multi-User Facility for Functional Proteomics 
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