 
UBC Properties Trust plans and
oversees the construction of large institutional buildings.
The following partial list of projects reflects the company's
involvement in academic endeavours:
The Beaty Biodiversity
Centre will house research laboratories, as well as facilities
 for
specialized processing and research involving a unique world
class research collection of plants, fish, insects, vertebrates,
fungi and fossils. The Beaty Biodiversity Centre will
support research into habitat, species and ecosystems in
which we live and will also include an important public
education and exhibit function. The 123,000 square
foot building will be located on Main Mall adjacent to the
AERL building.
CIRS will be the
first facility of its kind in North America, allowing UBC
to take a leadership role in the development and deployment
of integrated sustainable building technologies and practices.
CIRS will be a unique global research facility aimed at
narrowing the "performance gap" between meeting
the goals of environmental, social and economic sustainability
and what is currently practiced. CIRS
will be located adjacent to the Great Northern Way Campus.
 The Irving K. Barber Learning Centre represents a significant
investment in rebuilding and expanding the present Main
Library. In its current condition, the building is confusing
to navigate, seismically unsafe, and unable to address the
service needs of Library users and staff. The existing structure
consists of the 'heritage core' built in 1925 and three
wings (north, south and east) that were added over the years.
The heritage core is a landmark piece of campus architecture
that serves as the physical and symbolic center of UBC.
It will be retained and renovated to current building code
standards. The substandard wings have been demolished and
will be rebuilt as new construction in such a manner as
to frame the original 1925 core. Approximately 46,483 sq.ft.
of the 'heritage core' are to remain, and approximately
193,303 sq.ft. of new building will be reconstructed. Integrated
into the building will be a state of the art "Automatic
Storage & Retrieval System". One of only a handful in
Canada, this system uses integrated software control to
provide a fully automated document archival. The system
operates in a controlled environment that has the proper
humidity and temperature, and is free of dust and other
contaminates to preserve the library holdings.
The Museum of
Anthropology is proposing renovations and an extension to
the existing building that will enablecollections to be
accessed digitally, will ensure further research access
by the development of appropriate laboratories; will expand
public gallery space; and will considerably expand facilities
and educational opportunities for visitors.
 The UBC Winter Sports Centre will be located on the site of the existing Thunderbird
Winter Sports
Centre on the southweat corner of Wesbrook Mall and Thunderbird
Boulevard. The facility will be used for women's and
men's preliminary hockey games and some medal games during
the Olympic Games. The project supports community
goals to foster intellectual, social, cultural and economic
development in the Vancouver region, the Province of British
Columbia, and Canada. The Olympic Arena will be constructed
in two phases beginning with the development of the Olympic
Practice Ice and the renovation to the existing facility. Phase 2 will include the construction of the new 5500 -
7000 seat Olympic Arena.
A set of research
ponds with a 10-year life span was constructed at the end
of South Campus Road in 1990. Further experiments in these
ponds are becoming unfeasible, and as a result, UBC Properties
Trust is undertaking the relocation and long-term replacement
of these facilities. The relocation will accommodate 20
research ponds and a 1500 sq.ft. research laboratory. These
ponds will support the work of Dr. Dolph Schluter and his
research group into the evolutionary divergence caused by
interaction between coastal species and the stickleback
fish. These new ponds are to begin construction in September
2004 with completion in March 2005.
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