Space is one of the institutions most valued resources, so relevance to the Strategic plan, Education plan, Institution's Mission Statement, and Current Space Utilization are key considerations in resolving space requests. As square footage requested far outweighs the amount of available space, departments and programs are encouraged to manage their space as effectively as possible. This means reallocating space internally.
The first step is to look at the existing space utilized by the program and/or department and determine if the new requirements can be accommodated with in the existing allocation. Some times changing or expanding the current time table free time can be achieved and a solution found for the new request. Historically "prime time" for teaching has been Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday and sometimes looking beyond those times many requests can be satisfied.
If this internal exercise can not find an appropriate solution for the request Space Planning has been established to identify a solution to the various space requests that emerge throughout the institution. To start this process a "space request form" found on the Space Planning website must be completed and submitted to Space Planning.
See Space Planning
The Facility Inventory System tracks all space owned and used by the institution. Access the Facility Inventory System (password required).
The Campus Development website has information about VIU floor plans.
The floor plans used for the Online Floor Plan Book are accessed online. These plans are updates as physical changes occur or as we are notified of updates.
Bookmark the online floor plan book page will assist for future reference.
The original estimate is only an allocation of funds.
While the project tries to work within the allocation this is not always the case. Some times the project comes in being under the allocation and other times the project ends up being over the original allocation. Unless the funding comes from the departmental cost center the department is not responsible for any under budget or over budget reconciliations unless previous arrangements have been made.
The department does do not get the money left over, however, the department is not responsible for the extra funds required to balance a project that has gone over budget.