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Capital Planning

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In keeping with its dedication to excellence in teaching and learning, service and research, Vancouver Island University (VIU) is committed to providing exceptional campus facilities that respond responsibly and appropriately to the needs of all students, staff, faculty, administration and other partners.

Campus Master Plan

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The Nanaimo Campus Master Plan (CMP) is a comprehensive plan for all of VIU’s physical development – and how to do so in a sustainable manner to achieve our goal of being carbon neutral.  On January 22, 2009, the Vancouver Island University Board of Governors adopted the first edition of the Nanaimo CMP.

The Nanaimo CMP identifies the most productive and responsible use of campus land, establishes a rational and meaningful physical context for all future facilities, and provides a set of strategies to guide all future development.  Along with many other roles, the plan itself functions as a mechanism to address synergistic and incremental growth in a manner that is institutionally, socially, fiscally, operationally and environmentally sustainable.  The Nanaimo CMP outlines thirty-eight fundamental strategies for managing growth and change, and includes three-phase implementation plan for the development of capital projects.

Five-year Capital Plan

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Vancouver Island University's 2009/10-2014/15 Five-Year Capital Plan is a plan to develop the campus in accordance with Phase 1 of the Nanaimo CMP - the focus being to increase accessibility and productivity of the university; to renew expired facilities; and to reflect ministry priorities of fiscal and environmental sustainability, enhanced facilities for science, applied science, vocational, health and technology programs. In June 2009, the VIU Board of Governors adopted the 2009/10-2014/15 Five-Year Capital Plan.

VIU's capital projects for the next five years [fiscal 2009/10 – 2014/15] include a total expenditure of $198.8M: $169.3M in buildings, and $29.5M in campus infrastructure, and is comprised of the planning and development of the following projects:

  1. Health and Science Centre ~ 2009 
  2. Sports, Health and Wellness Centre (Gym) ~ 2010 
  3. University Centre ~ 2011
  4. Central Transit Exchange and University Boulevard ~ 2010 
  5. Campus Infrastructure Upgrades ~ 2010
  6. Trades Facility in Powell River ~ 2011 
  7. Campus Infrastructure Upgrades ~ 2014

For more information, please refer to the Five-Year Capital Plan (below):

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Last updated 10-Sep-2009