Background
The construction of the LRC and the two story addition to “F” Building produced 100,000 square feet of vacant space within the North Campus. The College established a governance committee to develop a consultative process that would capture development priorities and criteria and a method to solicit space related needs and desires that would be evaluated against the college priorities and criteria.
Backfill Committee Membership:
- Co-Chairs: Jane Rowbothom and Elaine Popp
- Alvina Cassiani, Ray Dyck, Jen McMillen, Alister Mathieson, Ann Dean, Barbara Riach, Khon Ta, Carol Anderson, Scott Briggs, Eileen Decourcy
Process
The information below outlines at a high level the process and timelines associated with the backfill allocation and plan:
April to August 2014
- Retained external resource to assist with the backfill process development
- Finalized the inventory of vacant space
- Workshop and interviews establish Campus Development Plan Directions and Institutional Priorities
| Institutional Priorities |
Campus Development Directions |
| Maintain same ratio of Square Feet per Student |
Provide additional instructional space |
| Priority given to Instructional Space |
Allocate space with consistent standards and criteria |
| Space allocations that Support the Academic Plan |
Cluster related functional groups |
| Relocate West Mall back to North Campus |
Relocate West Mall back to North Campus |
| Identify service space that could relocate off campus |
Intensify land use |
September to October 2014
- Iterative work to develop applications, establish and define evaluation criteria a framework
- Held “Open House” sessions to inform both the North and Lakeshore Communities of the priorities, directions, and application process and evaluation methods.
November 2014
- Working sessions held with College Stakeholders to provide technical support on the completion of the short-form applications
- Short-Forms submitted and reviewed by Vice-Presidents
December to February 2015
- Technical Team and ECS assist proponents describe key aspects of their Backfill applications related to area and estimated costs
- Proponents submit long form applications
February to March 2015
- Adjudicators selected for cross college representation
- ECS trained the adjudication team
- Chaired by the VP Academic, adjudicators rank long form applications
Adjudication Committee Membership:
Non-voting Chair: Laurie Ranourt
Ann Dean, Barbara Riach, Carol Anderson, Gina Antonacci, Guillermo Acosta, Olga Lalka, Sanjay Puri, Steve Bellamy
April 2015
- In-house staff and ECS develop Backfill Plan and iterations from the following directions
- Ranking of applications
- Special instructions from Adjudication Committee
- Suitability and location of the space available
- Logistics of secondary backfill requirements (domino effect)
- Campus Planning directions set out at the onset
- Draft presented to Executive for comments and approval
- Backfill Plan revised and presented to Capital Planning Steering Committee
Outcome
We are pleased to announce that the evaluation process is complete and largely the urgent priorities of Schools, Departments and the Institution have either been met directly by the opportunity that the vacated space provided or will be addressed through the Academic and Campus Plan over the coming months.
New allocations of space have been made in the following categories:
| New Classrooms |
10,312 SF |
| New Lab facilities |
22,800 SF |
| Academic Office Space |
21,575 SF |
| Administrative and Student Services |
9,069 SF |
| Student Collaborative and Food Service |
3,700 SF |
| Deferred Allocations pending Academic/Campus Plan |
5,952 SF |
| Unallocated suitable for Instructional Space |
17,929 SF |
| Unallocated (Not Suitable for Instructional use) |
6,888 SF |
Unallocated space will be held centrally pending the outcome of discussions related to new programs, enrolment projections and Academic Plan.
Next Steps
The planning of relocations and renovations will begin immediately and will be staged over the next two years with final completion expected in the winter of 2017.
The College would like to thank all who have engaged in this process and have contributed time and energy to articulate the needs of their Schools, Departments and Services.
Website
Information on the backfill process and allocations will be available on the Capital Planning Steering Committee website found through the following link: http://www.humber.ca/wearehumber/staff/committees/capital-planning-steering-committee
Laurie Rancourt Rani K. Dhaliwal
Co-chairs of the Capital Planning Steering Committee
