The Facilities Management and Capital Projects department is responsible for the operation and maintenance of the campus infrastructure. This includes building maintenance, renovations, new construction, access control, landscaping, capital projects, space allocation, energy management, sustainability and janitorial services encompassing over 1,023,474 sq. feet. Our engineers are also responsible for the operation of the Bio Energy Plant and the Power Plant.

Come Tour the Bio Energy Plant! 

To book a tour of the Bio Energy Plant contact Facilities at 250-960-6407.

**Visitors must be 18 years of age or older and must wear long pants and footwear suitable for a work site.

Maintenance and Janitorial Requests

 

Facilities Management Building Sign

Facilities Fun Facts!

  • Facilities is one of the largest departments on campus with a total 40 staff members! (Directors, Managers, Supervisors, Maintenance Assistants, Power Engineers, Electrician, Carpenter, Locksmith & Admin staff)
  • Maintenance Assistants clear 5,733 meters of sidewalk every time it snows!
  • On a snowfall of 15cm Maintenance Assistants clear an average of 30,000 lbs of snow by hand in a day!!
  • The Facilities Management building is a Passive House building.
  • Ash from the Bio Energy Plant is used as a fertilizer on a local farm.
  • More than 80% of the PG Campus is heated by the Bio Energy Plant.
  • Facilities is the only department who know where the tunnels are.
  • Facilities personnel travel around campus in Electric Vehicles - Nissan Leaf car & Ford Lightening truck
  • Since the 2010 baseline, Facilities has reduced:
    • natural gas consumption by 70% through conversion to Bio Energy on the PG campus ($3.3 million savings!)
    • electricity consumption by 44% ($700,000 annual savings!)
  • Facilities received 15,173 TMA Service Requests for maintenance and/or janitorial services between Sept. 1, 2023 - Aug. 31, 2024.
  • There are 2,750 rooms on the PG Campus!