Five Year Capital Plan - 2014/15 to 2018/19

Five Year Capital Plan
2014/15 to 2018/19

(This document has been approved by the SFU Board of Governors.)

Each year Simon Fraser University prepares a Capital Plan that outlines the University's priorities and plans for new facilities and the renewal of existing facilities and infrastructure. The current 5 year plan, for the year's 2014/2015 to 2018/2019 outlines 21 projects for SFU's three campuses. The Capital Plan divides SFU's capital projects into the Ministry of Advanced Education's project categories of: a) new priority building projects, b) whole asset replacement and renewal projects and c) on-going and planned self-funded projects. 

The Capital Plan supports the following initiatives:

• Expansion of SFU Surrey Campus - The next four phases of development (Energy Systems Engineering; Science/Health/Technology; Business and other; and Graduate student facilities) will accommodate the next forecasted enrollment growth of 2,500 FTE and allow SFU Surrey to keep pace with this growing demand.
• Renewal and Rehabilitation for SFU Burnaby Campus - The SFU Burnaby campus continues to suffer from an on-going deferred maintenance problem. The rehabilitation and renewal of significantly compromised and aging facilities and infrastructure at the Burnaby campus is required to extend the useful life of facilities and to improve the sustainability and functionality of these facilities. The capital plan outlines eight projects to address critical deferred maintenance and capital renewal.

There are also seven new building projects planned for the Burnaby Campus.  A First Peoples House (longhouse) is the only project for which a request for government funding has been made. The other new buildings are self-funded projects for ancillary facilities, including new student residences, new athletic and recreation facilities, a new student union building, a new transit hub and intercultural centre/art gallery. These are to be funded from various sources including a student levy approved through a recent referendum, donations and partnerships with private developers/operators. The plan has been approved by the SFU Board of Governors and submitted to the Province, for consideration. SFU looks forward to working with the Ministry to achieve our shared mandate of providing the highest quality teaching, research and community service to the citizens and communities of British Columbia. SFU will continue to support the priorities of the Ministry which include:

• Health and safety
• Operating cost reduction
• Access to quality education
• Job creation/Economic benefit
• Labour market demand expansion
• Infrastructure sustainability