Space management

Space reports

The Space Management Office is the official custodian of space records. These records include information such as:

  • Department of ownership
  • Room size
  • Room usage
  • Floor plans

The records are maintained using Archibus. Authorized users have access to Archibus reports which you can view, print, or export to Excel. The Dean's Office can provide userids and passwords. 

Space attributes

Ownership

The Dean's Office assigns ownership of rooms, working with the University Space Managemement Office.

Size

Plant Operations maintains room dimensions in the Archibus database. During construction and renovations, Plant Operations will make updates.

Usage

Various levels both inside and outside of the institution track and report on the usage of rooms. Each department/school must inform the Dean's Office of changes in room usage. We use two coding mechanisms: 

For consistency within the Faculty, we commonly use the codes in the following list. If a room has multiple purposes you can split the codes according to a percentage. 

Office spaces
Type Room type (COU) Room standard (TLH) description

Faculty Office - Faculty, Chair, Sessional, Retiree 

4.1 - Academic Offices 

30000 - Office Facilities 

Support Staff Office - Administrative and Technical 

4.4 - Support Staff Office 

30000 - Office Facilities 

Grad Student Office - individual and shared (hotel) offices 

4.3 - Graduate Student Office 

30001 - Student Office Facilities 

Research assistant 

4.2 - Research Office/Project Space 

30000 - Office Facilities 

Post Doc/Visitor office 

4.2 - Research Office/Project Space 

30000 - Office Facilities 

Co-op student

4.4 - Support Staff Office 

30000 - Office Facilities 

Student Club Office

14.1 - Student Offices

30001 - Student Office Facilities 

 

 

Non-office space
Type Room type (COU) Room standard (TLH) description

Graduate Classroom - for classes reported in the registrar's Schedule of Classes 

1.2 - Non-tiered classrooms 

10000 - Classroom Facilities - Instructional Space 

Seminar Rooms, PhD Defenses etc 

4.5 - Office Support Space 

10000 - Classroom Facilities - Instructional Space 
 

Meeting/Conference Room 

4.5 - Office Support Space 

30003 - Meeting Space 

*Note that the above three may need split-coding based on proportion of usage 

  

  

Research Lab - specialized equipment, workspace and collaboration space 

3.1 - Research Laboratory Space 

24008 - Laboratory Project Space 
 

Research Lab - integrated space with: 
- grad student offices 
- integrated collaboration/meeting area 
- kitchenette  
- dedicated server for lab 
 
 

Split based on floor area: 
xx% 4.3 - Graduate Student Office 
yy% 3.1 - Research Laboratory Space 
zz% 4.5 - Office Support Space 
zz% 3.2 - Laboratory Support Space 
 

 
30001 - Student Office Facilitites 
30003 - Meeting Space 
76005 - Kitchenette 
21006 - Computer Equipment/Hardware 
 
 
 

Scheduled Computer lab - for labs reported in Registrar's Schedule of Classes 

2.1 - Scheduled Class Laboratory 

21005 - Computer Workstations 

Unscheduled Computer lab - restricted access 

2.2 - Unscheduled Class Laboratory 

21005 - Computer Workstations 

Unscheduled Computer lab - open for general use 

5.5 - Study Space 

  

Student Lounge - open to all university students 

14.3 - Lounge and Service Space 

75001 - Student Lounge 

Student Study Space - include open corridor study spaces 

11.1 - Study Space 

40000 - Study Areas 

Lounge or Kitchenette - department or faculty lounge 

4.5 - Office Support Space 

30002 - Office Facilities Service 

Office Support - library (theses), mailroom, copier/print room 

4.5 - Office Support Space 

30002 - Office Facilities Service

Storage

4.5 - Office Support Space

22001 - Storage

Computer Server Room

4.5 - Office Support Space 

21006 - Computer Equipment/Hardware