The UVIC Engineering Expansion Project consists of two new state-of-the-art academic buildings: the Engineering Computer Science Building Expansion, a six-storey, 68,180 SF building, and the High Bay Research and Structures Laboratory Building, a two-storey, 20,900 SF building. The complete UVIC Engineering Expansion project will have a Net Zero Carbon Ready Design and will target LEED Gold. To support reduced greenhouse gas emissions and a smaller carbon footprint, both facilities will extensively leverage mass timber structural elements, including columns, beams, and lateral bracing, and the interior spaces will be designed with the intentional selection of low-emitting materials and recycled contents.