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Building inventory files

  • GR-3451
  • Series
  • 1947-2007

The series consists of operational records documenting the British Columbia Buildings Corporation‘s portfolio management activities. Files include architectural drawings, correspondence, photographs, move forms, site plans, accommodation proposals, and requests for appropriation for a variety of properties managed by the BCBC. The majority of files were compiled between the early 1980s and the mid 2000s for properties province-wide, and provide physical information about buildings. Types of properties covered by the records include highway sheds, medical buildings, office spaces, and residences for government employees.

The files are arranged within each accession by building (“B”), land (“N”), or complex number (“X”). The numbers are generally arranged in ascending numerical and alphabetical order, although records in accession 95-4260 were received out of order. In many cases, different files pertaining to the same property were transferred in different accessions. Many files contain material that predates the official file open date, including copies of land titles and photographs. Oversized architectural drawings are arranged by project number.

Files contain interfiled architectural drawings and photographs, although photographs in accession 93-7948 were maintained separately in envelopes based on building number. When the accessioned was transferred to the Archives, a number of images were loose in the box. These photographs have been placed into files based on building number.

Photograph albums of Forests site construction projects (in containers 969981-0003 and 969981-0004) were originally created by the Ministry of Forests. However, these albums were later transferred to Accommodation and Real Estate Services and and managed as building inventory files.

This series is covered by the Ministry of Technology, Innovation and Citizens’ Services Accommodation and Real Estate Services ORCS (schedule 140666, ORCS 76400-20).

British Columbia Buildings Corporation