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The Design Team Association manages a shared 12-seat van and shared manufacturing facilities in the basement of the Myhal Centre and on the 5th Floor of 256 McCaul St. | The Design Team Association manages a shared 12-seat van and shared manufacturing facilities in the basement of the Myhal Centre and on the 5th Floor of 256 McCaul St. | ||
==Design Team Association Van== | ==Design Team Association Van== | ||
<span>In the 2016-2017 year, members of design teams approached the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering with a proposal to purchase a van, to be shared amongst design teams.</span>[[File:20170910 123441.jpg|right|middle|thumb|DTA Van]] | |||
<span>Design teams were spending upwards of $13,000 annually on rentals of vans</span>The goal of the Design Team Association van is to help reduce costs for design team transportation, and make vehicle rental more accessible to design team needs. Design teams pay a reduced cost towards the usage of the van, set at a rate that is proportional to maintenance costs for the van. | |||
With support from the Engineering Society Skule Endowment Fund, the Faculty, and private alumni donors, a GMC Savana van was purchased in | With support from the Engineering Society Skule Endowment Fund, the Faculty, and private alumni donors, a GMC Savana van was purchased in 2017. The van is technically owned by the University, however, the DTA Director and the Van Executive of the Design Team Association manage all aspects of the van. | ||
==Facilities== | ==Facilities== | ||