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Ottawa’s Algonquin College breaks ground on Centre for Construction Excellence
November 04, 2009
New home for trades training, sustainable building education
KORKY KOROLUK, correspondent, Daily Commercial News and Construction Record
Ground has been broken for the construction of a building that will not only house construction trades training, but also an applied learning centre for sustainable building.
Robert Gillett, president of Algonquin College, turned the sod recently for the $77-million building that will house all of the college’s construction-related training programs. The facility, he said, “will not only help to address the skills shortage in the construction industry, it will be a showcase for green construction and training in Eastern Ontario.”
Called the Algonquin Centre for Construction Excellence, the building is scheduled to open in the fall of 2011. It will be a 180,000-square-foot structure, and will house about 2,500 student spaces, an increase of about 600 spaces.
The building, designed to achieve the LEED Platinum rating, will also be a showcase and teaching laboratory for best practices in sustainable construction.
