Steel going up as interim House Chamber construction begins this month

The courtyard of the West Block building is being renovated to include a new infill building, all topped by a glass-domed roof, which will include an interim House of Commons Chamber for when work on Centre Block begins in 2018.

A artist rendering shows what the inside of the interim House Chamber being constructed in the West Block will look like. It will be where MPs convene for debate while the Centre Block is renovated for about a decade, starting in 2018. Photograph courtesy of Public Services

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

May 2, 2016

Cranes on the West Block building site will be busy in the coming weeks with the installation of large steel beams in the building’s courtyard as part of the structure of the new interim House of Commons Chamber being topped by a glass-domed roof. “They’re preparing to install the large, tall...

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