West Block will be House Chamber’s home for at least 10 years, but part of new glass roof only warrantied for five years

The building’s glass roof alone cost roughly $115-million, including $12.5-million for glazing, $1.9-million for the louvres, and $835,679 for the motorized system.

The West Block's new, curved glass roof, as seen from above, will help increase the building's energy efficiencies, but the system that's been installed within it to control light streaming into the interim House of Commons Chamber is only warrantied for five years, documents show. Photograph courtesy of Public Services and Procurement Canada

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

August 6, 2018

The House Chamber moves into the West Block’s courtyard in 2019, where it will remain for at least a decade, enclosed by a new glass roof specifically designed for the space—but the motorized system to control light installed in the glass roof only comes with a five-year warranty. Project plann...

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