‘We’re flying the plane while we build it’: demolition work in Centre Block has begun

By this winter, PSPC expects work to assess the state of the Centre Block building to be completed, with schematic design plans expected by spring.

Visitors to the Hill are greeted with fencing blocking off roughly half of the parliamentary lawns. This perimeter, erected in connection to work on the second phase of the underground Visitors’ Welcome Centre, will remain up through the entirety of Centre Block’s renovation.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

January 22, 2020

A final budget and timeline for the renovation of the iconic Centre Block building have yet to be determined, but work is plowing ahead, with demolition underway from the fourth floor up, which will see those floors stripped down to the building’s bones. “With these kinds of projects, we’re f...

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