Propping up Parliament: inside plans to stabilize Centre Block

To install seismic upgrades and connect the underground Parliament Welcome Centre to the historic building, workers will be digging some 23-metres below most of Centre Block’s foundation.
Cranes on either side of the Centre Block building help lower and lift material and equipment from the internal courtyards, and interpretive panels have been installed around the welcome centre excavation pit in front of the building.

In the not-too-distant future, most of the Centre Block building will be held up by a network of temporary posts, support beams, and jacks while workers carefully excavate the bedrock underneath and carve out a roughly 23-metre-deep cavern to install seismic upgrades and com...

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