Centre Block project contracting ramps up as focus shifts from demolition to rebuild

Roughly 1,600 windows in Centre Block are set to be replaced with replicas or upgraded as part of renovations, and the process to award a contract for that work will get underway this spring.

Trompe l'oeil tarps cover scaffolding along the west façade of the Centre Block building where exterior masonry restoration work is now roughly 16 per cent complete. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

April 17, 2024

As construction inside Centre Block begins to shift gears following the completion of demolition work last December, so, too, are contracting processes, with bids to replace Centre Block’s windows and build the new underground Parliament Welcome Centre next in line.

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