Skeleton of new Parliament Welcome Centre starts taking shape

Meanwhile, workers continue to haul bedrock out from under the historic Centre Block building as part of excavations that will reach 23 metres below ground.

Five cranes currently surround Centre Block. Three sit inside the Parliament Welcome Centre pit to facilitate construction of the new underground complex, with two flanking Centre Block's east and west ends to haul material in and out of its internal courtyards.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

July 16, 2025

The exterior concrete walls of the new underground Parliament Welcome Centre being built in the shadow of Centre Block are going up, and inside the historic building, excavations are moving ahead, with some 190 truckloads' worth of bedrock hauled out to date.

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