Centre Block Rehabilitation Project
Province: Ontario
City/Region: Ottawa
Image Credit: Government of Canada
19
Project Rank
Project End: 2031
Project Type: Public Spaces
Industry Sector: Buildings
Project Amount: $5 billion
Date of Completion: 2031
Funding Source: Public
Federal Funding: $$5 billion (Treasury Board allocation)
LEED Status: Certified
Previous Rankings
| 2025 | 16 |
| 2024 | 15 |
| 2023 | 15 |
| 2022 | 16 |
| 2021 | 16 |
| 2020 | 14 |
| 2019 | 12 |
| 2018 | 18 |
| 2026 | 19 |
About The Project
The Government of Canada is undertaking a comprehensive rehabilitation of the Parliament buildings in Ottawa, including the rehabilitation of the Centre Block and the construction of Canada’s new Parliament Welcome Centre. The project includes: restoring the building’s stonework, wood, plaster, frescos, stained glass, marble and metalwork; replacing mechanical, electrical and fire safety systems; installing new information technology, multimedia and security systems; upgrading committee rooms to provide additional space as well as modern technology for broadcasting and translation; making the building more environmentally sustainable; building phase 2 of the Parliament Welcome Centre complex; and restoring the Peace Tower.
Project Owner: Government of Canada
Project/Construction Manager: PCL / EllisDon JV
Other Key Players: Turner & Townsend (risk management services); Colliers Project Leaders Inc. and Tiree (project management support services for Centre Block); Atwell-Morin (northern ventilation towers rehabilitation for Centre Block); Golder (WSP) (environmental engineering/geotechnical studies); Stantec (code consulting); Engineering Harmonics; Aon (risk advisor); Kasian, Moriyama & Teshima Architects (West Memorial Building architectural and interior design); Englobe; EXP; Entuitive (construction engineering services); GeoVerra; NORR Architects & Engineers; HKA (management consultant)
Architects: CENTRUS (WSP/HOK Architects); WSP (Centre Block Design Team)
Key Players
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Gold (15-19 Projects)
Silver (10-14 Projects)
Bronze (5-9 Projects)
- ACCIONA Infrastructure Canada
- Accuracy
- Alstom
- Associated Engineering
- Black & McDonald
- Blake, Cassels & Graydon
- Cartel Communication Systems
- COWI
- Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg
- DECAST Ltd.
- DIALOG
- EBC Inc.
- FlatironDragados
- GeoVerra
- HDR
- Hemmera
- Infrata
- Kasian
- Lakeland Consulting Inc.
- Lavery, de Billy
- LRI Engineering
- McMillan LLP
- Montrose Environmental
- Mott MacDonald
- Mulvey & Banani
- NORR Architects & Engineers Ltd.
- Osler
- Parkin Architects Ltd.
- Plenary Americas
- R.V. Anderson
- STRABAG Inc.
- Tiree
- Torys

