Government Operations committee  We expect everything to be finished by the end of March. By “everything”, I mean substantial construction. With this kind of a building, as with any home construction or renovation project, there is always some finishing work to be done afterwards, but the building will be substa

Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question. According to our 2014-15 report on plans and priorities, the work should be 70% complete by March 31. I'm happy to tell you that, as of now....

Government Operations committee  We will actually be ahead of that projection. We expect the work to be 73% complete by the end of March.

Government Operations committee  Yes. Some work has already been completed, including the installation of surveillance cameras and retractable bollards, which now stand at certain entry points. We are working closely with our partners and the RCMP to ensure that design drawings for any of our future projects in

Government Operations committee  In terms of the design—the architectural drawings for the conference centre—we expected to be at the halfway point, and that's exactly where we are. The project is still in its infancy. It is only 10% complete.

Government Operations committee  This is, indeed, one of our driving principles, as we embarked on the long-term vision and plan. The plan itself respects not only the evolving requirements from the parliamentary partners, but also the need to preserve these heritage buildings for generations to come. The LTVP

Government Operations committee  That's a very interesting question. On the first part, yes, we are keeping records of the work in pictures and video in some cases, and we are working on ways to make this information available to Canadians. Right now our website provides a lot of information on the projects und

Government Operations committee  This is only an apparent contradiction. The planned spending in the main estimates and the RPP is really just that—a plan. The DPR recognizes the actual spending done and registered at the end of the year. The $44 million reflects an acceleration of work, mainly on the West Block

Government Operations committee  The initial layout of the expenditures over several fiscal years reflects planning early on for these projects. As we start the work, we work very closely with the construction manager and the designer, the prime consultant, to see what work packages can be done in parallel inste

Government Operations committee  That is a fair question, Mr. Chair, but it is not about accelerating the work to be able to stay on time. Our evaluation of being on time...and by the way, if I can specify, this is not a PWGSC internal estimate. We have third-party costs and schedule experts that help us do that

Government Operations committee  I have spoken in my introductory remarks about the six major crown projects and major capital projects. Those are all on time and on budget. The indicators of on time and on budget that you see in the departmental performance report for 2013-14 include other kinds of projects und

Government Operations committee  Those are four recapitalization projects. One of them is the Canada's Four Corners envelope rehabilitation of the building on the corner of Metcalfe and Sparks. The project scope had to be revised because of a building condition report showing that other facades needed work. We a

Government Operations committee  We are working very closely with the RCMP and the parliamentary partners to see what recent developments and security requirements are introduced and their impacts on the projects under way and for projects coming up. Depending on the design maturity of those projects, we can rea

Government Operations committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Good morning, honourable members. Thank you for inviting us. I am here this morning with Mr. Ezio DiMillo, the director general responsible for the major crown projects in the parliamentary precinct. I appreciate this opportunity to update you

Government Operations committee  I know those words are kind of scary, but they're really true. I can give you the example of what happened with the West Block. Two weeks after we vacated the West Block, there was a significant break of water pipes and there was significant flooding. That means that if the build