Government Operations committee  Thank you for that. Regarding the roof, which I understand to be your main question, I will turn to Ezio DiMillo to give you more details about the technical specifications of that roof, but I do wish to mention that we have come to the conclusion that this was the best option a

Government Operations committee  Thank you very much.

Government Operations committee  Thank you; that is kind of you, Mr. Chair. Thank you for your comments. We certainly share your excitement. All the team in PWGSC is mobilized, knowing that we are working on securing the legacy of built heritage for generations to come. We are also committed to doing so in a f

Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, we have been very fortunate in our competitive processes and tenders in the sense that we have received a high interest from the industry, and our competitive processes have all borne good results for us. I will turn to Ezio DiMillo once again to answer this in detail

Government Operations committee  Thank you very much for this question. Mr. Chair, at PWGSC we are very committed to maximizing the use of fair, open, and competitive processes to choose the contractors we work with. I can say that even the use of standing offers does not preclude the element of competition, si

Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question. Since I have been with the branch, I have not seen or heard any. I will turn to Joanne Monette to answer this question.

Government Operations committee  Thank you very much for your question. Mr. Chair, as I mentioned in my opening remarks, the West Block will be completed by 2017, in time for those celebrations. That includes the visitor welcome centre, which will be underground. The work on the East Block will not have started

Government Operations committee  Because of the LTVP premise of preserving the heritage for generations to come, we did not cost certain options, like levelling the buildings on the Hill and reconstructing new ones. We went to great lengths to preserve as much as we could of that heritage, including numbering th

Government Operations committee  I will start with the question on sustainability. We endeavour to adopt as many of the requirements as possible that are now included in the updated national building code. We are proud to say that during the implementation of the LTVP, the modernization of the building systems w

Government Operations committee  The Supplementary Estimates (B) just give PWGSC access to the amounts that the government has already approved. This is not new money, or money in addition to the project estimates that we gave you a little earlier. The $896,000 represents 0.3% of the LTVP, which, for 2013-2014,

Government Operations committee  Thank you very much for your comments and your question. Mr. Chair, we are very proud to say that despite the scope of this endeavour, our projects are indeed progressing on time and on budget, including the Sir John A. Macdonald Building for early 2015, as a date for the end of

Government Operations committee  We are already working on the impact of the Fair Representation Act on the requirements of our client. For the West Block, the design for the interim chamber is taking these requirements into consideration.

Government Operations committee  Yes, that is what I'm saying.

Government Operations committee  In this case, it was not. On the option of the rehabilitation, I will turn to Ezio, but I want to insist on the fact that we at PWGSC consult experts. We set engineering design workshops to make sure that our design options are challenged by the best experts and third party exper

Government Operations committee  The Government Conference Centre is another example of an innovative approach. We adjusted the strategy, which had Treasury Board approval. Now we are going to be able to move up the start date for work on Centre Block. This project is estimated at $190 million and includes majo