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, as I mentioned in my opening remarks, is really geared towards starting the rehabilitation of the Centre Block before the building systems are slated to become at critical risk of failure. We have several studies that point out that most of the building systems will be in that state starting in 2019. All the rest of the LTVP is actually a sequencing map to get to that priority. We have started by creating space so we can empty the buildings in the order of priority that the building condition reports were suggesting we should be adopting. What you have seen, for example, is the emptying of the West Block in 2011. That was predicated on creating enough space around the Hill, in the precinct, to be able to accommodate the functions that had to exit the West Block.
The Sir John A. Macdonald building will be ready in just a few weeks, and it will house the room 200 functions. Following that, we will see the completion of the Wellington building in 2016, allowing us to move out the members of Parliament offices from the Centre Block.
The next project to be finalized will be the West Block in 2017, and that will house the chamber functions for the House of Commons. We also need to make sure that we have interim accommodation space and chamber space available for the Senate before 2018. To support that, we are now rehabilitating the government conference centre, which will be ready for 2018. That will house the Senate interim chamber, as well as main offices for the leadership. We will also be working on some lease space.
This is the key sequencing that will allow us to make sure that the Centre Block is empty on time for the start of that rehabilitation project in 2018.