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Timmins contractor awarded university campus project

Cy Rheault Construction of Timmins has been awarded a $34-million contract for Laurentian University’s campus modernization project.
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Cy Rheault Construction of Timmins has been awarded a $34-million contract for Laurentian University’s campus modernization project.

Cy Rheault Construction of Timmins has been awarded a $34-million contract for Laurentian University’s campus modernization project.

The project, which represents a major renewal for the Sudbury campus, will mean new construction, plus upgrades and renovations to nine campus buildings over two years.

Scheduled completion is December, 2016.

The work involves renovations inside the Alphonse Raymond Building, improvements to more than 20 classrooms and 10 teaching labs, construction of the Indigenous Sharing and Learning Centre, and creation of the University Club and Executive Learning Centre inside the Fraser Building.

Cy Rheault previously worked on the first phase of the School of Architecture last year and did the renovations to a student residence building earlier this year.

The preliminary phase of the campus modernization was carried out earlier this year by Prosperi Construction Company of Sudbury that involved renovations to the Science Building and the School of Education.

Work will begin immediately on the renewal of the Alphonse Raymond building, which has been closed since September. The building will be given a new entrance, will have new classrooms and offices, and will be fully accessible. Work on that building will be done by next summer.

“We’re going to see construction trailers and fencing on campus for the next couple of years, but by managing the project in stages we’ll be able to work through it,” said Brad Parkes, the school’s executive director of facility services.

“We are looking ahead to the next fifty years, and we are excited about the scope and the vision of this transformative program,” said Laurentian University president and vice-chancellor Dominic Giroux. “We are confident the planned projects will serve to enhance the student experience at Laurentian, while achieving several of the targeted outcomes in our strategic plan.”