Highly Resourceful
The Canadian mining industry is changing. In years past, mining in the north involved open-pit, placer or below-ground operations, often dangerous and physically demanding work. Increasingly catering to junior mining companies engaged in exploration, the resource economy now puts more emphasis on classroom training for operating and maintaining complex machinery.
The design team took advantage of the site?s flat topography and expansive views to provide an inspiring and practical centre for training and heavy-equipment maintenance. Photo by Andew Latreille
By 2014, the federal government had provided Yukon College with funding to create a centre that could offer local education, training and research in Yukon. The selected six-acre site is located at the north-east corner of the Yukon College campus, near the Yukon College Arts Centre, on a plateau with expansive views to the Yukon River Valley. The design team had to work around the presence of a major high voltage line to the north and Yukon College?s ring roads to the west. The site, 77 metres above the downtown area, is mostly flat and needed little intervention, an important asset given the weight of vehicles such as giant graders, which have to be maneuvered on firm, stable ground. The Centre provides on-site instruction for local workers who would otherwise have to travel to southern centres for continuing education and training. Photo by Andrew Latreille.
Like many industrial and education buildings in Canada?...
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