Rendering Courtesy of Library and Archives Canada
Designed by B+H Architects, Canada?s forthcoming national preservation facility has won silver in this year?s National Awards for Innovation and Excellence in Public-Private Partnerships. Once completed, the Library and Archives Canada facility will be the world?s largest automated storage and retrieval system for archival collections.
The awards are presented by The Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships (CCPPP) since 1998. They will be awarded at CCPPP?s 27th annual conference on November 18 at the Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel.
?Congratulations to Library and Archives Canada?s Gatineau 2 Project team for winning the silver project development award in this year?s National Awards for Innovation and Excellence in Public-Private Partnerships,? said Mark Romoff, president and CEO of CCPPP. The project is among five award recipients this year. The winning projects, located in the Northwest Territories, Québec, Alberta and Ontario, showcase the diversity of projects using P3s to deliver innovative infrastructure that best serves the economic and social needs of Canadians.
?We are quickly approaching the 30-year mark for the use of P3s in Canada and have 285 projects in operation or under construction, which is why it?s so exciting to see there are still new ways the public and private sectors and Indigenous communities can work together to find innovative and sustainable approaches to developing, financing and mainta...