Algonquin trades for the future

From the Ottawa Citizen on January 15, 2009.

When Algonquin College's landmark $77-million Centre for Construction Excellence opens in two years, it will have a grass-covered roof bigger than a football field, a five-storey indoor "biowall" covered with plants, and toilets that flush with storm water.

More important, the centre is expected to add 600 spaces to the 2,500 existing Algonquin spaces for students in the skilled trades and construction, taking a bite out of a skills shortage that plagues Canada's building industry.

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