Phase 1 of the Saskatoon Civic Operations Centre involved the greenfield construction of a Transit Operations Facility and a Snow Management Facility. The 440,000 sq. ft. Transit Operations Facility is LEED-certified and has the capacity to store 224 regular-sized and articulated City of Saskatoon buses, with room for future growth. It also includes administrative offices, fare collection, quick service, fueling, and wash lanes. Additionally, it has maintenance bays and inspection pits for fleet maintenance, paint booths, rooms for tire replacement and upholstery repair, a dispatch area, as well as meeting and training rooms. The Snow Management Facility has the capacity to store 1 million cubic metres of snow and stockpile up to 10 metres high. This includes a meltwater collection site where water can be assessed for environmental impacts before being released into storm sewers.

EllisDon also constructed a berm, averaging four metres in height. The berm was constructed on the CN Railway and the Montgomery Place neighbourhood. It is made up of native soil stockpiled from the site with 300 mm of topsoil covered with a blend of native grass seed. The berm provides a visual break for the residents in the nearby neighbourhood from the facility and operations at the Civic Operations Centre and CN tracks.