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Government is investing in vital post-secondary infrastructure projects across Alberta.
Every year, the Government of Alberta (GoA) prepares a Capital Plan that outlines its investments in infrastructure projects across the province.
Budget 2018 provided $1.4 billion for publicly funded post-secondary capital projects and capital maintenance and renewal.
Table 1. Capital Plan 2018-23 details ($000s)
Advanced Education | 2018-19 estimate | 2019-20 target | 2020-21 target | 2021-22 projected | 2022-23 projected | 5 year total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Keyano College - campus upgrades | 7,789 | - | - | - | - | 7,789 |
Medicine Hat College - East Campus development | 4,270 | - | - | - | - | 4,270 |
Northern Lakes College - High Prairie consolidation | - | 10,500 | 10,230 | - | - | 20,730 |
University of Alberta - Dentistry Pharmacy - functional renewal of building | 52,000 | 43,000 | 44,000 | 44,000 | 56,000 | 239,000 |
University of Alberta - district energy system | 13,600 | 9,100 | 4,900 | 1,900 | - | 29,500 |
University of Calgary - MacKimmie Complex | 74,996 | 94,967 | 60,037 | 32,000 | - | 262,000 |
University of Lethbridge Destination Project | 27,211 | 22,700 | - | - | - | 49,911 |
Capital maintenance and renewal | 118,500 | 118,500 | 118,500 | 190,000 | 190,000 | 735,500 |
Strategic Investment Fund | 28,151 | - | - | - | - | 28,151 |
Advanced Education total | 326,517 | 298,767 | 237,667 | 267,900 | 246,000 | 1,376,851 |
Read the complete 2018 Capital Plan (PDF, 2.5 MB).
Project details
This project will help the college address deterioration and safety issues in its facilities.
As part of this project, the Heating Plant will be upgraded to address ageing components at the college’s main campus:
GoA investment
$15.6 million, including $7.8 million announced in Budget 2018
Expected completion
Targeted for 2019
Project details
The Government of Alberta is investing in Medicine Hat College’s East Campus development.
The East Campus Development project will:
GoA investment
$4.27 million
Expected completion
Targeted for 2019
High Prairie is an important hub to the training needs of the Northern Lakes College service region. This project will:
This facility will further trades and industrial training, as well as fundamental education, which are paramount in the future development of Alberta’s northwestern region.
GoA investment
21.7 million
Expected completion
Targeted for 2021
Project details
The renewal of this historically significant building takes advantage of its excellent architecture and incorporates contemporary building operations and maintenance systems to support administrative, teaching, learning and research activities on the North Campus. This project:
GoA investment
$249 million, including $239 million announced in Budget 2018
Expected completion
Targeted for 2023
A District Energy System (DES) centralizes the production of heating, cooling and electricity for a neighbourhood or community. In general, it is more efficient than having separate systems in each building because it uses less fuel and reduces maintenance, transportation and distribution costs.
The University of Alberta (U of A) owns and operates the fifth largest District Energy System in North America. The heating plant burns gas and uses cogeneration technology to capture the heat emitted as a by-product of electrical generation. Heat that would otherwise be lost is reused to heat campus buildings.
DES is a public utility that serves:
Combining heat and power, the DES will meet the energy needs of new facilities and transition existing facilities to the system with capacity to provide service to some government facilities in the future. A carbon reduction success, the DES:
To support increased electrical capacity and distribution while addressing operational and safety risks, Alberta government funding supports two system upgrades:
GoA investment
$29.5 million
Expected completion
Targeted for 2022
Project details
The MacKimmie Complex is integral to the future master planning of research, academic and student spaces across the U of C campus. The renewal of this complex will address the projected enrolment demand in the Calgary region.
Better space utilization will support future expansion while saving a significant amount on demolition and new construction. This project:
GoA investment
$262 million, in addition to $17 million previously provided for retrofit planning funds
Expected completion
Targeted for 2022
Project details
The Destination Project will help define the university’s direction for the future. There will be 38,400 square metres added to the campus footprint. The building will serve students across the science disciplines with modern lab and learning spaces. It will also include an incubation space for industry so entrepreneurs and investors can bring their ideas to life.
A state-of-the-art science facility will enhance the university’s ability to attract the best and brightest students and top researchers to Lethbridge and Alberta. It is expected to increase student capacity by 450 full-time students.
Fostering a community of science at the university and in southern Alberta, this project will:
An outdated and over-crowded science building will be replaced to provide more space, deliver competitive science programs and offer world-class research opportunities in:
GoA investment
$247.7 million, including $49.9 million announced in Budget 2018
Expected completion
Targeted for 2019
The Capital Maintenance and Renewal (CMR) program provides funds to 21 publicly funded post-secondary institutions on an annual basis. These funds will be used to:
Infrastructure Maintenance Program funding is provided on a formula basis, taking into consideration the:
$735.5 million over five years
Several projects receive funding from the provincial government and the federal government’s Post-Secondary Institutions Strategic Investment Fund (SIF). SIF is a $2 billion initiative designed to modernize research and commercialization facilities at Canadian universities, colleges and polytechnics.
The ministry received $28.15 million from the federal government and will provide funding to post-secondary institutions in fiscal 2018-19.
Find out more about the Post-Secondary Institutions Strategic Investment Fund (SIF).
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