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will be closing its doors to the public following a report from professional engineers which found “serious structural deficiencies” with the roof of the building.
Closing the facility effective immediately will allow staff the time needed to safely remove exhibits and pivot programming and operations from the building over the next few months, he noted. It is expected to be vacated by Oct. 31. The business case was based upon a building condition assessment that was done by Pinchin Ltd. engineers in April 2022. At the time, experts concluded at least $478 million in capital repair would be required to help repair and replace outdated infrastructure at the present facility.
They engaged Rimkus Consulting almost immediately, Lindsay recalled, to talk about the presence of RAAC at the Ontario Science Centre in each one of the three major buildings which make up the facility. “We’ve been able to mitigate that risk but the reality is that the roof of the science centre is now really at the end of its life and there is a need to comprehensively replace the RAAC panels in the roof,” said Lindsay. “Our engineers at Rimkus have told us in no uncertain terms that in all cases by October 31 of this year ultimately the roof would need to be remediated or replaced in order for people to be in the building.”“It’s a very, very significant construction job,” he said.
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