Camosun College hired CitySpaces as experienced project managers to implement the Trades Facility Renewal Project at its Interurban Campus. The project has now taken the form of the Camosun College Centre for Trades and Education and Innovation. This entirety of the work includes approximately 80,000 sf of new building floor area, the demolition and renovation of existing buildings, and associated site and servicing works. CitySpaces is providing project management services of planning, budgeting and financial control, construction, and completion phases, over an estimated 30-month timeline.
Skilled trade workers
According to a recent article in the Vancouver Sun by Ken Evans, CEO of the Industry Training Authority, British Columbia is in a time of economic opportunity fueled by energy sector development across the province. It is estimated that over the next decade there will be more than one million job openings in BC, with 104,600 of these jobs in the trades.
With the anticipated shortage of skilled trades workers, improving trades training facilities to provide the most up-to-date skills, adding more training spaces and apprenticeships, and encouraging greater participation by underrepresented groups (women, immigrants, aboriginal people) are key steps in ensuring the province has the human capital to meet the increased demand.
Camosun College is preparing to take on this challenge with the creation of the Camosun College Centre for Trades Education and Innovation. The project is scheduled to complete in 2016.
