KING CITY - Infrastructure Ontario and Seneca College have issued a request for qualifications (RFQ) to pre-qualify companies to design, build and finance the first phase of the Seneca King Campus expansion in King City, York Region.
As a first step in support of Seneca's King Campus Master Plan, the project will create space for 1,450 additional students while enhancing the quality of student learning and the campus life experience. When complete, King Campus will provide teaching and learning opportunities for more than 5,000 full-time students.
The King Campus expansion project includes:
- a new academic facility to accommodate approximately 25 new classrooms, computer labs, specialty labs for training health care practitioners, a library, learning commons, and student study space;
- a new student centre, which will include a multi-purpose athletic and recreation space featuring a gymnasium, fitness centre, informal study areas and event spaces, partially funded by the Seneca Student Federation and the Student Athletics Association; and,
- upgrades to Garriock Hall - the main academic facility - and to existing site services.
This project will be built using Infrastructure Ontario's alternative financing and procurement delivery model - a public-private partnership model - that transfers risks associated with designing, constructing and financing a building to the private sector.
Infrastructure Ontario and the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities are working together with Seneca to procure and deliver the new facilities.
Infrastructure Ontario is a crown agency of the Province of Ontario that delivers large, complex infrastructure renewal projects on time and on budget. Over the last seven years, the province has applied Infrastructure Ontario's alternative financing and procurement model to more than 90 major projects valued at approximately $41 billion dollars. Infrastructure Ontario also manages one of the largest real estate portfolios in Canada, provides municipalities and eligible public sector clients with financing to renew public infrastructure, and leverages its private-sector expertise to manage major commercial transactions on behalf of the province.
With campuses across the Greater Toronto Area, Seneca offers degrees, diplomas and certificates renowned for their quality and respected by employers. Combining the highest academic standards with practical, hands-on learning, expert teaching faculty and the latest technology ensures Seneca graduates are career-ready.
Visit www.infrastructureontario.ca or www.senecacollege.ca for more information.
Quotes:
Honourable Brad Duguid, Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities
“The expansion of Seneca College's King Campus is another long-term investment our government is making to improve student access to the world-class postsecondary education they need to compete in the 21st century global economy.”
Honourable Glenn Murray, Minister of Infrastructure and Minister of Transportation
“Developing the next generation of Ontario's workforce requires that we make investments into learning environments like Seneca College King Campus so that we build capacity in our capital and human infrastructure well into the future.”
Dr. Helena Jaczek, MPP, Oak Ridges--Markham
“Seneca's King Campus site expansion is a welcome project for our York Region community, which will offer more educational and training opportunities for our students.”
David Agnew, President, Seneca College
“This exciting project will allow Seneca to continue to meet the needs of our students with new and revitalized space, while allowing us to accommodate the growing demand for post-secondary education in York Region.”
Contacts:
Lisa DiMenna
Infrastructure Ontario
416-326-9378
Emily Milic
Seneca College
416-491-5050 ext. 77018
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