While the Canadian national government is putting the finishing touches for a country-wide infrastructure program, the city of Calgary is experiencing its own construction boomlet, with a number of major projects either just completed, getting underway or entering the final planning stages. Three major Calgary construction projects give the Alberta construction industry key stages of project completion, with a $2.6-billion (CAN) airport terminal that opened Oct. 31, work continuing on the $245-million (CAN) New Central Library and the announcement of a $1.2-billion (CAN) New Calgary Cancer Centre.
The 2-million-sq-ft Calgary International Airport expansion included 15 years of planning and five years of construction in order to open 24 new aircraft gates and streamlined customs areas. The International Terminal allows YCC to move all U.S. and international flight operations to the new facility, the largest single infrastructure program in the airport’s history. The terminal opening comes on the heels of a 2014 opening of Canada’s longest runway.