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Facility’s construction because they've heard about Photo courtesy of Plenary Properties Gatineau.
“We’ve asked the private partner
how well the project's gone.
(Plenary Properties Gatineau)
to basically build a mega fridge
Ethier is also proud of the fact that they executed a
with very strict, energy-targeted
true Public-Private Partnership “without Plenaries
environmental conditions with
Properties Gatineau working for us, or us working
sustainability and durability
for them. The building is designed to meet the
factors built-in...It wasn’t an easy
energy target that we have identified. It's also one of
job for them to design and start
the largest public building infrastructure projects in
construction on this facility but
Canada; it's amazing if you think about it.
they did an amazing job.”

Ethier also says people within Library and Archives
Canada were very generous with their time, https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/about-us/our-

expertise and knowledge that helped tremendously infrastructure-projects/new-preservation-facility/

toward developing the project, as well as Public Pages/new-preservation-facility.aspx
Service and Procurement Canada, who helped

develop contracts for the project.

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