PROJECT FACTS AND FIGURES
Size of the Trades and Technology Complex:
Approximately 740,000 square feet.
Including 29,917 m3 of concret, enough to lay a sidewalk from Calgary to Lethbridge.
And 5,734,612 kg of rebar that if made it into a solid cube it would be the size of a large house.
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Total planned project cost:
$400 million:
$300M - Government of Alberta
$75M - First Campaign Milestone
$25M - Second Campaign Milestone
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The Trades and Technology Complex will add:
Space for up to an additional 8,100 full and part-time students each year in hands-pn, career-oriented training.
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Schools within the Trades and Technology Complex:
- MacPhail School of Energy
- School of Construction
- School of Manufacturing and Automation.
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Special spaces within the Trades and Technology Complex:
- Enerplus Centre for Innovation
- Career Exploration Centre
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Groundbreaking begins:
2009
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Trades and Technology Complex opening:
- Power Engineering Building - 2011
- Aldred Centre - 2012
- Johnson-Cobbe Energy Centre - 2012
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Campaign Cabinet:
Led by Heather Culbert, the Promising Futures Campaign Cabinet is a group of forward-thinking industry leaders who will provide key industry insight, generate support and build awareness for the project.
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Donors:
We salute the extraordinary generosity of our donors and supporters for their deep-seated commitment to create opportunities for our future generation of students.
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Milestones:
- A combined gift of $4 million from Susan and Doug Ramsay and Ron Mathison. In honour of their generosity, the third floor of the Johnson-Cobbe Energy Centre will be named the Ramsay Centre for Petroleum Engineering Technology and included on the floor will be ther Mathison Drilling and Geosciences Lab Suite.
- $7 million from Jane and Stan Grad. In recognition of their give the Heart Building will be named the Stan Grad Centre. In addition, Stan Grad requested that the SAIT Library be named after his former instructor and mentor, Reg Erhardt.
- $10 million from Connie and Murray Cobbe and Barbara and David Johnson. SAIT named the West Wing of the complex the Johnson-Cobbe Energy Centre to honour their generosity.
- $15 million from John and Cheryl Aldred of Calgary. SAIT will name the Centre Wing of the Trades and Technology Complex the Aldred Centre in honour of this history-making contribution.
- $10 million from the Founding Builders Leadership Circle, an elite group of industry leaders from the residential construction sector.
- $5 million from Enerplus Resources Fund to name the Enerplus Innovation Centre.
- $10 million from Keith MacPhail, PT '81, Chairman and CEO of Bonavista Energy Trust. SAIT named the MacPhail School of Energy in his honour.
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Architect:
Calgary based Gibbs Gage Architects is recognized as an industry leader for its innovative and award-winning design. Since its inception in 1983, it has become one of the largest architectural firms in Western Canada. Some of its best known projects are the Round-Up Centre at Stampede Park, the Banff Centre and Eighth Avenue Place twin high-rise office complex in downtown Calgary, formerly know as the Penny Lane Towers.
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INDUSTRY RELIES ON SAIT FOR SKILLED EMPLOYEES:
- 17,400 – The number of workers in Alberta that retired in 2010. 190,000 are expected to retire by 2020.
- 72,000 – The number of workers the oilfield sector will need to hire over the next decade.
- 77,000 – Shortage of workers predicated for Alberta over the next decade.
- 337,000 – The number of workers age 55+ in Alberta in 2010. Doubled from 167,000 in 2000.
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A combined gift of $4 million from Susan and Doug Ramsay and Ron Mathison. In honour of their generosity, the third floor of the Johnson-Cobbe Energy Centre will be named the Ramsay Centre for Petroleum Engineering Technology and included on the floor will be ther Mathison Drilling and Geosciences Lab Suite.
$7 million from Jane and Stan Grad. In recognition of their give the Heart Building will be named the Stan Grad Centre. In addition, Stan Grad requested that the SAIT Library be named after his former instructor and mentor, Reg Erhardt.
$10 million from Connie and Murray Cobbe and Barbara and David Johnson. SAIT named the West Wing of the complex the Johnson-Cobbe Energy Centre to honour their generosity.
$15 million from John and Cheryl Aldred of Calgary. SAIT will name the Centre Wing of the Trades and Technology Complex the Aldred Centre in honour of this history-making contribution.
$10 million from the Founding Builders Leadership Circle, an elite group of industry leaders from the residential construction sector.
$5 million from Enerplus Resources Fund to name the Enerplus Innovation Centre.
$10 million from Keith MacPhail, PT '81, Chairman and CEO of Bonavista Energy Trust. SAIT named the MacPhail School of Energy in his honour.
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