Fanshawe College Holds Groundbreaking Ceremony

Fanshawe College, London Campus held a groundbreaking ceremony for our new Centre for Applied Transportation Technologies on Friday, November 20, 2009. The construction launch is a significant event for the College and the City of London. The project has received federal and provincial funding totalling over $31 million through the Knowledge Infrastructure Program and Ontario's 2009 Budget.

Left to right: MP Ed Holder, Fanshawe President Howard Rundle, MPP Khalil Ramal, Technology Dean Rod Cameron, and Board Chair Frank Highley admire an on-site vehicle.

The new 148,000 square-foot centre at 1764 Oxford Street East will be created from a repurposed building adjacent to the College's London Campus. The state-of-the-art facility will have 16 classrooms, 13 labs and seven shops equipped to simulate real world scenarios in trades and technologies that support the transportation industry. The centre will accommodate 1,500 full-time students and will feature a range of environmental construction techniques including a green roof system over shop areas and solar hot water heating.

Funding for this project is being provided by the Government of Canada's Knowledge Infrastructure Program and through the Ontario Government's 2009 Budget.

Among officials attending were Ed Holder, MP, London West; Khalil Ramal, MPP, London-Fanshawe; and Dr. Howard Rundle, President, Fanshawe College.

For more information about Fanshawe's new Centre for Applied Transportation Technologies, please visit the website at www.fanshawec.ca/1764oxford.