Demolition continues through November - Confederation Centre of the Arts

Earlier this week, the Centre launched the public phase of the $71.5 million Shared Voices campaign in support of our new cultural leadership institute. For updates on the campaign and to donate visit confederationcentre.com/sharedvoices

Over the past month crews have made significant progress on the interior demolition phase of our project. The former library space is now stripped back to the cinder blocks, and work continues in the former administrative and arts education offices. The next stage will see a large section of the main floor of the former library removed.

This week, the server room was relocated to the former wardrobe storage space in the backstage area. This is a significant piece of work that will allow the Centre to continue doing business over the course of the renovation.

On Wednesday, the public tender closed for building envelope construction which includes the rehearsal hall. This is the largest of the trade packages that went out for bidding for the project. That tender was awarded to Brighton Construction. They are one of over 40 Island companies who have been involved in the project thus far. They include:

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On Wednesday, the public tender closed for building envelope construction, which includes the rehearsal hall. This is the largest of the trade packages that went out for bidding for the project. That tender was awarded to Brighton Construction. They are one of over 40 Island companies who have been involved in the project thus far. They include:

Aliance Security
Alltech
Ashe Roofing
Bevan Brothers
Billard Construction
Brighton Construction
Brunswick Rentals
Cat Rental
Chris Welsh Construction
Coastal Entrance Solutions
Complete Fusion Welding
CompassTech
Dalmac
E.B. Brown’s Crane Service
Eastern Fence
EMCO
Fastsigns
Fitzgerald and Snow
Graybar
Hansen Electric

IWMC
Island Abatement
Island Painting
Island Sprinkler
J&S Sheet Metal
Kent Building Supplies
Liberty Locksmith
McQuaid’s Mobile Storage
MCA
Metro Building Supplies
Midland
Mr. Plumber
Morrell Construction
O’Connor Glass
Office Interiors
Olympia Electric
PEI Junk Removal
Pressed 4 Time
Red Roof Luxury
Red Seal Glass
Richardson Associates

These companies and their employees are seeing immediate benefits from our project. Almost all this investment will stay in the community for the benefit of the economy and individual Islanders.

Last week, the Centre hosted provincial Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Ernie Hudson and Charlottetown Mayor Philip Brown for a tour of the project. We are grateful for the support for our project from all levels of government.

These companies and their employees are seeing immediate benefits from our project. Almost all this investment will stay in the community for the benefit of the economy and individual Islanders.

**Lead architect Alec Brown, provincial Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Ernie Hudson, Charlottetown Mayor Philip Brown, Centre CEO Steve Bellamy, and Centre Board Chair Robert Sear.**

Staff here at the Centre continue to finalize designs for the safety partition that will be constructed in early January to allow work on areas that front on Victoria Row to be carried out safely. The partition will be located on the street next to the patios. The latest schedules show that the partition will be in place from January to June 2025. The partition will come down in June so Islanders and visitors will be able to enjoy the Row as they always have over the summer. It will go up again in October 2025 and will stay in place until the project is substantially completed in May 2026.

We will provide another update before Christmas.