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President's Message: UPEI School of Sustainable Design Engineering update

Below is a message from President Abd-El-Aziz that was issued earlier today to the University community
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Dear Members of the University Community,

A New Year brings new, exciting challenges and opportunities, and 2016 is promising to be a year of monumental achievement in the history of both UPEI and the province of Prince Edward Island.

It is with great excitement that I write with the latest update on the construction of UPEI’s new School of Sustainable Design Engineering. I invited the UPEI Board of Governors to tour the facility yesterday prior to their regular meeting. Associate Dean of Engineering Nicholas Krouglicof and I donned our steel-toed boots to show off a point of pride and innovative development at UPEI. I know it is safe to say that our board members were duly impressed.

Click here to view photos from our tour, as well as a previous visit by the Honourable Richard Brown, Minister of Workforce and Advanced Learning.

It is easy to be awestruck with the pace of construction, and if you drive or walk by the site regularly, I am sure you have seen firsthand how quickly our state-of-the-art 76,000 square foot building has been progressing. The exterior is now complete and trades are well along on the interior. And, I am pleased to report that the building is on budget and on schedule to welcome students in September 2016.

This facility, and the progressive teaching and learning it houses, will be where innovation meets action. Once completed, there will be many fascinating features including a green roof, roof-mounted wind energy array, and photovoltaic (solar panel) array. The interior will include industry partner labs, ideation spaces, design studios, and a signature “learning stairwell.”

The project is also remarkable because approximately 96 per cent of the labour force tasked with design and construction is local. I would like to thank the PEI companies who have contributed to date:

  • Island Coastal Services
  • Southern Kings Construction
  • MacDougall Steel
  • Arsenault Brothers
  • A49 Architecture
  • MCM Bricklayers
  • Ashe Roofing
  • Bevan Brothers
  • Hansen Electric
  • Island Steel
  • Tile Master
  • Constable Painting
  • MCA Consultants
  • Richardson Associates

Please also join me in thanking and congratulating the hardworking teams who made this achievement possible: UPEI Faculty of Science and UPEI School of Sustainable Design Engineering faculty and staff, administrative staff from across campus, students, the industry advisory committee, and our government partners. So many have worked diligently to build this inspiring facility that will positively affect countless lives through the design of sustainable solutions for challenges in our local, regional, and global communities. The UPEI School of Sustainable Design Engineering will lead to immeasurable benefits in the fields of science and engineering for many years to come.

I am so excited and look forward to sharing more UPEI School of Sustainable Design Engineering success stories with you, the country, and the world.

Best wishes,


Alaa  

 

Dr. Alaa S. Abd-El-Aziz
President and Vice-Chancellor
University of Prince Edward Island   

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