It’s been six weeks since Calgary’s City Hall was shut down after flooding and officials say it will take a while before things are up and running.
The media was given an inside look into the repairs at the facility on Wednesday as part of the city’s effort to provide an update on how repairs are coming along.
On Tuesday, the city revealed that the price tag on repairs currently sits at $400M and is expected to grow from there.
Officials say that $27M from that total will be used to fix five hard-hit municipal buildings.
During the course of repairs, workers say they removed 64 dumpsters full of debris and silt from the building and had to commit alot of resources to repair the mechanical, electrical, and computer systems.
Power is still an issue at the building and all the lighting, elevators, and mechanical systems have all needed to be replaced.
However, 1,100 people are now able to work at the building and arrangements have been made to accommodate workspaces for 1,300 others, including working from home.
The city hopes to be able to hold council meetings back in chambers sometime next month.
Of all the areas damaged in the flooding, the parkage was the hardest hit, suffering about $4M in damage.
Crews had to pump out 55M litres of water out of the parkade, about the same volume as 22 Olympic-sized swimming pools.
The seven-level parkade isn’t expected to open until December.
