Construction of Canada Post Office
- 82.463.05B
- Stuk
- ca.1954
Part of Biggar Photograph Collection
A view of the Canada Post federal building under construction on Main Street in Biggar, Saskatchewan
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Construction of Canada Post Office
Part of Biggar Photograph Collection
A view of the Canada Post federal building under construction on Main Street in Biggar, Saskatchewan
A lineup of equipment supplied by surrounding rural municipalities for excavating and preparing the ground to build the new Rosetown Sports Centre.
Sports - Rosetown Sports Centre
Photos of the construction of the Rosetown arena.
Thorvaldson Building - Construction
Aerial view of foundations of Thorvaldson Addition being laid.
Bio/Historical Note: The Chemistry Building was enlarged with an addition and was renamed in honour of Dr. Thorbergur Thorvaldson, professor and dean of Chemistry from 1919-1959. The Thorvaldson Building opened on 6 June 1966. Architect John B. Parkin’s modern design continued with exterior stone cladding. The near windowless, stone three-storey addition provided classrooms, undergraduate and research laboratories, offices, a library and service facilities.
Preparing to excavate for the new hospital. This could have been the contractor's equipment or possibly equipment from surrounding R.M.'s.
Thorvaldson Building - Construction
View of construction work on Thorvaldson addition in the winter.
Bio/Historical Note: The Chemistry Building was enlarged with an addition and was renamed in honour of Dr. Thorbergur Thorvaldson, professor and dean of Chemistry from 1919-1959. The Thorvaldson Building opened on 6 June 1966. Architect John B. Parkin’s modern design continued with exterior stone cladding. The near windowless, stone three-storey addition provided classrooms, undergraduate and research laboratories, offices, a library and service facilities.
Wooden structure in the early stages of construction. Cargill opened at its location off Highway 7 in 1976.
Administration Building - Addition - Construction
View looking north of concrete skeleton of the Administration Building addition. Sign in front of building reads: "Penn-Co construction". Sign below it reads: "Saskatchewan Builds - Administration Building - Alternate Accommodation - Opening Spring 1987 $5.6 million project 125 years of employment in construction and service industry 'Partnership for Progress'."
Bio/Historical Note: In 1979 portions of the Administration Building (College Building) were declared unsafe. The building that had been at the heart of University life for seven decades was showing its age. A weak roof structure and deteriorating cement precipitated action on the part of the University’s administration. From a number of options available, the choice was made to build a new building adjacent to the original structure. The Administration Building Addition (East Wing) was opened in October 1987, construction having began in the fall of 1985. Designed by Wiens Johnstone Architects of Regina and built by Penn-Co Construction of Calgary, the $6.6 million three-story stone-clad building contained 4,646 square metres of floor space, approximately the same office space as the College Building. The two buildings were directly linked with some of the College Building’s exterior walls in the addition’s interior space.
Administration Building - Addition - Construction
View looking south of concrete skeleton of the Administration Building addition.
Bio/Historical Note: In 1979 portions of the Administration Building (College Building) were declared unsafe. The building that had been at the heart of University life for seven decades was showing its age. A weak roof structure and deteriorating cement precipitated action on the part of the University’s administration. From a number of options available, the choice was made to build a new building adjacent to the original structure. The Administration Building Addition (East Wing) was opened in October 1987, construction having began in the fall of 1985. Designed by Wiens Johnstone Architects of Regina and built by Penn-Co Construction of Calgary, the $6.6 million three-story stone-clad building contained 4,646 square metres of floor space, approximately the same office space as the College Building. The two buildings were directly linked with some of the College Building’s exterior walls in the addition’s interior space.
Administration Building - Addition - Construction
View looking north of stone cladding nearly completed on the Administration Building addition. Sign in front reads: "Penn-Co construction". Sign below it reads: "Saskatchewan Builds - Administration Building - Alternate Accommodation - Opening Spring 1987 $5.6 million project 125 years of employment in construction and service industry 'Partnership for Progress'."
Bio/Historical Note: In 1979 portions of the Administration Building (College Building) were declared unsafe. The building that had been at the heart of University life for seven decades was showing its age. A weak roof structure and deteriorating cement precipitated action on the part of the University’s administration. From a number of options available, the choice was made to build a new building adjacent to the original structure. The Administration Building Addition (East Wing) was opened in October 1987, construction having began in the fall of 1985. Designed by Wiens Johnstone Architects of Regina and built by Penn-Co Construction of Calgary, the $6.6 million three-story stone-clad building contained 4,646 square metres of floor space, approximately the same office space as the College Building. The two buildings were directly linked with some of the College Building’s exterior walls in the addition’s interior space.
Provincial Normal School under construction
Part of City of Regina fonds
Postcard of the Provincial Normal School under construction.
Men posing with wheelbarrow and shovels
Part of City of Regina fonds
Four men in suits posing with wheelbarrow and shovels
Men posing with early day trencher
Part of City of Regina fonds
Men posing with an early day trencher used in the Boggy Creek waterworks project.
Construction of the Boggy Creek waterworks project
Part of City of Regina fonds
Construction of the Boggy Creek waterworks project, second treatment plant, Kingsway.
University Hospital - Cornerstone Laying Ceremony
Premier T.C. Douglas lays the cornerstone of University Hospital. Dignitaries join the Premier in attendance.
Bio/historical note: Designed by Webster and Gilbert, architects, and built between 1948 and 1955 by Smith Bros. and Wilson, contractors, at a cost of $7 million, the 6-storey, 7-wing University Hospital was officially opened by T.J. Bentley, Saskatchewan Minister of Health, in May 1955. The name was officially changed to Royal University Hospital on 23 May 1990.