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BGS outlines $1.5M sewer repair for Bloomer building; project part of larger $8.9M renovation
Summary
Department of Buildings and General Services described plans to reconstruct a box culvert and replace a basement slab at the Bloomer building to stop basement flooding. Staff said $1.5 million is proposed for FY26 for sewer work; the building's total renovation is estimated at $8.9 million with $5 million identified in later years.
Department of Buildings and General Services (BGS) staff told the Collections and Institutions Committee that the Bloomer building requires a substantial sewer repair to stop groundwater and combined-sewer inflow from flooding the basement.
Joe, a BGS presenter, said the work will involve removing and rebuilding a box culvert under the slab and rebuilding a substantial section of basement slab so sewer flows no longer enter the basement. He told the committee…
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