$245 million project, Calgary Central Library construction on schedule.

Construction of Calgary’s Central Library has reached a milestone as the building is now considered weather-tight

Susan Veres, senior vice-president of the Calgary Municipal Land Corporation (CMLC) said, "We are on time and we are on budget.We are, right now, entering the final phase of construction on the library. We’re one year away from the opening.”

She added, “This library has been in the works, being planned, since the ‘90s. The City of Calgary has actually been very fastidiously setting aside budget for that since then."

The 280,000 square foot building is expected to host roughly two million visitors annually and Veres says it will be much more than a traditional library.CMLC plans to hand the building over to the Calgary Public Library in September 2018 ahead of the grand opening of the Central Library.