Plans to restore Somerset House heritage building – which partially collapsed in late 2007 – are crumbling as owners temporarily abandon attempts to get a building permit. 
Susan Krashinsky, Centretown NewsSomerset House owners are still unable to get a building permit from the city to begin re-construction.
Month: March 2009
Photo museum to be parliamentary space
The federal Department of Public Works will convert the former Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography on Wellington Street into committee rooms for MPs, allowing them to proceed with a major renovation of the West Block in 2010 – four years earlier than planned.
Upgrade to prevent sewer spills
The City of Ottawa is set to upgrade a sewer chamber in its wastewater system located at a key Centretown juncture.
Concern over sprinklers in new homes unwarranted
Take a look around the modern-day home. If a fire breaks out, those laminate floors and shellacked coffee tables could stimulate flames and cut escape time substantially, says Duncan McNaughton, a fire protection engineer for Ottawa Fire Services. 
Max McBride Peterson, Centretown NewsDuncan McNaughton is pushing for a bylaw to make sprinkler systems mandatory in new homes.