MDA’s exciting and unique facility will serve as a new Global Headquarters and Space Robotics Centre of Excellence in the city of Brampton. The state-of-the-art space will be home to the Canadaarm3 and over 700 employees at the front lines of the global space economy in Canada.
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Working with Kaneff Group, Crozier helped design the near 200,000 square-foot facility that will feature a 4-storey office building (76,000 sqft) and a large manufacturing and lab space (120,000 sqft) on a 3.9 hectare site.
Crozier’s civil engineering group started designs in December 2020 with a very aggressive schedule to submit three months later, to get construction up and running by summer 2021. A few of the biggest challenges included an environmentally sensitive area southwest of the property and a large parking area required as MDA will employ 700 people at this facility.
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“This new facility will be home to our growing team and will further unlock the potential of our world-class engineering and space mission expertise, while allowing us to bring to market a full suite of innovative commercial space robotics products that leverage Canadarm3 technology,” said Mike Greenley, Chief Executive Officer of MDA in a news release.
While currently under construction, the lab is scheduled to be operational by the end of 2022 and will contribute $1 billion into local economy.
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