PROJECT FACTS AND FIGURES
Size of the Trades and Technology Complex:
Approximately 740,000 square feet
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Total planned project cost:
$445-million
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The Trades and Technology Complex will add:
Capacity for an additional 8,100 students:
- 6,000 additional apprentices
- 2,100 additional certificate, diploma and applied degree graduates
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Schools within the Trades and Technology Complex:
MacPhail School of Energy, School of Construction, and the School of Manufacturing and Automation.
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Special spaces within the Trades and Technology Complex:
Enerplus Innovation Centre and the career exploration centre
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Groundbreaking begins:
2009
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Trades and Technology Complex opening:
2012
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Campaign Cabinet:
Led by Keith MacPhail, the Promising Futures Campaign Cabinet is a group of forward-thinking industry leaders who will provide key industry insight, generate support and build awareness for the project.
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Donors:
We salute the extraordinary generosity of our donors and supporters
for their deep-seated commitment to create opportunities for our future generation of students.
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Milestones:
- $15 million from John and Cheryl Aldred of Calgary. SAIT will name the Centre Wing of the Trades and Technology Complex the Aldred Centre in honour of this history-making contribution.
- $10 million from Keith MacPhail, PT '81, Chairman and CEO of Bonavista Energy Trust. SAIT named the MacPhail School of Energy in his honour.
- $5 million from Enerplus Resources Fund to name the Enerplus Innovation Centre.
- $10 million from the Founding Builders Leadership Circle, an elite group of industry leaders from the residential construction sector.
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Architect:
Calgary based Gibbs Gage Architects is recognized as an industry leader for its innovative and award-winning design. Since its inception in 1983, it has become one of the largest architectural firms in Western Canada. Some of its best known projects are the Round-Up Centre at Stampede Park, the Banff Centre and Eighth Avenue Place twin high-rise office complex in downtown Calgary, formerly know as the Penny Lane Towers.
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INDUSTRY RELIES ON SAIT FOR SKILLED EMPLOYEES:
- Industry hires SAIT grads - Nine out of ten graduates are employed. 75% of the 2009 grads who were employed in training-related jobs were located in Calgary, and 16% were located elsewhere in Alberta outside of Calgary (SAIT 2009 Graduate Employment Statistics).
- Student Enrollment at SAIT has increased by 27% over the last 10 years. (FLEs in credit programs - from 9,125 full-time learner equivalent students in 1997/98 to 11,609 FLE students in 2007/08) (Source of 1997/98 data: LERS Enrollment - Unique Headcount for 1997-1998; data current as at Sept. 27, 2009. Source of 2007/2008 data: LERS Enrollment - Unique Headcount for 2007-2008; data current as at Sept. 27, 2009).
- SAIT is integral to the Alberta economy - SAIT generates $1.6 billion of economic activity and taxpayer investment earns a 19% return through higher tax revenue and lower social costs. (CCbenefits Inc., Economic Contribution of Southern Alberta Institute of Technology. Analysis of Investment Effectiveness and Economic Growth. Volume 1: Main Report, July 2007, pp 1, 2.)
- The number of apprentices enrolled at SAIT has increased by 72% over the last 5 years from 5,022 students in 2002/03 to 8,659 students in 2007/08. (Source of 2002/03 data: LERS Enrollment - Unique Headcount for 2002-2003; filtered on KPI program type of apprenticeship data as at Sept. 27, 2009. Source of 2007/08 data: LERS Enrollment - Unique Headcount for 2007-2008; filtered on credential of certificate-journeyman [apprenticeship programs]; data as of Sept. 27, 2009.)
- SAIT trains approximately one third of Alberta's apprentices. (Advanced Education's datacube, LERS Enrollment - Unique Headcount for 2007-2008.) Alberta has about 10% of Canada's labour force. (Provincial apprenticeship data comes from the Canada Council of Directors of Apprenticeship) However, our province trains more than 20% of the country's apprentices. (Labour force data comes from Statistics Canada, 2007)
- In 2010 87% of employers indicated they were somewhat or very satisfied with the quality of SAIT's training. Almost half (48%) were very satisfied with the quality of SAIT's training. (2010 Employer Satisfaction survey)
- Nearly half of employers surveyed in 2010 (47%) were very satisfied with the quality of SAIT's graduates. 88% were somewhat or very satisfied. (2010 Employer Satisfaction survey)
- At the school level, Manufacturing and Automation, Energy and Construction all have above average employer satisfaction for both the quality of SAIT training and graduates. (2010 Employer Satisfaction survey)
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