The 230,000-square-foot facility has undergone almost $70 million in renovations and decarbonization efforts.

The design calls for a gymnasium, multi-purpose rooms for recreation programming, a FIFA-sized multi-sport dome and an aquatic centre.

The engineers and land surveyors do work related to the provincial highway network, the Ontario Building Code, land surveying, fire safety, food and workplace safety, clean air and safe drinking water.

The funding, which is pending final due diligence from Natural Resources Canada, would be provided through the Critical Minerals Infrastructure Fund.

The province is providing $9 million to support repairs to a damaged utility services tunnel; $6 million more will be used to replace and upgrade three failed boilers.