The EllisDon-led construction team reached interim completion on the Thomson Centre last month, and has officially transferred ownership of the facility to Michael Garron Hospital.

The federal funding supports the charity’s plans to expand its facility with a net-zero carbon building on the campus of the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario.

Authorities say the large trench at the site near Rossland and Westney Roads caved in around noon, burying two workers and injuring another two men.

The stations, rail and systems portion of the project is being delivered using a progressive design-build delivery model. Two of the three pe-qualified consortia submitted bids for the work by the RFP deadline.

The federal government has announced more than $460,000 in funding to install a solar energy system at the Kingston East Community Centre.