Why Canada Blasted a Huge Hole Outside its Parliament

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The insane engineering behind Canada's biggest ever building upgrade. For more by The B1M subscribe now - https://bit.ly/the-b1m Full story here: https://theb1m.com/video/canada-parliament-centre-block Additional footage and images courtesy of Public Services and Procurement Canada, Braeson Holland, CBC News, CENTRUS, D. Gordon E. Robertson / CC BY-SA 3.0, ESO, Library and Archives Canada, National Post, Parliament of Canada, Senate of Canada and Universal Pictures. 00:00 - Intro 00:53 - Ottawa's Origins 02:00 - History of Centre Block 03:00 - Deterioration 04:08 - Digging the Pit 05:06 - Seismic Retrofit 06:17 - Securing the Tower 07:25 - Detailed Work 08:56 - The Result We're raising awareness of construction's mental health crisis through our Get Construction Talking initiative. There’s a video series on our channel and you can find support or donate at - https://www.getconstructiontalking.org/ Follow Get Construction Talking Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/getconstructiontalking/ X - https://twitter.com/GetConstTalking LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/get-construction-talking/about/ Listen to The World's Best Construction Podcast by The B1M Apple - https://apple.co/3OssZsH Spotify - https://spoti.fi/3om1NkB Amazon Music - https://amzn.to/3znmBP4 View this video and more at - https://www.TheB1M.com/ Follow us on X - http://www.x.com/TheB1M/ Like us on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/TheB1M/ Follow us on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theb1m/ Follow us on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-b1m-ltd/ Follow us on Instagram - http://instagram.com/theb1m/ Follow us on Threads - https://www.threads.net/@theb1m The B1M Merch store - https://theb1m.creator-spring.com/ #construction #architecture #engineering We welcome you sharing our content to inspire others, but please be nice and play by our rules - http://www.theb1m.com/guidelines-for-sharing Our content may only be embedded onto third party websites by arrangement. We have established partnerships with domains to share our content and help it reach a wider audience. If you are interested in partnering with us please contact [email protected]. Ripping and/or editing this video is illegal and will result in legal action. © 2025 The B1M Limited