Transcript: PSPC Award
Start of video.
(Throughout the video, light music is playing in the background.)
(The narrator speaks.)
(Horizontal panoramic of the West Block construction site. View of the West Block building.)
The West Block restoration is the biggest project of its kind in Canadian history.
(High-angle view of a construction worker leaning on a ladder while cutting a piece of copper.)
(View of a man wearing a construction hat and holding a piece of copper.)
(Close-up of scissors cutting a piece of copper.)
(View showing a piece of sandstone with a construction worker using a hammer in the background.)
(Close-up of PSPC’s 2017 Award of Excellence.)
Materials reclaimed from the site as part of the restoration are being used to handcraft the 2017 Public Services and Procurement Canada Award of Excellence.
(The camera pans to the left of the West Block as the Canada 150 motif overlaps the image on the screen. Three images appear from right to left, each covering one third of the screen: a shot of a man working on the roof of the West Block, a close-up of scissors cutting copper and a view of a construction worker hammering a piece of copper. The Canada 150 motif made of copper from the West Block spirals on the screen.)
Designed with the Canada 150 motif, the award is made of copper from the historic building’s roof. The artists have retained most of the hues and patinas that the copper developed naturally through years of exposure to the elements.
(Panoramic of one of the West Block’s exterior walls.)
(Zoom-out of a construction worker using a level alongside a stone on the West Block.)
(A shot of tools slowly spirals in the background as two images appear overtop of its upper half. A close-up of an engraving tool and a view of a sander.)
The base of the award is comprised of Nepean sandstone reclaimed during the restoration, and PSPC’s heritage stonemasons have worked it to form the base of the award.
(Close-up of PSPC’s 2017 Award of Excellence.)
(Close-up of the copper Canada 150 motif on the award.)
(Zoom-in to the Award of Excellence in front of a white background.)
Newly engraved glass has also been used for the award. By using historic and new elements, we have designed an award representing both the historic building and the newly restored West Block.
(Vertical panoramic of the Award of Excellence with George-Étienne Cartier’s name engraved on it.)
(View of the Award of Excellence spinning.)
Through the creation of this special memento for the Public Services and Procurement Canada Award of Excellence, we are proudly celebrating our department’s historic role and mandate of over 150 years of service excellence.
Text on screen: Building on our past for tomorrow. Canada 150
(Music stops.)
(The Public Services and Procurement Canada wordmark appears, followed by the Canada wordmark.)
End of video.