More than 400 students in Victoria will soon be attending a seismically safe school.
The BC government is funding a $2.4-million seismic upgrade of Campus View Elementary school.
Campus View was built in 1959, with four additions in 1962, 1964, 1967 and 2001.
Construction on the school begins in June 2018 and will be complete in September 2019.
The upgrades will include adding 12 concrete restraint anchorages, consisting of concrete footings and shear walls, cast against the exterior of the building. Also, steel anchors will be installed to connect the shear walls to the roof.
The majority of the exterior construction work will be done between June 2018 and June 2019, while the interior work will be completed during the summer school breaks.