Department of National Defence Headquarters.

The Department of National Defence Headquarters (NDHQ) is the headquarters for Canada's Department of National Defence (DND) and is located in the Major-General George R. Pearkes Building at 101 Colonel By Drive in Ottawa, Ontario. Canadian National Department of Defense Building, Ottawa, Ontario, August 2004 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Canadian National Department of Defense Building, Ottawa, Ontario, August 2004 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The Department of National Defence, frequently referred to by its acronym DND, is the department within the government of Canada with responsibility for Canadas military, the Canadian Armed Forces. ... Major General or Major-General is a military rank used in many countries. ... Photo by Terry Macdonald - Jun 1995 Major-General The Honourable George Randolph Pearkes, V.C., P.C., C.C., D.S.O., M.C., C.D., ( February 28, 1888 - May 30, 1984) was a Canadian politician, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry... Colonel By Drive shown east of Bank Street. ... Motto: Advance Ottawa/Ottawa en avant Coordinates: Country Canada Province Ontario County Established 1850 as Bytown City Mayor Bob Chiarelli Governing body Ottawa City Council MPs / MPPs Members of Parliament (MPs) Mauril Bélanger (LPC), Paul Dewar (NDP), John Baird (CPC), Royal Galipeau (CPC), David McGuinty (LPC),Pierre Lemieux (CPC... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Official languages English (French has some legal status but is not fully co-official) Flower White Trillium Tree Eastern White Pine Bird Common Loon Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty...

The building was constructed between 1969 and 1974, and was originally intended for use by the Department of Transport. When a planned Defence headquarters on the LeBreton Flats was not built, however, DND acquired the Colonel By Drive structure. The concept for the building (actually a group of buildings) was developed by French town planner Jacques Gréber immediately after World War II at the invitation of Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King. Gréber, a proponent of boulevards and highways as opposed to rail corridors, advised that the city redevelop the east bank of the Rideau Canal which was, at that time, covered with railway tracks leading to Ottawa Union Station. This was accomplished and with the removal of the tracks, has become the Government Conference Centre). The remaining land that contained the coach yard for Ottwawa Union Station was vacant and ready for developments that would contain the Pearkes Building and Rideau Centre. 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... The Department of Transport, also referred to as Transport Canada, is the department within the government of Canada which is responsible for developing regulations, policies and services of transportation in Canada. ... Colonel By Drive shown east of Bank Street. ... Jacques-Henri-Auguste Gréber (10 September 1882 - 5 June 1962) was a French architect specializing in landscape architecture and urban design. ... Combatants Allied Powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Axis Powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000,000 Total dead... William Lyon Mackenzie King, PC, LL.B, Ph. ... The Locks in Summer The Rideau Canal, also known as the Rideau Waterway, connects the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on the Ottawa River to the city of Kingston, Ontario on Lake Ontario. ...

Architects John C. Parkin, Searle, Wilby, and Rowland designed the buildings in the then popular Brutalism style. Over the years many critics have generally conceeded that they are among the ugliest of Ottawa government towers. They were conceived as the first phase of the planned redevelopment, the Rideau Centre, which open across Rideau St in 1983, being the second phase. The Rideau Centre at Christmas. ...

The present NDHQ building is now overcrowded and the DND has headquarters staff spread out across the National Capital Region. Sizeable Defence headquarters offices have been established in the past, or are still currently located in The Export Building, The Constitution Building, l'Esplanade Laurier, Louis St Laurent Building (Gatineau, QC) and the Berger Building among others. The threat of terrorist attacks has also lead to the permanent closure of an access road that runs beneath the connecting section of the two buildings. Recent cutbacks in high-technology companies in the Ottawa region has led the DND to consider buying a surplus JDS Uniphase campus in suburban Barrhaven at the intersection of Merivale Road and Prince of Wales Drive, west of the Ottawa International Airport. JDS's Barrhaven campus is comprised of two large buildings with extensive computer networking capacity, and is currently selling for a fraction of what it cost to construct. The location is far more secure, in being set back from public roads, and has ample parking and transit connections for the several thousand employees it was designed to support. National Capital Region can mean the following The National Capital Region of the Philippines. ... JDS Uniphase Corporation (JDSU) NASDAQ: JDSU is a company that manufactures and designs products for fiber optic communication and test equipment. ... Ottawa/Macdonald-Cartier International Airport or Macdonald-Cartier International Airport, http://www. ...

The current facility was largely gutted floor by floor in the mid 1990s to replace the hodge podge of outdated offices and furnishings from the building's opening. Modular office furnishing produced by CORCAN made in Canadian prisons were installed.

Following the September 11, 2001 attacks, an increased level of concern for Federal installations, prompted officials to close the vehicular thoroughfare that passes beneath the center portion of the building. A dramatic architectural feature (and potential vulnerability), it was immediately cordoned off following the events of September 11, 2001 using concrete barriers. Work is now underway to permanently close off the thoroughfare that formerly linked Nicholas Street to Colonel By Drive and the adjacent Rideau Canal. The September 11, 2001 attacks (often referred to as 9/11—pronounced nine eleven) consisted of a series of coordinated terrorist[1] suicide attacks upon the United States, predominantly targeting civilians, carried out on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. ... Colonel By Drive shown east of Bank Street. ... The Locks in Summer The Rideau Canal, also known as the Rideau Waterway, connects the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on the Ottawa River to the city of Kingston, Ontario on Lake Ontario. ...

The National Defence building and the adjacent Rideau Centre are both served by OC Transpo's Mackenzie King Transitway station. The Rideau Centre at Christmas. ... OC Transpo articulated bus OC Transpo is the urban transit service of the City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. ... Mackenzie King Station is a station on the Transitway in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, served by all three of OC Transpos principal bus rapid transit routes along with others. ...

The facility is often referred to tongue-in-cheek as "The Puzzle Palace", "Disneyland North" or "Fort Fumble on the Rideau", especially by service personnel not serving there.

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