b'The $95-million RRC Innovation Centre is slated to be complete by fall 2020.LEARNING REVOLUTIONRRCs new Innovation Centre tofocus on industry problem-solvingBy Kelly ParkerRed River College (RRC) continues to expand itstools to figure out. Its almost like a reverse practicum: infrastructure, following up the recently opened Skilledinstead of us sending a student out, you get an instructor Trades and Technology Centre (STTC) on the Notre Dameand a team of students, office space and dedicated time to Campus with the current construction of a new 100,000- get all of the resources. sq.-ft. Innovation Centre. Located at 319 Elgin Ave., theThis concept of project-based learning through build will add to the Innovation Alley development thatcollaboration with industry has involved students from has established in the area over the last number of years,the business administration department, multimedia and contributing to Winnipegs growing reputation as a leadercreative arts, and has proven very successful. I think weve in computer technology. seen over 40 of what we call entrepreneurs-in-residence, The Roblin Campus is an anchor for Innovation Alley alongand that success gave us a green light to make a hard that stretch, explains RRC Senior Project Manager Mariapush into this concept, and develop an Innovation Centre Mendes, and we have something called the ACE (Appliedpeppered with spaces for people to collaborate with Computer Education) Space on McDermot that works withindustry and other students, says Johnson. The Innovation entrepreneurs, and small to medium enterprises, to helpCentre is less about whats in its physical centre, and more them get their businesses off the ground. RRC wanted toabout how its designed to be more about problem-solving, build a facility to help facilitate that connection, and theand far from traditional chalk-and-talk lectures.Innovation Centre will be an extension of that. Its almost aThe project is targeting LEED Silver, and thats a challenge super-sized ACE Space. when combining a new build with the Scott Fruit heritage We want (the problems brought to us by industry) to bebuilding next door, all incorporated into a design working to difficult, adds Kirk Johnson, RRCs Dean of Business &an EUI (Energy Use Intensity) of 100. Applied Arts, and we want it to be a problem that ourOne solution to finding the necessary points is incorporating instructors dont have the answer to, that nobody has thea solar panel cladding system that has never been used answer to, and for which we all have to use problem-solvingbefore in Canada, developed and marketed by a Danish 40 BUILD MANITOBAwinnipegconstruction.ca'