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The new Defence department headquarters at Carling Avenue has been listed in the federal government’s building directory as being in poor shape.

More than a quarter of all federally owned, leased or licensed buildings in the Ottawa-Gatineau area, including many landmark downtown buildings, are in critical or poor condition, according to the government’s own assessment. Facilities listed in poor condition in this latest federal report include almost all of the buildings at National Defence Headquarters’ Carling Campus location.

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The buildings are listed in the Treasury Board Secretariat’s Directory of Federal Real Property which outlines the condition of federal facilities. According to the Treasury Board Secretariat, a designation of poor indicates that, “Some or all asset systems are compromised or show serious signs of deterioration. Risk of some systems failure is likely, with high O&M costs and unplanned maintenance and repairs.”