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Ontario Science Centre to close immediately due to risk of roof collapse

The Ontario Science Centre is shutting down immediately due to the risk that the building's roof could collapse, due to the use of a type of lightweight concrete that has prompted concern, the province announced Friday.

An engineering report this week by Rimkus Consulting Group showed each of the centre's three buildings contain roof panels in a "distressed, high-risk" condition, the Ministry of Infrastructure said in a news release. Workers began erecting fencing around the Ontario Science Centre on Friday, as the province announced the building will be immediately closing because of the risk of a roof collapse. "These estimates are incomplete and subject to change," said the ministry, noting the costs make up only a "small portion" of the funding needed to keep the science centre open.

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