Institutions – Royal Ontario Museum

Owner: Infrastructure Ontario

Client: Colliers

Project: ROM Upgrades

Description:  The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) Redevelopment project, known as OpenROM, involves a $130 million transformation to enhance visitor access and engagement. Key engineering components include reworking the Bloor Street entrance, adding new exhibit spaces, and improving interior flow with expanded skylights and leveled floors1. The project also features significant structural modifications to the Michael Lee-Chin Crystal, including repurposing the Spirit House for additional gallery space. The redevelopment aims to create a more welcoming and accessible cultural hub in Toronto.

Role:  4Sight’s role is to provide Subsurface Utility Engineering services to manage identify the presence of existing utility infrastructure that will allow for the construction of the new proposed entrance being built for the ROM.