University of Alberta deferred maintenance bill nearing $1 billion

With a deferred maintenance bill nearing $1 billion, the University of Alberta is channelling the immortal words of the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy novels — “don’t panic.” 
James Allen, associate vice-president of operations and maintenance, told a board of governors meeting Friday that even though the approximate cost of $938 million is high, it is a “shifting landscape.”
“As we conduct maintenance, as we do things with our infrastructure, that