ACCE was created to make Algonquin College a focal point for skilled trades programs, promoting the construction industry as a first-choice career destination.

The building opened in September 2011, the LEED® Platinum accredited ACCE for bringing the next generation of carpenters, plumbers, civil engineering technologists, interior designers, and many more trades and professions under a single, green roof in its one-of-a-kind living laboratory.

ACCE’s design, combined with an inspired approach to learning, is demonstrating to both current and prospective students that careers in construction – from interior design through to construction trades – are valuable, viable and rewarding.