Advanced Skills Centre

Alberta’s prosperity depends on skilled people — the builders, makers, and problem-solvers who keep our province running.

But today, Alberta faces a growing shortage of trades and technology workers. Meeting that challenge means expanding training capacity and creating more opportunities for Albertans to build rewarding, high-paying careers in the skilled trades.

That’s why the Government of Alberta has invested in NAIT’s Advanced Skills Centre (ASC) — a project that will help ensure our province has the people and the skills it needs to keep building.

The ASC is being planned and designed to deliver one of the most advanced apprenticeship and technology-based learning environments in Canada.

Inside the Advanced Skills Centre

The ASC isn’t just a building — it’s the future of skilled trades education in Alberta.

Spanning approximately 625,000 square feet on NAIT’s Main Campus, the ASC will bring together learning spaces built for connection, adaptability, and innovation.

It will increase NAIT’s capacity to train 5,500 more learners each year — helping Alberta meet growing labour demands.

The facility’s modular, flexible design supports upskilling, reskilling, and collaboration across disciplines — where students learn side by side across trades and technologies, just as they do on real job sites.

It will also provide year-round opportunities for youth, women, newcomers, and Indigenous learners to explore the trades — expanding who sees themselves in these high-demand, high-paying careers.

More than a building, the ASC is an investment in Alberta’s people, industries, and communities — ensuring our province has the skilled workforce it needs to keep building for decades to come.

Suppliers' Information

NAIT’s core values are a central component of our culture. They are a guiding light for both staff and students, defining how we interact with each other and what we expect from each other.

Our commitment to fostering strong partnerships with our suppliers is essential to our mission of providing quality education and services to our students and community. We believe that collaboration and integrity are key to achieving mutual success.

We expect those who are engaged with NAIT on critical projects like the Advanced Skills Centre will reflect our core values in their day-to-day dealings with our staff, contractors and vendors.

• Creativity
• Collaboration
• Accountability
• Celebration
• Respect

NAIT's Vision, Promises and Values

Doing business with NAIT

NAIT’s procurement process is designed to be fair, open, transparent, and non-discriminatory.  We promote equal opportunities by complying with all relevant trade agreements and legislation established for our municipalities, academic institutions, the schools and hospitals (MASH) sector. Public procurement tenders are conducted for purchases above these thresholds under the New West Partnership Trade Agreement (NWPTA):

• $75,000 for goods
• $75,000 for services
• $200,000 for construction

Competitive public procurement

Our procurement mission is to secure the best overall value for NAIT by ensuring optimal quality, timing, value and service while minimizing risk, and adhering to ethical conduct standards to maintain public confidence in NAIT.

To achieve this, NAIT’s procurements must be conducted with integrity, trust and impartiality. There must be no conflict, or the appearance of conflict between the private interests of board members and employees and their duty to the public. To ensure compliance with public sector procurement standards and trade agreements, all purchases above $75,000 for goods and services and $200,000 for construction are publicly tendered through a competitive bid process.