Our 150 day schedule to complete the Empire Temporary Stadium in time for the BC Lions first game of the season came to an end over the weekend when the Lions took on the Edmonton Eskimos at the new stadium. Although the final score wasn’t what we hoped for, the game went off without a hitch and it was great watching football outdoors once again. Thank you to everyone involved in making this project so successful over the last few months.
The $16.8 Million, 1,733.5 m2, addition to the existing North West Community College in beautiful Smithers, BC is well underway. This new facility will be on two levels and includes renovations of the existing 616 m2 facility located on the south portion of the site, and demolition of the existing Forest Training Building on the north portion of the site.
Construction is progressing smoothly at the Surrey RCMP Annex building where we are construction managers for a new 30,000 square foot two storey addition that includes office and support space along with significant renovations to the existing building set to complete by the end of July 2010, we will keep you posted on our progress.
Unitech has recently been awarded and will soon be starting construction the following projects:
Europa Condominiums, Surrey BC: Construction of a new 31 unit courtyard housing project comprised of two 3 storey and two 2 storey wood framed buildings over a 61 space concrete parking level.
Solei Terrace Apartments, Delta BC: Construction of a new 32 unit 4 storey wood frame apartment building over a 32 space concrete parking level, complete with associated site development.
Kyuquot Elementary Envelope Upgrade, Kyuquot BC: Remove existing siding, replace rotted structural materials and re-clad with rain-screen construction.
Nusatsum Gymnasium, Hagensborg BC: Construction of 600 sm of area for a new gym, including ancillary spaces and demolition of the old gym.
Construction is underway at the PNE to create a Temporary Stadium for the BC Lions 2010 season while the roof is being completed at BC Place. As construction managers, we are working hard to have this outside venue opperational for the BC Lions game opener on June 20, 2010
Recently we were contracted to manage a complete refinishing of 400,000 square feet of Convention Level and Meeting Room Level space for Pavco Inc. at the Vancouver Convention Centre. This project was fast tracked in order to complete the entire refinishing in a 4 1/2 month window with two full use conventions scheduled right in the middle of construction. Through extensive pre-planning, assignment of multiple superintendents to control up to 220 men on site, Unitech was able to complete the $18 million in renovations to the front of house areas between April 6, 2009 and September 9, 2009 which included more than $4.5 million completed in the month of August alone. Notwithstanding the extremely tight schedule, Unitech was able to accommodate nearly double the scope of work and the insertion of a full facility convention for 8 days in May. We are not only proud of our staff’s ability to successfully complete this project within the timeline required, but also the quality and workmanship of the refinishing itself.
WE have been awarded and will be commencing the partial demolition and replacment of the gymnasium at Doncaster Elementary School for School District #61 (Greater Victoria) in the summer of 2009. The project involves demolition of the gymnasium, four classrooms, the administration office area, and associated corridors and ancillary spaces, and reconstruction of the gymnasium and administration office areas.
We are currently in the process of implementing seismic upgrades at the following schools:
WJ Mouat Secondary School, SD #34
Chilliwack Central School, SD #33
Claremont Secondary School, SD #63
Hope Secondary School, SD #78
WE have recently been awarded the Coquitlam Town Centre Fire Station Expansion project, which is an expansion of the Administration Building to accommodate chief officers, fire prevention, support staff, a communication dispatch center and classroom space. The expansion is anticipated to be a post-disaster structure of approximately 450 square meters on two (2) or three (3) floors.
The Victoria Ral Estate Board hosted the 2008 Commercial Building Awards at the Delta Ocean Pointe Resort in Victoria. Unitech was the Construction Manager on two of the ten awards in the Community Division.
Royal Oak Middle School won the Excellence Award in the community category and the Times Colonist Community Award, which is given to a building project that provides the greatest value to the community as a whole.
The Saanich Centennial Library was pleased to be presented with the Community Renovation Excellence award in the renovation division.
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