Council receives update on Water Treatment Plant project

Key Points

• To address earlier delays encountered during concrete work, the contractor, Kenaidan Contracting Ltd., has introduced additional resources to assist the current construction team.
• The balance of the remaining summer and fall construction activities will focus on completing the structure of the main facility building. Interior electrical and mechanical work will then follow.
• The project remains within the approved budget of $70 million. Change orders, a normal part of any construction project, are funded from a contingency included in the budget. Current change orders total less than 1% of the contract value.

Quotes

"With the project over 60 per cent complete, the construction team is focused and committed to deliver a facility that is innovative and will serve the City of Nanaimo with safe drinking water for generations."

Quick Facts

• A contingent of 50 to 90 skilled tradespeople, many being local, are on site daily. Over 200,000 person hours of work are anticipated.
• Local firms haven been contracted to complete $49 million in construction, including Harris Steel, Houle Electric, Archie Johnstone Plumbing and Heating, Mayco Concrete and Knappett Industries.
• Engineering work is carried out by Associated Engineering Ltd. from Burnaby who employs many local firms including Levelton Geotechnical, LGL Environmental, Koers & Associates, HJ Wilke and Acuren.

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