The Northern View, May 16, 2012

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◆ Port Authority outlines plans

for Cow Bay development... PAGE 3

◆ Shecana seeking host families

for three exchange students... PAGE 8

◆ Results from the annual Crest Glory Days... PAGE 12 WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 2012 Proudly serving the North Coast - The eNVy of the North www.thenorthernview.com 250-624-8088 VOL. 7 NO. 20

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Dancers from Prince Rupert’s E-Motion perform a medley of songs from The Little Mermaid at the BC A n n u a l Dance Competition’s 22nd annual Gala on S a t u r d a y. For more on the competition see pages 9 and 13.

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New emergency services building would not be ready for two and a half years By Alan S. Hale The Northern View If plans for a new emergency building in Prince Rupert were approved today, it still wouldn’t be ready for the RCMP or the fire department to actually move in for almost twoand-a-half years. That’s according to Witmar Abele, the architect the City of Prince Rupert hired to guide them through the pre-planning phase of constructing a new emergency building. Abele - who is experienced in the designing of emergency buildings - estimates that the process of designing the actual building to meet the RCMP’s needs, the City’s needs and possibly the fire department’s needs and standards would take the better part of a year.

“Of course, that process can vary wildly in the time required, but 34 weeks is not uncommon. It’s three-quarters of a year to get from the earliest schematic design to the point where we could actually put the project out to bidding,” Abele told council at the third meeting on the emergency building issue held last Monday. Once the project is ready to be bid on by the contractors who want to build it, Abele estimates that it would still be almost 90 weeks before the building is ready to be occupied. “Once the construction phase has begun, a year-and-a-half is again not uncommon. There are many factors that influence the time required for the construction phase, such as whether or not the contractor gets into winter construction or other things that might slow it down,” said Abele.

Abele was asked by a member of the public if this time line took into account Prince Rupert’s notoriously rainy weather. He said it did. Council had some questions of their own, with many councillors balking at the time line for the project. Councillor Anna Ashley asked Abele why it would take 34 weeks just to put a design together. “Designing a building such as an RCMP station, Fire Hall or possibly both of them together is a highly complex process. The schematic design alone would easily take six to eight weeks to get through, it involves consultations with the user groups. Adjustments are made to the design, it goes back and forth, and six weeks goes by in a heartbeat,” explained Abele. See Council, page 2

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