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Vol. 7 • Issue 89
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Nelson filmmaker Amy Bohigian (centre) created the nine-part Knowledge Network series Dreamers and Dissidents with the help of her local team (L-R) Touchstones archivist Laura Fortier (with Brandy), researcher Nicole Tremblay, visual effects editor Daryl Jolly, executive producer Gregory Mackenzie, sound design editor Havelock John Turner and composer Ben Euerby. The films will premiere at the Civic Theatre on May 28. See full story page 20.
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New plan found for aquatic centre renos BILL METCALFE Nelson Star The Nelson and District Recreation Commission has come up with a new approach to the renovations of the aquatic centre. They will use a different contracting system from the one that recently ended with no result because all bids came in over budget. This time they will hire a construction manager who will put the project out for tender in small trade-specific pieces and then coordinate their work, rather than attempt to contract the entire job out to one company. “For example,” says the Regional District of Central Kootenay’s Joe Chirico,
“you might have a specialized contract just for the pool equipment and mechanical pieces that relate to the functioning of the pool,” rather than having one contractor doing all mechanical aspects of the project. “This allows for less risk for individual contractors, and we have more control over what they are doing,” he told the Star. He said every contractor builds in a price for risk and they are hoping to remove that by offering multiple smaller contracts. A report released by the commission this month analyzes the reasons for the gap between budget and bids, and concludes that the largest cost saving could be achieved by this change in the
method of contracting. The construction manager will be hired this month and be on the job by the end of June. It will be the manager’s job to decide on the order and pacing of the individual tenders, so the construction start date at this point is uncertain. The commission’s report states that the main disadvantage of the new construction management method is that the final price will not be known until all the contracts are awarded. But Chirico says the flexibility involved in having multiple smaller contracts will allow for adjustments in cost and design as the project proceeds. The work is expected to take eight months, and will include renovations
and upgrades to mechanical systems, electrical panels and equipment, lifeguard station, sauna, pool decks, tiles and water-proofing membranes. “Public pools are complicated,” says Chirico. “You have highly complex mechanical systems: the air handling system, all the pipes and turnover that you have to do in the pool to make sure your water is clean, and they are interrelated. That is what makes it complex, especially when you are renovating a pool built in the 1970s. “Pools are highly regulated by the BC building code, other safety authorities, and the IHA health inspector, so it
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