As work progresses on the exterior of the Shuswap Healing Centre, Sicamous council is looking ahead with the awarding of the interior contract, which is under budget at just over $2.4 million.
At the April 24 meeting, chief administrative officer Kelly Bennett presented a report on the fixed price contract with Scott Builders for $2,473,522 plus GST. Though it鈥檚 just shy of the $2,475,110 budgeted, Bennett added that she鈥檒l still be working to cut that even more to accommodate possible changes down the road.
鈥淚s everything sorted in the inside? No, but to a point where we can get a pretty locked-in price. Will there be some change orders? Yes, but we wanted to make sure that we were within the original proposed, budgeted amount,鈥� she said of where the district is at.
鈥淪o, I haven鈥檛 entered into the contract yet, this will authorize me and I will be negotiating to see鈥� if there are any areas where we can trim that down even further. But I feel very confident with the price and I鈥檓 happy where it has come in, because we鈥檙e asking for a lot in that inside.鈥�
Once the contract is officially awarded, the contractor can lock in the sub-trades and finalize the schedule for interior construction, which is estimated to start in July or August. As confirmed previously, the majority of the sub-trades used will be companies from within the region.
With the exterior contract just over $6.3 million, this still puts the project just under the $10,000,215 originally budgeted, with a separate amount of $680,000 in the budget for furniture and equipment, which still has to be itemized.
Regarding the possibility of having solar panels installed on the roof in the future, Bennett received a quote of $38,000 to ensure the trusses would be able to bear the weight. She 鈥済reen-lighted鈥� it because time was a factor in getting the trusses ordered, and the amount can be covered by the $178,000 the district recently received from the Climate Action Fund.
鈥淚t just makes sense to have that option there,鈥� Bennett added. 鈥淎nd then down the road when we get some other funding and green money for that addition; we鈥檙e setting it up so you can add that.鈥�
Council approved the contract award unanimously.
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