The process of moving the Marconi campus of the Nova Scotia Community College downtown is continuing, with the province issuing tenders including for the demolition of the former Mercer’s Service Station site.

The building abatement and demolition tender for the Mercer’s site along the Esplanade closes Jan. 14. A commissioning and energy modelling tender for the new site closes Jan. 21.

In November 2017, the province committed to relocating the 230,000-square-foot Marconi campus from its current location next to Cape Breton University to downtown Sydney. The training institute is currently home to about 1,200 students.

In August, the province unveiled the proposed location for the new Marconi campus will encompass the waterside of the Esplanade in Sydney, from Falmouth to Crescent streets.

The contracts for architectural design and engineering were recently awarded to Barrie & Langille Architects Ltd. and Moriyama & Teshima Architects, along with Fathom Studio (formerly Ekistics Planning & Design) and other sub-consultants.

For the Mercers site, there will be a non-mandatory site visit scheduled for prospective bidders on Jan. 7. Interested bidders are asked to make every effort to attend the meeting to ensure they understand the scope of the work.

The 85-page demolition tender notes that the contractor is to carry out a hazardous assessment before beginning any work and will assure the facilities manager that all hazards have been eliminated before beginning work. It calls for the demolition, removal and disposal of the former Mercer’s Service Station, pump island concrete, pump island canopy, regulated materials and underground man-made structures from the property at approved disposal facilities.

It also calls on the contractor to inspect adjacent existing property to the extent possible and ensure that its condition and stability is recorded, and photograph adjacent existing properties in sufficient detail to record their condition before work begins.

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