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December 27, 2018
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The $6.9-million window and cladding replacement project at Sault Ste. Marie’s Civic Centre isn’t going to meet its planned completion date of June, 2019.
“It is a bit behind schedule right now,” concedes Don Elliot, the city’s director of engineering services.
The work’s about two months behind schedule and won’t be finished until next summer or early fall, Elliott tells SooToday.
The general contractor, Cy Rheault Construction Ltd. of Timmins, still hasn’t finalized shop drawings for the exterior curtain walls, he says.
It’s the general contractor’s responsibility to complete the drawings, although the work is often delegated to subcontractors.
Until the final drawings are submitted, the needed materials can’t be ordered, Elliott says.
The high-profile project involves surrounding the building with a new white curtain wall, then pulling the old brown cladding and windows inside, removing them down the elevator.
Insulation has been applied to the building’s exterior to prevent excessive heat loss through the winter months.
“The primary purpose for reconstruction is to protect the existing 45-year-old structure from further degradation,” the city said in a news release issued when the work began in June.
“Under the 2015 asset management plan, the replacement of the exterior metal panels and windows on the Civic Centre was identified as a priority,” the statement said.
A feasibility study found major issues with the building:
The feasibility study urged full replacement of the building’s exterior panels and windows as soon as possible, no later than 2018.
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