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Prince Alberta new rec centre
September 24, 2020

City of Prince Albert selects architectural firms to design new recreation centre

A Saskatoon architectural firm, in partnership with a Toronto-based firm will create the design for Prince Albert’s new $60-million arena and aquatic recreation complex.

At Monday night’s meeting, Prince Albert city council approved awarding the tender for the detailed design of the project to Group 2 Architecture Interior Design Ltd of Saskatoon in partnership with MJMA Architects of Toronto for an estimated cost of $3,593,102 plus taxes.

Fourteen teams spanning five provinces submitted proposals to design the complex. Two of them included Prince Albert companies, neither of which were among the top five firms that were short listed for in-person interviews.

Firms were evaluated on seven different criteria, with professional fees (cost) being worth the largest portion of the final score at 25 per cent.

Director of Public Works Wes Hicks told council some additional weight was given to firms with team members in Saskatchewan and firms who had built arena and aquatic complexes in the prairie provinces. No extra points were awarded for firms being from Prince Albert specifically.

“You could be located in Saskatchewan, you could be in Prince Albert, but if you’ve never done a pool or you’ve never done a hockey rink, you’re not getting any points because we don’t want someone learning on the job,” Hicks said, speaking to the past experience section (15 per cent) of the evaluation rubric.

Similarly, he explained some points in the design team (15 per cent) and key contact personnel (15 per cent) sections were given for having team members in Saskatchewan, but not Prince Albert specifically.

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