By rdnewsNOW staff

Maintenance upgrades continue at Red Deer Provincial Building

May 5, 2020 | 12:56 PM

Work is about halfway complete on upgrades being done to the Red Deer Provincial Building.

The $1.2 million project is seeing the chiller and air handling unit at the building replaced.

This work is part of an almost $2.5 million investment the Alberta government says it is injecting into Red Deer for infrastructure maintenance projects to help keep Albertans working.

“The infrastructure maintenance projects underway in our city are great news for us all. Any time we invest dollars right here in Red Deer, local companies and local workers benefit. This, in turn, ensures a much-needed boost to our local economy during these difficult times,” says Adriana LaGrange, MLA for Red Deer-North.

In response to the COVID-19 recession, the Alberta government is doubling its capital maintenance and renewal (CMR) funding in 2020-21 from $937 million to $1.9 billion by accelerating the Capital Plan.

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In Red Deer, almost $2.5 million is being invested on four CMR projects:

– Construction is about halfway complete on the $1.2 million infrastructure maintenance project to replace the chiller and air handling unit in the Red Deer Provincial Building.

– Construction is underway on the $785,500 infrastructure maintenance project to replace three heating boilers at Michener Centre.

– Design is underway on the $300,000 infrastructure maintenance project to replace the main control hub for the security system in eight buildings within the Red Deer Provincial Building area hub.

– Design is underway on an $185,000 infrastructure maintenance project to replace the hot water tank at the Roland Michener Recreation Centre.

In addition, the new and much-anticipated Red Deer Justice Centre recently closed for Requests for Qualifications (RFQs), according to Hadyn Place, Press Secretary, Office of the Minister of Infrastructure.

In a statement to rdnewsNOW, Place says vendors who meet the qualifications will soon be invited to participate in the request for proposals stage. Once that is complete, it’s anticipated a contractor will be selected and construction will begin.

The province says more capital maintenance and renewal projects will be announced in Red Deer in the near future.