In a report to the Town of Athabasca’s council June 5, new pool project manager Dan Chisholm said the pool is set to open February 19, 2019.
In his report, said that the project is moving along right on schedule.
“At this point, the project is about 44 per cent completed, and we haven’t had too much bad issues with weather,” he said. “The super structure itself is now complete, 60 per cent of the concrete block is now installed, and workers have also started construction on the lap pool, with the base of it now poured, and they are now working on its walls.”
Roof warranty
Chisholm added that the roof of the new facility is now completed, but is not under warranty.
“The project was never intended to have the Alberta Roofing Contractors Association warranty, or roofer’s warranty,” he said. “Firstly, these types of buildings usually come with flat roofing, and secondly, the solar application for this project voids all the worker’s warranties the province gives out.”
But despite the lack of warranty, he said they hired a roofing inspection firm who has provided inspections for the project, to make sure the roof is still at ARCA warning standards.
Status and changes
Chisholm said otherwise, things are going well.
“And of course, mechanical and electrical remains ongoing, and the exterior drywall is now 80 per cent complete, so you can actually see a structure there now,” Chisholm said.
In terms of changes in orders, he said they are running a negative credit of $130,000.
“We did change out the handicap supports, and there were a couple of other of faster credit items we were able to take advantage of,” Chisholm said. “One would be the rain cloud feature, because it really would not function since they had to raise the roof of the building during the design period to accommodate the water supply. And in turn, when we did that, this rain cloud actually turned into a hailstorm.”
The rain cloud feature is an apparatus that drizzles water like a rain cloud over a small area of the leisure pool. It was part of the original design plan, but when the water slide was added and the roof was raised three metres, it was scrapped.
He added that a few other credits revolved around motorized bleachers not being installed.
“All the rest of the bleachers at the Multiplex are now manual pull-out anyway,” Chisholm said. “And there was $7,200 in credit, so we went for the motor and took advantage of it.”
He said the only unforeseen cash flow issue they have left would be for the mill work.
“We are still waiting for that to come in,” Chisholm said. “There is a cash allowance for $30,000, and I know that they are working on upgrading the quality to a solid surface transaction centres that will not be plastic laminate. As a result, they will last a lot longer, and there might be a small increase by about $5,000.”
