The community of Fort McPherson requested a proposal from CQL for design build services for the Senior’s Independent Living Multiplex in Fort McPherson. CQL together with Guy Architects in September, 2014 presented a comprehensive design-build proposal outlining the approach and execution of the project with an estimated cost of 3.2 million dollars.
In January, 2015 the submission was accepted and an authorization was given by the Northwest Territories Housing Corporation to proceed with the work on this territorial funded project. The completion date for the project is March 30, 2016.
The local and northern involvment will be a very high priority for NWTHC, therefore is expected that every effort is made to increase the level of local involvement even further.
The multiplex is a 740m2 wood framed building which addresses the Cul-De-Sac nature of the lots and maximizes sun and view exposure for the individual suites on the South and East sides of the building. The structural design of the multiplex will be based on the requirements as defined in the National Building Code of Canada – 2010.
On April 28th, we finalized the terms for the purchase our a site trailer. On April 29th, the site trailer was transported to Fort McPherson, almost 170 kilometres journey from Inuvik. We had to traverse the melting ice in the MacKenzie River, as the Spring break-up is expected by May 5th. The below sequence of pictures describes activities in getting the trailer to site after it entered the hamlet of Fort McPherson.
