B2 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, January 29, 2003

Rupert campus
‘tenders called

TENDERS HAVE been called for the long-wanted, once-

- ghelved and now-revived new campus for Northwest

.’ Community College in Prince Rupert.

With a project cost of more than $10 million, the
4,309 square metre campus is scheduled to be ready by

- the summer of 2004 based on a construction start of this
- spring.

Excavation, site work and building plans were well
advanced in the spring of 2001 until the newly-elected
Liberal government put it and other college construction

: projects across the province on hold.
College and Prince Rupert city officials then lobbied

: . vigorously for a revival and approval from the province

. followed last September. ;
‘The college had already spent $2.5 million on the
project before the 2001 decision to halt work. A large
hole in the ground for foundations was subsequently
- filled in.

The delay meant the college had to continue to pay
approximately $400,000 for various leased facilities
around Prince Rupert.

Tenders close Feb. 6 and interested contractors toured
the site last week.

“Opening the bid process is a major step forward in
the development of the new Prince Rupert campus,”
said college president Stephanie Forsyth last week.

While the college cannot give preference to: local

DORMANT SITE in Prince Rupert for a new North-
west Community College campus will soon come to
life again now that tenders have been called lead-
ing to a March construction start. FILE PHOTO

contractors in the tender process,’ Forsyth said. it

“remains committed to the local trade and construction
industry and is encouraging general contractors to use
local labour, products and. services.’ :

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