A builder has been selected for a new womenSA国际影视传媒檚 shelter in Hay River.
Janet-Marie-Fizer, the chair of the board of the Family Resource Centre, said the successful proponent is Arcan Construction.
The company submitted a tender of $3.4 million, in a tendering process that ended on June 3.
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The other tender at $5.8 million came from RoweSA国际影视传媒檚 Construction.
The new shelter will be built on Riverview Drive at a site where a former womenSA国际影视传媒檚 shelter stood until being demolished in 2018.
Fizer was happy to have received two tenders and for one to have been selected.
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However, the tenders for the construction part of the project were higher than expected.
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Plus, the project has other costs besides the actual construction, such as design and engineering.
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She said CMHC will be approached for more financial support to cover the higher than anticipated construction costs, and she is confident that will happen.
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Now that a tender has been accepted, construction is still expected to start in July.
For close to four years, the Family Support Centre has been operating a womenSA国际影视传媒檚 shelter in a house owned by the Town of Hay River.
During the June 8 online meeting of town council, Glenn Smith, the townSA国际影视传媒檚 senior administrative officer, noted the lease agreement expires at the end of June and a request for an extension will soon come before council.
