Roaring Flames
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Perhaps the plan was initially to renovate but after assessment they found out it was better to demolish and build a new facility. Hence why plans for the new facility are a bit behind schedule.
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darwink
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Governance at all levels. I'd bet the Board was convinced over time that their dire warnings to the province about the state of the building would generate a budget allocation, and then it didn't so the recourse was closure and demolition. It is curious that the 2019 comprehensive institutional plan only anticipated a small amount of stabilization ($3 million) needed. The hint of dire condition was putting phase 2 of the project needing to immediately follow at $53 million.
Sure, that adds some time, but it doesn't excuse the poor governance that ended up with the facility getting to the point of closure without replacement.
Yes, but clearly they didn't have a system in place - they needed to start a decade before they did.
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Rollerstud98
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With Bird being the build partner, wonder if Chandos will be shown the door?
JCS101
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CalgaryTiger
Senior Member
Basketball in this city is Surgin' and Purgin' all the empty spaces. I LOVE IT!
CBBarnett
Senior Member
@Surrealplaces your dream came true - haven't you been (correctly) pushing a basketball court here for ages?
Loads of families live in the immediate area within a block or two, totally makes sense.
darwink
Senior Member
@Surrealplaces your dream came true - haven't you been (correctly) pushing a basketball court here for ages?
FCC1982
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Chandos is engaged for full demolition & removal of the existing building.
GEC & Bird for design & construction of the new building.
The new Campus Centre should be ready long before the end of the decade (although bureaucracy so you never know).
Lol. I can stop banging my head on the wall every time I pass by that site. It's happening!@Surrealplaces your dream came true - haven't you been (correctly) pushing a basketball court here for ages?
gsunnyg
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As a basketball junkie, this is awesome. Looking at how successful bridge and EV courts are, hard to go wrong with installing basketball hoops.
CT (Chinese_T)
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The Familia
Active Member
I was at the zoo this morning and I think this will be part of the new Polar Bear exhibit that they are building.
CT (Chinese_T)
Active Member
Rendering:
Site Plan:
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=3029141520672257&set=pcb.3029141697338906
Edit: there is visible progress on the latest satellite imagery
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The Familia
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I don’t know why the zoo has been so secretive of this project. There are zero proper renderings of what the finished product will look like. Nothing printed on all the construction fencing either.
Damn, looks like they clear cut a lot of trees for this. Hoping it turns out really good.
Damn, looks like they clear cut a lot of trees for this. Hoping it turns out really good.
DougB
Active Member
What was previously on the site where the polar bears are going? I haven't been to the Zoo in a long time