ATCO Sustainable Communities and St. Mary's Band Celebrate Opening of New Education Centre
23 Agosto 2012 - 11:08PM
Marketwired
ATCO Sustainable Communities and the St. Mary's Band today
celebrated the opening of the new Aq'amnik Education Centre.
Located six kilometres north of Cranbrook, the St. Mary's Band,
also known as the Aq'am Community, is a member of the Ktunaxa
Nation Council of the Kootenay District.
The 13 large building modules that comprise the new 10,000 sq.
ft. two-storey facility were delivered by ATCO to the site where
workers from St. Mary's Band had prepared the foundation for the
education centre. Once onsite, the pre-fabricated components were
lifted in place within just two days.
"This new building is a great example of how ATCO's project
expertise combined with our experience in creating successful
Aboriginal partnerships can really make a difference in these
communities," said Boris Rassin, President, ATCO Sustainable
Communities, a new ATCO company that provides a full range of
pre-fabricated building solutions for Indigenous and other remote
communities.
"We've worked hard with the community planners over the past few
months to take this project from concept to student-ready," he
added. "Together we've delivered not only a modern facility ready
for the new school year, but also one that is scalable where new
classrooms or even a gymnasium can be added as needed."
The state-of-the-art facility will accommodate 100 students from
Kindergarten to Grade 7, doubling the capacity of the old school.
It will include six classrooms, a multi-purpose room that will
serve as library and music room, a First Aid room, as well as staff
rooms and a kitchen. It will also feature a biofuel district
heating system that burns wood chips - the first of its kind in the
area.
"The Education Centre represents an important step for the
community in taking control of the education of our children," said
St. Mary's Chief Cheryl Casimer. "We can now offer our students of
all ages a safe, inviting and inspiring place to learn."
This project is the first initiative to follow a Joint-Venture
Agreement signed between ATCO and Aq'am Community Enterprises, a
development corporation wholly owned by the St. Mary's Band.
"Building the new education centre demonstrates the many ways
this partnership will benefit our community," said Chief Casimer.
"Not only do we have this great new place for our students but,
through our role in the planning and construction, we've also
created employment opportunities and gained valuable skills
training that we can apply to future projects within our community
and throughout the greater Cranbrook region."
ATCO Sustainable Communities can design and build any facility a
community may need ranging from offices, schools and daycare
centres to residential housing, hockey arenas and retail outlets.
The company also provides utility infrastructure, such as water
purification and distributed power generation facilities.
Headquartered in Calgary, ATCO Sustainable Communities is part
of the ATCO Group of Companies. ATCO Group, with more than 8,800
employees and assets of approximately $13 billion, delivers service
excellence and innovative business solutions worldwide with leading
companies engaged in Structures & Logistics (manufacturing,
logistics and noise abatement), Utilities (pipelines, natural gas
and electricity transmission and distribution), Energy (power
generation, natural gas gathering, processing, storage and liquids
extraction) and Technologies (business systems solutions). More
information can be found at www.atco.com.
Contacts: ATCO Sustainable Communities Boris Rassin President
(403) 807-7702
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