ACO.Y ATCO Ltd

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.

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