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March 12, 2008
Harjim Industrial Services on the job at Pacific Sport Institute
BRIAN GENGE
Workers with Harjim Industrial Services put the finishing touches on some steel columns on the west side of the gym at the Pacific Sport Institute project at Camosun College’s Interurban campus on the outskirts of Victoria.
The managing architect on the $27.5-million Pacific Sport Institute project is Cannon Design. The construction manager is Farmer Construction.
The building is being built to LEED Gold certification standards and should be ready for occupancy in September 2008.
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