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March 10, 2010
Dominion Construction gets two B.C. contracts
Seacliff Construction Corp.’s general contracting division, Dominion Construction, has been awarded two institutional construction management contracts in British Columbia worth a total of $61.8 million.
The first contract, the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) Gateway Project, involves the construction management of a new three-storey, 78,000 square foot academic/office building at the BCIT campus in Burnaby, B.C.
Dominion will also renovate and upgrade several existing BCIT buildings.
All work is scheduled for completion by March 31, 2011.
Funded in part by federal stimulus money, this project is valued at $31.8 million.
The second contract is with the City of Surrey and entails the construction management of a new three-storey, 77,000 square foot public library.
Designed by Bing Thom Architects, the building will be part of the first phase of the redevelopment of the Surrey City Centre.
This $30.0 million project is partially funded by federal stimulus money and is also scheduled to be completed by March 31, 2011.
JOC News Service
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