Kordyban Lodge Behind Schedule
Monday, October 22, 2012 @ 11:07 AM
Architectural rendering of Kordyban Lodge – courtesy Canadian Cancer Society -Northern Region
Prince George, B.C.- The Kordyban Lodge, which will offer accommodation and support to those undergoing treatment at the new Northern Cancer Centre, has suffered a set back.
Originally scheduled to open in January of 2013, construction completion will not meet that deadline.
“There was an issue with one of the sub contractors who ran into some difficulties” says Margaret Jones-Bricker, Regional Director, Canadian Cancer Society, Northern Region.
The General Contractor for the project, Wayne Watson Construction, has now found a new sub-contractor to fill the gap, and while work has resumed, about a month has been lost in construction time.
Jones-Bricker says it was not easy to find a new sub-contractor as construction crews throughout the province are extremely busy.
A new timeline for the lodge opening is being developed.
In the meantime, Jones-Bricker says they have a list of “alternate accommodation that will be available and we have worked with Northern Health to ensure patients from out of town receive the medical rate for accommodation.” She says the Canadian Cancer Society will continue its financial support program for patients regardless of the state of the Kordyban Lodge development.
Anyone needing more information on accommodation or financial assistance can contact the Canadian Cancer Society at 1-888-939-3333 and Northern Regional Office 250-564-0885.
Comments
Heres hoping that the good local contractor ( picking up the pieces left by the now bankrupt out of town contractor) is able to complete the work within the original budget ( doubt it, there is a lot to do ) and reasonably close to the original completion date.
metalman.
It was a sub contractor. Not the main one.
Your are right metalman.Local General Contractors like Wayne Watson are a key role in any development in Prince George and the North.They are a family based business and have been in town for a long time. Hopefully this hick-up will get resolved quickly and the local replacement company (who is top notch) can makeup some lost time.
An interesting case.
If this is a lump sum contract between Wayne Watson and the Society, then there is a fixed price other than components which may have been agreed to as being variable. Thus, it is irrelevant whether the General Contractor has to pay more. The owner should not have to.
If Wayne Watson did their due diligence, any major subtrade should have had to provide a performance bond.
Who. Said they didn’t
Didn’t what? I am assuming you were commenting regarding my post.
If so (notice the use of the word “if” there as well – it is a supposition) then from where would you possibly get the notion that I assume they did not do their due diligence?
Viking, Crossroads, Wayne Watson, Frank Hedges, etc. During the construction boom of the 1970s we used to break up large projects into smaller segments on occasion so that local contractors, who could otherwise not finance the construction of a larger project, would be able to bid. We also made sure as much as we could, that projects were staggered.
It really is a very strange construction environment these days in this town. Relatively speaking there is little construction going on yet we have all this trouble finding people to do the work.
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