Cruise Ferry to House Kitimat Workers
The Silja Festival, ( in photo at right, photo courtesy Jessica Haydahl) a cruise ferry from the Baltic Sea, arrived in Vancouver on the weekend, and is undergoing a major makeover so it can accommodate the workers who will call it home.
To be re-branded the “Delta Spirit Lodge” it will provide housing for 600 construction workers.
The company says this accommodation will ease the pressure on Kitimat which has been stressed over trying to find space for the workers. The increasing demand pushing up the rental rates.
Total cost for the voyage and the renovations is expected to top $4 million. An additional $1 million in food will be loaded while it is in drydock.
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This is only for upper management and not for the normal construction worker.as led to believe
There are 600 upper management people working on that project in Kitimat?
The Kitimat restaurants probably don’t like this idea.
Spoken like a true union drone handycap.
And how many management a$$es have you kissed with that mouth dow?
I somehow doubt upper management will be spending a night anywhere near Kitimat.
Could be for the foreign workers? Probably something similar to rules around workers on foreign cargo ships at play… lol just speculation though.
I see they changed the name from Kemano Completion project to the Rio Tinto modernization project.
So what’s happening at kemano?
The Kemano Two Completion project was shelved a number of years ago. It was closed by the NDP Government who paid Alcan somewhere in the are of $250 Million for lost revenue and costs.
HOWEVER. Rio Tino is putting through the Kemano Two tunnel ostensibly to enable them to divert water from Kemano one, thus allowing them to do maintenance work on Kemano One.
Hmmmmmmmm. Apparently Kemano Two will not be used to generate more electricity.
The Rio Tinto modernization project started three of four years ago. This upgrade will replace the present ingot plant, use approx. the same amount of electricity, and produce the same or more aluminum. In addition when completed it will result in the loss of some 400 full time jobs. This project should be completed in the fall of 2014, or sometime in 2015. (One assumes it is on time and on budget)
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