Building With Wood All Depends on Price Tag

Friday, June 05, 2009 03:57 AM

Prince George, B.C.- Beaverly will be getting a new Fire Rescue Hall and it won’t be made of wood.

Although the Provincial Government has indicated it would like to see (wherever possible) all new public building construction focus on wood, the new hall will be made of metal.

The request for design-build proposals stipulated that while the price tag could not exceed $1 million dollars, the materials to be used could be wood or metal. There were two firms which submitted “compliant” (under the million dollar mark) proposals.

Lindstrom Construction’s proposal carried a price tag of $890,241.68 (plus taxes) while IQ Builders’ proposal came in at $988,000.00. The IQ proposal featured wood construction.

The two design-build proposals were judged on the following:

Project Manager experience
Company experience
Quality of proposal
Work Plan
Acceptable Schedule
Fee structure.

Each proposal was scored on the above criteria and out of a possible 100 points, Lindstrom received 86, while IQ Builders received 75.

The big difference between the two proposals is the price. The bottom line showed the building would be 10% cheaper if made of metal. “We felt we were getting the best value for our dollar” says Regional District of Fraser Fort George Manager of Public Safety Donna Munt.

The new Beaverly Fire Rescue Hall will be 100’ by 100’. It will have a larger bay area to house the fire and rescue apparatus, a larger storage area for equipment, a larger training area that can be used for community meetings and an area that will be designated for Emergency Services such as a back up Emergency Operations Centre.

The money to cover the construction costs will come from the Towns for Tomorrow Grant ( $400 thousand) with the balance from the Beaverly Fire Protection and Chilako Rescue Service Capital reserves and 2009 operating budget.

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Posted by: CaringSoul on June 5 2009 9:59 AM

The price of lumber on the market does not reflect the extremely high cost of lumber at the retail level. Pretty bad when steel is cheaper than a 2x4. Try and find a straight board in some of those retail piles to, its a joke. Just another reason why the lumber industry is failing.

Posted by: Harbinger on June 5 2009 2:07 PM

Find a straight board? Hmmm? The Americans and the Japanese don't want the third rate crap (firewood quality) we stock in every lumber yard here in PG. We have no choice but to buy it. Cool, eh?

Posted by: polar7018 on June 5 2009 5:05 PM

doesn't help the lumber industry much does it.same thing at the new school being built, all metal!!!!! and these people are
helping the economy?

Posted by: NMG on June 5 2009 6:32 PM

Why would the Province fork out another $100K just so they can use wood? I could maybe see it if it formed part of the design and/or had aesthetic value, but if it's just burried behind a wall, why bother? I say use steel and spend the extra dough on medical procedures . . .

Posted by: gus on June 5 2009 6:41 PM

From the above infromation I would not be able to say that wood was more expensive than steel. That material makes up a small compnent of the full price, and the differnce in the price is not all attributable to wood verus steel. In fact, none of it may be.

In order to know what that difference would have been, one would have had to ask for two quotes from each contractor - one for wood and the other for steel.

Posted by: NMG on June 5 2009 8:14 PM

Good point gus!

Posted by: polar7018 on June 5 2009 8:24 PM

the province will fork out a lot more than $100,000 to pay the laid off mill workers
because the demand for wood is down.
setting a good example here in a wood dependant town aren't we.

Posted by: ervboy on June 5 2009 9:03 PM

Has anyone compared heating costs,insurance costs,metal versus wood?