From Portage Online.com

Portage City Council has approved two of four tenders for the construction of the PCU Centre at the fairgrounds.

Tender 1 was budgeted at $2,247,000, and came in at $2,072,360.

Tender 2 came in at 6,810,830 dollars. That’s $181,830 over budget.

Despite that, Mayor Ken Brennan is satisfied, adding this is something the City and RM have been striving toward for three decades. He’s happy they’ve been able to deliver something significant to the community.

Brennan isn’t concerned one tender is over-budget because they’ve built that into the 35.7 million dollar budget.

He notes the final two tenders should be in by the end of next week.

The RM Council votes on all four tenders September 23rd.

Here’s a breakdown of the tenders.

Tender 1 Budget: $2,247,000.00 Tender: $2,072,360.00

Demolition: EF Moon — $110,000.00

Site Preparation: EF Moon — $935,760.00

Piling: Metro Piling — $1,026,600.00

Tender 2 Budget: $6,629,000.00 Tender: $6,810,830.00

Rebar: Cowin Steel — $355,643.00

Concrete: Dominion Construction — $1,947,000.00

Pre-engineered Building: Crane Steel — $2,480,000.00

Structural Steel: Abesco Steel — $596,905.00

Masonry: Roma Masonry — $756,000.00

Pre-cast Concrete: Haywood Concrete — $365,110.00

Glulam Beams: Western Archrib — $165,893.00

Elevators: Thyssen Elevator — $58,839.00

Structural Steel Deck: Tri Clad Designs Inc. — $85,440.00