July 2009

The PCU Centre tenders are a go.

At its meeting on Tuesday, Rural Municipality of Portage la Prairie council approved eight tenders for construction work on the PCU Centre project at Portage’s Island Park fairgrounds.

“We are approving them and still staying within our commitment of contributing up to $8 million,” said Reeve Toby Trimble. “These all fit within that.”

The following tenders were approved by council: $261,424 to TDI for exterior metal wall panels; $309,900 to Goertzen Roofing for roofing work; $755,570 to Tri-Clad for exterior metal wall systems; $53,462 to Access Systems for overhead doors; $971,897 to Antex Western for flooring; $278,765 to Shanahan’s for various building specialties; $174,465 to Irwin Seating for arena seating; $264,503 to FC Woodwork for millwork, for a total bid amount of $3.07 million.

RM council also approved a resolution giving project manager Tower Engineering Inc. the authority to award the remaining tenders up to $4.6 million, as long as these tenders stay within the RM’s budget. The remaining tenders will deal with landscaping and paving, among other work, at the site.

Coun. Bill Alford was the lone opposition to both votes. He has contended in the past his ratepayers were not in favour of the RM’s $6.2-million borrowing bylaw to meet its $8-million commitment to the PCU Centre that was approved by the Manitoba Municipal Board in June.

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