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4 AEFAA president’s message - Mike Lundstrom

5 Putting the spotlight on Ken Fate

6 Windows to the future: The renovation and modernization of the trochu Valley School

11 In loving memory of Paul Rogers

12 new growth on old school grounds in Jasper

14 Collaborating with community to meet the needs of the future

17 AEFAA Annual Spring Conference and trade Show highlights

18 The Workun Garrick Partnership: Architecture for education

20 Working together for the benefit of all: The new East Wheatland School is on its way

22 The Calgary Board of Education continues to work towards sustainability in schools

24 Everything old is new again: traditional school model is back

28 tips from Alberta Recycling

30 Building St. Joseph High School for the future

32 no digging, no destruction: Drain and pressure pipe re-lining inside of Alberta’s schools

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FACILITY FOCUS • Fall 20154

Hi everyone.I hope your summer went well and

you are ready to head into the 2015-16 school year.

Looking back on the past two years, I thought, ‘What a crazy couple of years.’ We experienced increased in-frastructure maintenance and renew-al funding, reduced operations and maintenance funding, restored fund-ing and a new provincial government. Throw in inspiring education, high school redesign and enrolment pres-sures, and it has been a recipe for a couple of challenging years.

Throughout all of these changes, however, our job remains the same –

to provide the best facilities we can to enhance education for our students. How do we do this? Well, each of us will have different ideas, and that is great. It is through these different ideas and experiences that we can help each other grow.

The AEFAA, through workshops, conferences and networking opportu-nities, is in an advantageous position to facilitate the professional develop-ment of our members, but we need your help to keep this organization running. At the AGM in the spring, we will be looking to fill some execu-tive positions. Please consider letting your name stand for one of these posi-tions. Feel free to stop and talk to any of the executive members, or drop us a note if you have questions about what is involved in being part of this great team.

On the topic of conferences and workshops, last year we held our fall conference in Canmore, which saw the introduction of an incredibly suc-cessful mini-trade show. This year’s fall conference will take place in a new location at Delta Lodge in the beauti-ful Kananaskis Village from Oct. 21 to 23. We hope to see you there.

As well, the spring conference is set to go again at the Sheraton in Red Deer. Keep an eye on the website (http://aefaa.ca/) for more informa-tion.

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By Emily PikE

Although he retired in 2006, Ken Fate started his career in facilities in 1982 with the Grande Cache Public School Division and is a lifelong member of the Alberta Educational Facilities Administrators’ Association (AEFAA), having joined with their prior iteration when he first started in facilities.

Fate, who was the executive director of AEFAA for about 16 years, retired from that position in 2011, and for the past five years he has been a school trustee for the Grande Yellowhead Public School Divi-sion.

“In 2010, I was elected as a school trust-ee and was re-elected in October 2013. I find it very time-consuming and a huge amount of reading. Being a school trustee is more work than my previous job in fa-cilities, but it’s very fulfilling. You’re elect-ed to represent your community and your community schools,” Fate says.

Initially a district with only three schools, it went through some major changes in 1996.

“The Alberta government amalgamat-ed a bunch of districts and Grande Cache became part of Grande Yellowhead Pub-lic School Division, making it 18 schools plus five off-campus or outreach loca-tions within the district,” Fate recalls.

Ken is supportive of the off-campus or outreach locations within each of those districts. Each of these schools is there for the use of students who would otherwise

be turning to correspondence courses, an isolating and difficult way to com-plete an education.

“These kids come to a facility where they can get help from a teacher, where they can do their school work during regular school hours,” Fate says. “We have some students who can’t work courses into their timetables, some who don’t necessarily fit in a regular high school for whatever reason – they might be shy, they could be easily distracted – it’s a smaller setting, far more intimate, so the kids can be themselves.”

One of Fate’s goals in being a school trustee is to make sure that the students and faculty in the Grande Yellowhead Public School Division have their chang-ing needs met. They’re currently mod-ernizing one of the schools in Grande Cache, bringing it up to speed with these technology-driven times.

“It’s a complete change of the appear-ance of the school and it will also be a modern, programmable school – Wi-Fi-enabled throughout the building, charging stations in the classrooms for the kids so they can use their own tab-lets and telephones and whatever equip-ment they have,” Fate says.

“It’s a move away from having station-ary, dedicated areas for technology, so they’re not going to have a computer lab anymore, but they will have com-puter carts that teachers can sign out

and bring to their classrooms on an as-needed basis.”

Fate’s satisfaction with being a school trustee lies in the fact that he’s still con-tributing positively to the education sys-tem.

“You’re still working with the students and teachers and we’re trying to do the best job that we can for education and facilities,” Fate says.

Though he’s found great satisfaction in his career in facilities, it wasn’t always his chosen path.

“After graduating as a psychiatric nurse, I worked for seven years in a mental institution. I thought that’s what I wanted to do,” Fate confesses. “Then I left nursing and went into power engi-neering. I obtained a second class certif-icate in power engineering and I worked at that for probably 17 years. Then I de-cided I had had enough shift work and I took a four-year apprenticeship in in-strumentation. When I left that, I went into facilities.”

When Fate’s term ends in October of 2017, he will not be running again.

“By October 2017 when my current school trustee term ends I will be 76 years old,” Fate says. “I think it’s time that my wife and I can take some time to travel. I have no idea where we’ll go, we’ll just go.” F

Putting the spotlight on

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Ken Fate was a psychiatric nurse before working in in the facilities industry.


The renovation and modernization of the Trochu Valley SchoolBy DEB Smith

Windows to the future

In Golden Hills School Division no. 75 (GHSD), an old school has undergone a complete makeover in structure, perfor-mance and sustainability.

The trochu Valley School was first built in 1922, a two-storey structure that saw many additions and improve-ments over the years until the last addi-tion in 1982 entailed the demolition of

that original structure. Almost 30 years later, after extensive wear and tear, with equipment and materials exceeding life expectancy and the rapidly changing requirements in education, the school’s condition moved to the top of the Al-berta Infrastructure priority list.

The closure of Pontmain Elementa-ry School – a kindergarten to Grade 3

school next door – and the amalgama-tion of that program into trochu Valley School was another factor to consider. Pontmain School was also extremely old and had underutilized space between the two buildings.

Early in 2011, community stakehold-ers, parents, school staff and students as well as representatives from GHSD

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and the Alberta government met to dis-cuss what to do about the deteriorating condition of the outdated facilities. The

group agreed that a modernized and right-sized kindergarten to Grade 12 solution made much more sense for the

community, for the school district and, most importantly, for the students. The school board presented the renovation,

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The old Trochu Valley School.

demolition and new construction as part of its capital plan, and Alberta Edu-cation approved the project.

Group2 Architecture Interior Design Ltd. of Calgary was chosen to design a facility that would satisfy and enhance the learning and teaching needs of the community. By the end of the summer in 2012, the general contractor, Penta-gon Structures Ltd. of Edmonton, be-gan work on the proposed $11.7-million project. All students and staff relocated to temporary school facilities in trochu, including the town curling rink, in or-der to give full rein to the construction crews.

new construction included a full-size gymnasium that is much bigger than the original 1958 space. Friends of troVal, a local society group, committed to raise additional funds to enhance the project, and one of those enhancements was to help build a gym larger than originally planned with seating for spectators in the new increased space. The area also features a modern sound system to pro-duce quality sound for events held in the gym. The old gym was kept and repur-posed into a big music room with an acoustically-treated high ceiling and its own storage area.

Renovation and reconfiguration of ex-isting interior spaces continued with the

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The new Trochu Valley School.

former band room becoming a new foods lab. Don Hartman, facilities manager for GHSD, is proud of how the school made the most of what it had.

“We have a combination food and fashion lab that works well with both classes. And we installed a header system for the welding program so there is more space for the students to work. In the old school we had bottles of oxy/acetylene on carts that took up considerable floor space,” Hartman says.

In addition to improved artificial light-ing, natural light is brought into class-rooms with new windows that open onto the expansive prairie landscape. The entire electrical and computer systems were replaced by Q2 Electrical Contrac-tors Ltd.

“The school is now Wi-Fi accessible; we have Active Boards in every teaching space and several notebook carts for stu-dents who don’t have their own devices,” Hartman explains.

And to keep everything powered up, the school provides charging lockers to individually store and secure electronic devices such as tablets, laptops, iPad de-vices and cellphones. Students use digital locks to access power supply outlets and USB charging ports.

Superintendent Bevan Daverne says the existing school library has become “an open learning commons that is invit-ing and functional, innovative in design by combining books and technology for all levels of learning.” Classrooms with movable walls allow for flexibility in class-room sizes. Bright colours throughout the school, including in the art project room, have helped to transform the facility into a vibrant centre that reflects the excite-ment and promise of its students.

An entire new wing with six classrooms has been built, as well as a new atrium leading to the school’s main entrance and student gathering hub. Underneath it all, providing enhanced air quality and

heating, Goldbar Mechanical Co. Ltd. overhauled and replaced the complete air-handling system with modern, en-ergy-efficient equipment and plumbing fixtures.

The new and greatly improved tro-chu Valley School opened in time for the new season in the fall of 2014, but it doesn’t stop there. The Friends of tro-Val Society has joined with the school to provide a fitness facility that will benefit the entire community.

“The new fitness centre will be an ex-citing part of the school,” says Daverne. “Work has started, and it should be fin-ished by early 2016. The centre will be owned by the school division, and the community will have its own after-hours entrance.”

The trochu Valley School has under-gone a major transformation that has brought it not only up to date, but also beyond and into the future, into its com-munity and the province of Alberta. F

In loving memory of

We were all incredibly saddened to hear the news that our good friend and a long-time AEFAA member, Paul Rogers, had passed away. Paul was a dedicated and outstanding member of SPOSA/ AEFAA for more than 20 years. Paul served as a director on the executive as the exhibitors representative. Paul rarely missed a meeting as our organization was near and dear to his heart. During that time, he made some very strong and long-lasting friendships. Anyone who served as a director instantly grew to like him for his friendliness and valued opinion.

SPOSA/AEFAA has been proud to host the trade show during our annual spring conference, and Paul played a key role in ensuring that the exhibitors and delegates got the best out of each and every event.

Of course, after-hours, Paul was extremely entertaining and a pure joy to be around. We’ll miss his bear hugs, his enthusiasm and his great sense of humour. In terms of our organization, he was one of our pioneers, and it’s people like Paul that made AEFAA what it is today.

We’ll miss you, buddy. F

Paul Rogers



By DEB Smith

new growth onold school grounds in Jasper

Approximately 275 students walked into a brand new facility when school began in September of 2014 in Jasper, Alta.

A new, renovated Jasper Junior/Se-nior High School had been on the com-munity and school division wish list for

10 years, and when it opened its doors last fall, everyone agreed that it was worth every minute of the wait. In the beginning, an important part of the de-cision to build a new school rather than have the students and staff go through major renovations in the existing facility was to find a way for the Municipality of Jasper and the Grande Yellowhead Pub-lic School Division (GYPSD) to make a good old-fashioned land swap.

That exchange of land involved a municipal dog park on Bonhomme Street that was adjacent to the existing high school property. Through a plebi-scite held in June 2011, the community agreed to give over the park so that it would become the location for the fu-ture new high school. Afterwards, once the old high school was removed, the Municipality of Jasper would become the owner of that original high school

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Ken Baluch, director of facilities with the school division, recalls, “When we got the land from the municipality to build the new school, we agreed to de-molish the old high school, clear the land and give that land back to the town.”

By the summer of 2015, all evidence of the old school was removed. Christine nadon is the communications manager for the Municipality of Jasper, and she’s been watching the progress of the de-molition and the site preparation since the new school opened.

“The old school is gone and the bot-tom surface of the ground is being prepared for construction next spring. We’re turning the space into something very similar to what we had before,” na-don says.

“It will be a multi-purpose, open space, saving as many of the existing trees as possible. We’re putting in a turf surface in the middle to accommodate temporary activities like soccer games, community events and festivals and fairs. As well, there will be seating areas around the perimeter of the park.”

While the students of Jasper enjoy the modern learning environment of their new school, the grounds that held the original old school since 1978 will serve a new purpose for the residents of the community – education and community working together for the benefit of all. F

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In its relatively short history, the town of Grande Cache has grown from wilder-ness in the eastern shadow of the Cana-dian Rockies to a vibrant, diversified and

growing community that knows how to meet the future head-on.

Land for the new town was first cleared out of the forest in the early spring of 1969

after the discovery of huge coal deposits nearby. By October of the same year, the two-storey Grande Cache Community High School (GCCHS) was built.

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By the 1970s, the school had added a gymnasium, a library, offices and school labs. As the town continued to grow and modernize, the school also expanded with an industrial arts program and fa-cilities in 1989. Later, the community raised money for a small addition to the school library, and went forward with the amalgamation of both libraries un-der one roof. The school continued on for the next 25 years to its current stu-dent population of more than 350 stu-dents.

In May 2015, the full modernization of the GCCHS was announced after much consultation with school person-nel, Grande Yellowhead Public School Division (GYPSD) representatives, the local school board trustee and commu-nity stakeholders. The Workun Garrick Partnership Architecture and Interior Design Inc. was chosen to bring the old school building into the modern world.

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in may 2015, the full modernization of the GCChS was announced after much consultation with school personnel, Grande yellowhead Public School Division (GyPSD) representatives, the local school board trustee and community stakeholders. the Workun Garrick Partnership Architecture and interior Design inc. was chosen to bring the old school building into the modern world.


rate entrance in addition to access from inside the school.

The school itself currently doesn’t have a defined main entrance, and that will be remedied along with a new car drive aisle and sidewalk to improve ac-cess.

The area that has served as the school and community library will be partially demolished and then renovated into a cohesive administration suite. Im-provements to the design of the home economics classroom include all new appliances, work stations and a more user-friendly design. As well, a new servery will facilitate access to the new student gathering space and atrium. The existing wood shop area will be re-configured for better access and practi-cality. Science classrooms and labs will move into newly renovated existing spaces.

All washrooms will be brought up to today’s standards of energy efficiency, barrier-free design and quality of mate-rials. Classrooms will be equipped with

motion-activated lighting and windows (most of the existing classrooms and teaching spaces have no windows at all). In the current configuration, the second floor of the school is only accessible by the use of stairs. The new design will al-low for barrier-free access to every part of the facility.

Six modular classrooms will make up a separate yet connected wing of the school. These buildings will become the new home for the SonRise Christian Program that operates within this com-munity school.

Underneath all the renovations and reconfiguring, there will be a complete overhaul of the existing mechanical and electrical systems to replace worn-out equipment that has outlived much of its projected life cycles.

As is the case in almost every building in Alberta built before 1990, there will be some asbestos abatement work to be done by one of the province’s specially licensed contractors. This has become a common aspect of construction and will

have an important role in the project timeline.

Getting it all done with the least amount of disruption to the teaching staff and students will involve a complex balancing act.

“The first phase will be installing the six modular classrooms,” says Baluch. “That way we can move some students into those spaces while demolishing or renovating another section, then we move those students back and keep go-ing until it’s finished. It’s a whole process that will probably take place over four or five phases while we have students in the school at the same time.”

Construction is slated to begin in Oc-tober 2015 and finish during the 2016-17 school year. At that time, the GCCHS will be a fully modern and energy-effi-cient facility with a 500-student capac-ity. It will not only increase the educa-tional opportunities for its students, but will also continue to actively contribute to the growth and quality of lifestyle of the community of Grande Cache. F




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AeFAA Annual spring conference and trade show highlights

AEFAA held its 41st Annual Spring Conference and trade Show in Red Deer on May 11 to 14 at the Sheraton Red Deer Hotel. This past year’s confer-ence was another success with a good number of delegates and another great showing from our business partners in the trade show.

The conference program aimed at providing equal opportunities for del-egates representing the maintenance, custodial and safety fields. All sessions were well-attended, and input from the membership gave us new ideas for next year’s conference. Our then president, Janine tolhurst, did a great job of guid-ing us through another year and wel-comed Mike Lundstrom in as the new president. Thanks for everything you did, Janine!

The trade show was a resounding suc-cess with a 1960s theme. Delegates and

exhibitors had a great time participat-ing as evidenced by the photos. (Obvi-ously some of our members don’t get out much!).

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The new East Wheatland School is on its wayBy DEB Smith

Working together for the benefit of all

Within the Golden Hills School Division no. 75 (GHSD), four rural communities have come together in their vision for one standalone school that will provide the most comprehensive educational opportunities for all the young people in the area.

The Rockyford, Hussar, Standard and Central Bow Valley (CBV) Schools were built more than 60 years ago to serve the

surrounding agricultural communities. By 2011, all four schools needed exten-sive maintenance and renovations to be safe and functional, and to address the rapidly changing requirements of mod-ern education. In addition, enrolments were declining and many students were attending better equipped and larger schools in other areas of the school dis-trict.

Working within the Alberta govern-ment’s 2015-20 Capital Plan to build and modernize the province’s schools, the GHSD initiated information-sharing sessions in november 2011 to begin ex-tensive, meaningful consultations with the four communities about finding the best solution to benefit all parties.

Bevan Daverne, superintendent of GHSD, discusses the planning approach.

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“As a school district, we wanted to be the facilitator for the solution that worked best for all parents in the area. The process we followed encouraged open dialogue, broad feedback and a core group of parents in a working group talking with their communities that pro-vided the final recommendation to our board of trustees,” Daverne explains.

Over the course of 2012, many meet-ings and discussions took place as work-ing groups looked at a variety of pos-sible solutions. In the end, the favoured decision was to build one consolidated school that would be central to the four communities and offer programming from kindergarten to Grade 12.

The new East Wheatland School will become one of more than 30 standalone schools in Alberta, existing outside a city, town, village or hamlet with ser-vices. When the current schools close, each one will be disposed of through appropriate procedures – offered to the Alberta government, to the local village or to another buyer for use other than as a school. If the facility cannot be reused, then it will be demolished, and the re-stored site will be returned to the com-munity.

A new school site was chosen at the intersection of Highways 561 and 840, about 10 kilometres south of the village of Standard, Alta., and central to all four communities. The Wheatland County Municipal School Reserve funded the purchase of the land and servicing as a variation on the same process used in other municipalities of providing ser-viced land.

The main architect for the design of the new school is ACI Architects Inc. of Edmonton with local support from Zeidler BKDI Architects. Designed for a core capacity of 450 students, the school can be expanded if necessary in the fu-ture.

As with all Alberta schools, the facil-ity is designed to LEED Silver standards with water-efficient fixtures, quality in-

door air levels, sustainable materials and site development. Although using des-ignated farm land for the site does not gain points under LEED, Don Hartman, facilities manager for the GHSD, feels there is compensation for this.

“The 11 acres of farmland that is the school site is being replaced by the res-toration of the adjacent seven acres of poor quality farmland using the topsoil stripped from the site,” Hartman says. The plan already has enough points for LEED Silver, but sustainable design is factored into every aspect of the project.

The groundbreaking ceremony took place on June 22, 2015 with Delnor Con-struction of Edmonton getting to work right away as the general contractor. The state-of-the-art facility is scheduled to open in the fall of 2016.

“The new school is offering programs that were not available in the four small-er schools,” Hartman says. “Programs like welding, cosmetology, foods/fash-ion, a multimedia lab and the learning commons will all be new to the students. As well, the open gathering area will provide learning, interactive and collab-orative space.”

The exterior of the school also plays an important part in learning opportu-

nities. Daverne explains, “Because of the rural location of the school, it pro-vides flexibility to pursue equine, agri-cultural and other community partner-ship programming right on-site.”

A pond on the northeast corner of the site also contributes to the school programs. Hartman explains, “One of the really nice features is the stormwa-ter management pond, designed to be a teaching wetland for students to ex-plore during their science classes.”

A well provides water to the stand-alone school, so the design includes water tanks at the front entrance for firefighters to tie-in hoses.

Having been involved from the start, the parent councils continue to look for ways to add to the school’s ser-vices, raising money and working with the GHSD maintenance team to set up playgrounds that will eventually be owned and maintained by the school division.

The development process has been a positive, forward-thinking experience for the Golden Hills School Division, the parents and the entire rural com-munity – all working together to pro-vide the best education possible for their students. F

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the calgary board of education continues to work towards sustainability in schools

Sustainable development – meeting the needs of the present without com-promising the ability of future genera-tions to fulfil their own needs – is being implemented throughout all levels of the Calgary Board of Education (CBE) school system.

Dieter Hoerz, director of risk and cen-tral facility services with CBE, explains how sustainability is organized into three higher-level conceptual areas.

“The day-to-day interpretation of the word ‘sustainability’ has roots in our system in terms of both corporate-spon-sored and local initiatives. Secondly, we consider how to operate into the future, looking at consumption, resources, utility conservation and how to affect costs. Then there is the overall ques-tion of functionality – how to build and renovate our buildings so that an older school can continue to meet modern ed-

ucational needs and programs, and new schools will be flexible and useful into the decades ahead,” says Hoerz.

“We have a strong legacy of environ-mental action in the CBE board and are currently working within a three-year framework, beginning this year, to ad-vance sustainability in our schools,” says Roy Strum, curriculum consultant with CBE’s facilities and environmental ser-vices department. “These frameworks lay out a broad cross-section of priori-ties and actions that touch on facilities, learning, staff training and how we are engaging our communities.”

Reflecting this history of sustainabil-ity, almost all CBE schools were already involved in recycling when the City of Calgary recently initiated its waste man-agement program requiring all institu-tional organizations to recycle paper and cardboard. Ross Jaques, manager

of CBE’s integration and environmental services, explains how the facilities de-partment took it even further.

“We knew we had to have some kind of consistency across all our schools to be the most effective, so we researched what type of containers work the best for schools and revamped our entire re-cycling program as a result,” says Jaques. In their own initiative with division support, 75 schools are also actively in-volved in organics recycling.

As part of an earlier seven-year framework focused on environmental stewardship, the CBE engaged the Glob-al Footprint network to create a calcula-tor that measures the eco-footprint of an entire school. Earl Badger, CBE environ-mental projects co-ordinator, has been working with his team to streamline the process.

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tensive. We need to simplify the mea-surements, find a way to get similar comprehensive results without taking so much time,” says Badger.

Available to every school in the sys-tem, the calculator gathers benchmark data to assess the impact of sustainabil-ity initiatives and make informed deci-sions for the future.

Meanwhile, on the roof of Sir John A. MacDonald School in Calgary, a solar photovoltaic (PV) array collects elec-tricity-generating data that also provides valuable input on energy consumption levels.

On the local level, students and their teachers continue to bring forward in-novative solutions. Strum explains, “We work with them to develop procedures internally to help make these initiatives happen. In return, their ideas may help us to find the best way to make changes within a big system that serves a variety of schools and age groups.”

Lord Beaverbrook High School is an inspiring example of a school that adopts initiatives that are often ahead of the curve. It was one of the first CBE schools to establish hydration stations where students and staff refill their own water bottles. Once the student-led project raised the necessary funds, the division facilities department worked to research, purchase and install the equip-ment.

Engaging the school population in energy conservation challenges, creat-ing signage to encourage turning off idling cars outside to improve air quality, building a covered bicycle station to en-courage the use of alternative transpor-tation – these were other active projects initiated by the students.

“When an idea comes to light, the stu-dents work to figure out how to make it happen. They reach out to us for support and collaboration grows out of that,” says Hoerz.

Last year, Lord Beaverbrook earned third place in the first Greenest School

in Canada 2014 contest sponsored by the Canada Green Building Council. Supported by the facilities department, several teachers from the school applied for the award, citing some of the school’s many initiatives, such as the “living wall” that was designed by the student-run environmental ecology club, and the naturalization project featuring plant boxes constructed outside the school for trees, shrubs, flowers and vegetables.

“Lord Beaverbrook has a high profile in sustainability,” says Strum. “And it has been driven by teachers who care pas-sionately about the environment. With the support of administration, the stu-dent body has fully embraced the idea of ‘let’s make the world a better place.’”

Impressive activities are going on in all CBE schools, and the facilities de-partment is a key piece in the action, contributing expertise, manpower and the resources to help student-generated projects succeed. Hoerz says, “When a school envisions outdoor learning spaces, the groundspeople work hard to come up with a design that works with low maintenance that will be sustainable over the generations.”

The facilities team helps to select the right materials and the most ro-bust equipment that will hold up in a school environment. As new technology evolves, what has been learned from ear-lier initiatives is adopted and reapplied in other circumstances as the learning grows and spreads over the system.

“This collaboration doesn’t end with central facilities and the schools – exter-nal industry partners often play a critical role,” adds Badger. For example, Arbour Day is a big celebration at a selected CBE school every year that the facilities de-partment helps to organize, actively in-volving corporate sponsors to supply the trees planted by students.

These kinds of initiatives are replicat-ed throughout the system from elemen-tary to high school where students see that they can make a difference. Hoerz comments, “When students move out of school and into the corporate and indus-trial world, they bring a consciousness of sustainability with them, a legacy to pass on to the next generation.”

Three collaborative levels of approach within the CBE work together to make that legacy a reality. Firstly, at the cor-porate/local level, through central ini-tiatives and support, schools directly lessen their impact on resources and the environment. Secondly, within the framework of how to operate into the future, the division uses the experience of school-led projects to help focus on costs, conservation and sustainability on a system-wide level.

And finally, looking at the functional-ity of its buildings, understanding how schools and programs can apply creative concepts in environmental stewardship to renovations and new building design, the CBE will continue to build toward its vision of a sustainable future. F

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It looks like the P3 school building model has come and gone

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spite several good years of using the P3 design/build/finance/

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Calgary and Edmonton over a few short years, it would seem

that the traditional design/build or lump-sum format will be

the method of choice for the immediate future.

Built-in adaptabilityBird Construction was one of the general contractors that ben-

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schools using the format under the province’s ASAP 1 program,

which was completed in 2010. It also did another 10 schools under

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“I think that the P3 model for Alberta schools is a wrap at this

Traditional school model is backBy mElAniE FrAnnEr

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point,” says Jeremy Boldt, production manager for Bird Con-struction. “I think it’s had its time but both Alberta Infrastruc-ture and individual school boards have opted to go with the more traditional methods moving forward.”

Going the traditional route opens up the doors of opportu-nity to smaller general contractors and it also tends to provide the school boards with more control. Both of these factors more than likely played a role in the government’s decision.

Despite the move back to the traditional school-building mod-el, Bird Construction has managed to put its P3 experience to good use. The company was recently awarded contracts for eight more schools in the province – and will use the partnerships de-veloped under P3 to deliver them.

“The collaborative partnerships that we’ve formed while work-ing with the P3 format have fostered good relationships with oth-er companies,” states Boldt. “We have routines and efficiencies that now exist between our firms.”

Strength of experienceThese good relationships have come to the fore with the eight

new builds that Bird Construction is currently involved with in the province. The company has opted to work with BR2 Archi-tecture on the projects located north of Red Deer and with Gibbs Gage Architects on projects in the south. Both firms were on board for the previous P3 schools under the ASAP I and ASAP II projects.

“We’ve kept the same teams that we worked with for the past P3 projects for these new eight builds,” says Boldt, who adds that there is an ease and familiarity that has been developed between the firms as a result of this past experience.

Under the traditional design/build format, Bird Construction will deliver the following new builds for Government of Alberta Infrastructure:• Fort McMurray, which will consist of a bundle of three schools:

Dave Mcneilly K-8; Parsons Creek K-6; and Christina Gordon K-6;

• Airdrie, which will consist of a bundle of two schools: West Airdrie K-4 and East Airdrie K-5;

• Calgary Northeast High School; and• Calgary Northwest Francophone School.

Bird Construction was also successful in securing the contract for the Saddle Ridge K-4 school for the Calgary Board of Educa-tion, using the lump-sum model.

“We’re moving quickly on all eight of them,” says Boldt. “We have eight schools to build but the Calgary Board of Education has about another 20 on their plate. There is a massive deficit in school infrastructure because of all the people who have moved

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Boldt anticipates that the eight schools, which will range in size from around 30,000 to 70,000 square feet (except for Cal-gary northeast High School, which will be about 150,000 square feet), will be close to completion by the end of 2016 – with some phased-in occupancy for the fall of 2016.

“There is a lot of trade demand in the province right now,” he says. “But we anticipate being able to deliver on time.”

Eastern waysAlthough Bird Construction may have seen the last of the P3

school-building format in the province of Alberta – at least for

a while – it has not yet seen the end of P3 within the education sector.

“We have recently been awarded the building of nine ‘dou-ble schools’ on the same site – for a total of 18 actual schools – throughout the province of Saskatchewan,” says Boldt. “The project will be completed under a P3 format.”

Boldt is quick to add that the new project will once again take advantage of collaborative partnerships already established un-der previous P3 work.

“It’s all about adapting and making the best use of resources,” he concludes. “In this case, we have experience in many different building options and can use that experience to fulfill the specific needs of our clients.” F

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Construction in its essence is building for the future. The play on words is taken to another level with the building of St. Joseph High School in Red Deer.

notre Dame High School is Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools’ (RDCRS) only traditional high school in Red Deer. It has a current enrolment of 1,640 stu-dents, and with a projected increase in student population, a new building is “desperately needed”, according to Ken Jaeger, supervisor of support services with RDCRS.

The new $37-million high school will add 900 enrolment spots. The building is designed for expansion to accommodate up to 1,200 students in the future. Plan-ning for the project started in December of last year, and construction started in June. Currently, the piling is completed and the concrete foundations are being worked on. The anticipated opening for St. Joseph High School is September 2017.

“We anticipate that the school will open with approximately 650 students,” Jaeger said.

Integrated project delivery (IPD) is being used for St. Joseph. Jason towers, operations manager for Red Deer with Chandos Construction, said it is a differ-ent way of looking at construction pro-curement and uses a different contract model.

“It wasn’t just your standard ‘put in a price and go,’” said towers. “This was a proposal-based RFP that was put out by the Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools and Alberta Infrastructure. What it al-lowed us to do was put in a team prior to, put together some of the major sub-trades and look at being collaborative in that way.”

“traditional jobs often felt like you were in a poker game, with everyone holding their cards tight to their chest. At times, contractors were not always on the same team or had different visions of the project,” explained Jaeger. “With the IPD process, all team members know what the vision, goals and objective of the project are. It is a very transparent process.”

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that reduce waste and create efficiencies, Jaeger added. An example of such is the minimal amount of hard-copy drawings being used for this project. towers said instead of using paper drawings, they are using BIM, meaning the vast majority of the project is being built straight out of a 3D model, which is generated from a computer program.

“That is something that is extremely unique about this process,” said towers, adding he thinks BIM will also speed up the construction process.

Another highlight of the project is the 2,100-square-metre field house. The RDCRS has partnered with the Red Deer Royals Marching Band, who will use the space on evenings and weekends. Jaeger said community groups and organiza-tions will also be able to use the space.

“In addition to the field house, a part-nership with the City of Red Deer has been established that will see two addi-tional change rooms and a referee room constructed to allow access for the ad-jacent competitive soccer pitches,” ex-plained Jaeger.


The field house is made of precast concrete walls. This not only helps speed up the construction process, but during the winter months the me-chanical and electrical contractors can use the space. towers said this will minimize the amount of materials and equipment moved to and from the site. Other efficiencies include a garage the team has built to use as an office and meeting space instead of renting a job-site trailer. After the building is com-plete, the area will remain a part of the school, being used for storage by the Red Deer Royals, the school, as well as the city, Jaeger said.

One challenge so far was the aban-doned gas wells that needed to be cleaned more extensively then origi-nally planned.

“traditionally we would have just looked at adding a structural slab, in-creasing costs,” Jaeger said. “Instead, the team redesigned the footprint of the building and evaluated single, two-

storey and three-storey options before settling on the most economical design that still met the program requirements of the school. This was all completed within a three-week period, so minimal impact on schedule.”

to date, about five per cent of St. Jo-seph High School is complete. towers

said the project is “just getting rolling”, with the “lion’s share of everything yet to go”.

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