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Finalists announced in Sask. P3 school project

Oct 31, 2014 | 12:59 PM

The province has announced three finalists as it decides who will build nine new joint-use elementary school buildings. 

On Friday morning, the government announced that three teams responded to the Request for Qualifications (RFQ) which closed on Sept. 11. Those three are now considered as finalists for the projects in Regina, Saskatoon, Warman and Martensville. They are Joint Use Mutual Partnership, Plenery Education, and Tandem Education Partners.

The groups consist of:

Joint Use Mutual Partnership

Concert Infrastructure Ltd. (Equity Provider)
Bird Capital Limited Partnerships (Equity Provider)
Bird Design‐Build Construction Inc. (Construction)
Wright Construction Western Inc. (Construction)
GEC Architecture (Design)
Kindrachuck Agrey Architecture (Design)
Johnson Controls Canada LP (Service Provider)

Plenary Education

Plenary Group (Canada) Ltd. (Equity Provider)
PCL Construction Management Inc. (Equity Provider)
PCL Construction Management Ltd. (Construction)
Stantec Architechture Inc. (Design)
Honeywell Limited Canada (Service Provider)

Tandem Education Partners

Gracorp Capital Advisors Ltd. (Equity Provider)
Balfour Beatty Investments, LP (Equity Provider)
BB Group Canada Inc. (Equity Provider)
Graham Design Builders Inc. (Construction)
Westridge Construction (Construction)
BR2 Architecture (Design)
aodbt architecture + interior design (Design)
P3 Architecture Partnership (Design)
Balfour Beatty Communities, LP (Service Provider)
GDI Technical Services LP, by its Partner GDI Integrated Services Inc. (Service Provider)

One group will be chosen to build all nine sites – which will house 18 elementary schools. The province chose to use a Public-Private Partnership (P3) model for the new schools.

Construction is still expected to begin in summer 2015 with completion aimed for fall 2017.

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