Design contact for Crossings Ice Complex to ring in at $2.1 million

City council today approved the selection of an architectural design team for the Crossings Ice Complex – a twin-ice arena and curling centre to be built in West Lethbridge.

QYA Group 2 Architecture Interior Design of Calgary in association with Ferrari Westwood Babits Architects of Lethbridge has been awarded a $2.1-million design contract based on being the highest-evaluated proponent. A total of 11 proposals were submitted proposals for the design work, and the successful proponent was among three who were short listed. The design cost is included in the project’s overall $41.35-million budget.

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New diluent pipeline proposed for Fort Saskatchewan area

An Alberta pipeline company is looking to build a 55 km line from Edmontonto a pump station near Bruderheim to carry diluent to oilsands operators in the Christina Lake area.

Inter Pipeline Company, a Calgary-based pipeline operator, is in the process of finalizing area landowner agreements to thread the 24-inch diameter pipeline between Josephburg and Fort Saskatchewan as part of a 200,000 barrel a day line that makes its way from the company’s Edmonton terminal to its Lamont pump station, about three kilometres northwest of Bruderheim,

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