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Alberta Schools Alternative Procurement Phase 1

Bird, in a joint venture arrangement, constructed 18 LEED® Silver certified schools in Calgary and Edmonton based on a core school design that utilizes modular classroom space to accommodate the ebb and flow of student capacity.

Client
Alberta Infrastructure
Consultant
Barr Ryder Architects & Interior Designers and Graham Edmunds Cartier Architects
Contract Type
Public-Private Partnership
Project Size
90,000 sq. m
Duration
24 months
Project Value
$430,000,000
Entrance lobby of school showing hanging lights

Under a tight schedule, the team undertook a substantial redesign of the core schools - maximizing constructability, decreasing cost, and improving the construction schedule. Throughout the design, the team used life cycle costing to ensure value for money and longevity of the products used. Load-bearing masonry was replaced with structural steel and infill block, and the foundation work was substantially decreased by the use of piles and grade beams.