Modular home builder lands kindergarten classroom contract

Friday, 08 October 2010

An Aldergrove company has won a $28.5-million contract under the Ministry of Education’s full-day kindergarten program to design and build 133 modular classrooms for 101 schools across B.C. Shelter Industries will support 180 jobs while building the modular classrooms at its manufacturing operations in Aldergrove and the Okanagan, the province announced in a release. The company, which has been building modular buildings for 25 years, will begin construction in the coming months and have them ready for September 2011, when the province’s full-day kindergarten program begins its second year.   Full-day kindergarten requires more school space than is available in some B.C. neighbourhoods. The classrooms are part of a $144.5-million government plan that includes the creation of 122 classrooms through school additions and renovations, a new school in Langley and $10 million to furnish and equip classrooms to support full-day kindergarten. The modular classrooms will incorporate energy-efficient heating and cooling systems and be built with high-performance building envelopes to minimize operating costs and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The modular classrooms will largely have wooden interior and exterior finishes to meet the commitments of B.C’s Wood First Act, which prioritizes the use of B.C wood in government-funded construction projects.

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