Lion's Head Arena (Photo from Municipality of Northern Bruce Peninsula website)
Northern Bruce Peninsula is awarding a $1.1 million contract for pre-construction and construction management services for the Lion’s Head Community Centre redevelopment.
Council approved awarding the tender to Ball Construction Ltd. during a meeting on Oct. 10.
Council had previously deferred awarding the contract, saying not enough information was provided in an initial report in September.
Pre-construction and construction service work will include engaging with the consultant, the municipality and other engineers to define the scope and special conditions for the project.
Parks and Facilities Manager Mark Coleman says, “Ball Construction has quite a strong portfolio for arenas and community centres. They are one of the top companies in Ontario that builds a lot of these projects, so I think they are quite experienced in their numbers in terms of facilities and current market prices for materials and construction that they have been experiencing the last few years.”
Planning for the redevelopment of the Lion’s Head Community Centre and Arena started earlier this year, and over the past number of months, work has been ongoing to secure a construction management firm.
Several renovations are planned at the arena and community centre, including creating six new dressing rooms accessible to the arena floor level, creating a new multi-purpose room suitable for community presentation and gatherings, creating a new branch library space for the Bruce County Library system, and renovating the existing washrooms/building new washrooms to improve the accessibility for people with disabilities.
Construction is set to start in April 2024, and has a planned completion date for the end of May in 2025.