Subscribe with RSS ReaderWIDC Construction To Start In April
By 250 News
Friday, March 22, 2013 02:26 PM
(Architect Michael Green's rendering of WIDC building at 5th and George. Photo 250 NEWS)
Prince George, B.C. – The long-promised and somewhat controversial Wood Innovation and Design Centre in Prince George will be built on the former site of the Prince George Hotel.
MLAs Pat Bell and Shirley Bond were joined by the design architect, the successful contractor, UNBC President Dr. George Iwama, local politicians and a room full of interested parties at the Ramada Inn for what Bell called the final stage of the procurement process for the WIDC. Bell announced that the $25.1 million, six-storey building will be built by PCL Constructors West Coast Inc., and that the design architect is Michael Green of Vancouver. Both parties are well-acquainted with Prince George. PCL was the primary contractor on the Northern Cancer Centre while Green was responsible for the addition to the...
Prince George, BC - The BC Liberal Government has made good on a long-promised Learning and Development Centre at the University Hospital of Northern BC - approving $9.9-million dollars in funding for the facility, which will go up at the hospital.
