ATLANTIC CANADA Atlantic Canada Construction News Briefs Here are excerpts from news briefs updated frequently at the Atlantic Construction News website (atlanticconstructionnews.com). NOVA SCOTIA Eight-storey development planned for Halifax's Spring Garden Rd. Construction of a new mixed-used development on the former Winsbys site on Halifax’s Spring Garden Rd. should begin in the next two weeks, says Westwood Developments Ltd. president Danny Chedrawe. The former Winsbys site was recently demolished. According to Chedrawe, the eight-level complex that will re- place it will include three commercial levels and five residential levels with 16 rental units. He said the approval process was lengthy and a required public benefit component — because the develop- ment is more than five storeys tall — and still has to go before council. Nova Scotia Lt. Gov. Architectural Design Awards announced The Nova Scotia Association of Ar- chitects (NSAA) has recognized out- standing design in the Lieutenant Governor's 2013 Architectural Design Awards There were 19 entries in the com- petition. NSAA swards include: • Lieutenant Governor’s Medal of Excellence • JDA Architects (now Stantec Ar- chitecture) - Wagmatcookewey School • MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Archi- tects Limited -Lean-To House Award of Merit • WHW Architects Inc - Charles P. Allen High School, Bedford • Abbott Brown Architects Incorpo- rated - Dalhousie Human Re- sources Offices Citation • Omar Gandhi Architect - Black Gables, Louisdale • Lisa Tondino, Houdini Design – Ritchie Gidney residence in Sandy Cove, Nova Scotia. Honourable mention • GF Duffus & Company Ltd. - Hali- fax City Hall – Stone masonry restoration Jury members included: Christine Macy, Dean of Dalhousie Faculty of Architecture and • Planning; George Cotaras, NSAA, MRAIC/Fowler Bauld & Mitchell Ltd.; and Jonathan Carmichael, NSAA, MRAIC / S.P. Dumaresq Ar- chitects Ltd. Contractor turns industrial building into $3.5 million medical marijuana grow facility Lindsay Construction has started construction on Nova Scotia’s first medical marijuana production facility, reports The Chronicle Herald. The company was awarded the contract to renovate an old Stellarton industrial building for Vida Cannabis Inc. of Ontario. The renovation of the more than 300,000-sq. ft. former Clairtone build- 30 – Summer 2014 — The Canadian Design and Construction Report ing will be done in two phases, a Vida Cannabis news release says. The first phase, estimated at $3.5 million, includes design, engineering, office space construction and security systems installation, along with roof, facade and entrance improvements. Phase 2, estimated at $5 million, will be the construction of the hydroponic medical marijuana grow facility. $20 million Marine Atlantic Terminal construction underway Construction of Marine Atlantic's new ferry terminal is well underway and on schedule, according to media reports. The structural steel is up and the floor and roof decks are presently being installed. Sydney-based Joneljim Construction carried out site preparation and the new terminal is being built by Roclan Construction, also from Sydney. Rolcan is a division of Dartmouth-based Dora Construc- tion. The new terminal is expected to be open and operational in the fiscal year 2015-16. The cost — including design, site preparation and construction — is estimated to be $20 million. NEW BRUNSWICK J.D. Irving $450 pulp mill modernization construction commences Construction work is currently un- derway for the $450 million modern- ization project at J.D. Irving Pulp and Paper (JDI) in Saint John, New Brunswick. The investment will involve a total