Three new buildings, with an overall cost of $160 to $200 million, are planned. The first complex, with more than 21,000 sq. m., will include living quarters and a dining, galley and mess hall, a DND announcement said. A second, smaller building will house a retail store, snack bar and financial services. The third building, to be completed after the first two are completed, will be a modern seamanship training facil- ity. The construction contract, expected to create 380 jobs, has been awarded to Aecon and SLI in Halifax. “As one of the largest military bases in Canada, CFB Halifax needs to maintain modern infrastructure for the hardworking men and women of the Canadian Armed Forces,” defence minister Rob Nicholson said in a state- ment. “Today's investment will provide the members in the junior ranks with facilities that will contribute to their well-being while in Halifax.” Commercial Fueling Equipment Bulk Lubrication Systems & Installation Retail Fueling Equipment Waste Oil Solutions DEF Equipment Solutions sales@multiserve.ns.ca 1-877-771-7575 The Canadian Design and Construction Report — Summer 2014 – 33 ATLANTIC CANADA Architect Smith and Carter designed the building on a “heavily-used formerly industrial site DND-owned since the early 40s,” he said. “Prior to that it was an old rail site.” Some of the original structures the new building replaces date back to the turn of the 20 th century. “One was originally built in 1901 and another in 1904,” Lauck- ner said. The building has been designed with a focus on envi- ronmental responsibility and energy savings. There's a rainwater reclaimer, “for the wash bays and operation of the toilets and urinals as well,” he said. “The building is half garage and half maintenance bay. Radiant floor heating has been built in to reduce temper- ature differentials and windows have been designed to reduce heat loss and gain.” Overall, the new building should save the military money in operating costs, both through lower heating costs and, because a single structure replaces nine buildings, Lauckner said the federal government will save money on payments in lieu of municipal taxes. There were some concerns from neighbouring resi- dents as construction commenced. “Pounding in the caissons, could cause a lot of noise,” he said, and there were noise and dust issues. “But at the end of the day it's a gentrifying neighbourhood, and it is a fine, beauti- ful-looking building.” Fortunately for local tradespeople and subcontrac- tors, the TEME project completion has occurred just as work commences on a new junior ranks housing and training facility to be completed by 2016.