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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.”
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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.