The Alberta government has picked three construction teams to compete for a contract to build five new high schools with space for nearly 7,000 students.
The province released a shortlist of consortia Nov. 5, about six weeks after issuing a request for qualifications for the school building bundle.
The Alberta Partnership for Learning, Concert-Bird Partners and Plenary-Maple High Schools build teams will prepare bids for the work in Blackfalds, Edmonton, Langdon and Leduc over the next several months. Full breakdowns of the firms involved are listed below.
Alberta plans to have a winning bidder in place, as well as start construction on the projects, by September of next year. The schools are scheduled to open for the start of the 2024-25 school year.
The full breakdown of the project teams:
Alberta Partnership for Learning (AP4L)
Project lead: Graham Capital Partners LP
Design: GEC Architecture; Gibbs Gage Architects
Construction: Graham Design Builders LP
Maintenance & renewal: Johnson Controls Canada LP
Financing: Graham Capital Partners LP
Concert-Bird Partners
Project lead: Concert Infrastructure Ltd.; Bird Capital Limited Partnership
Design: BR2 Architecture
Construction: Bird Construction; Wright Construction Western Inc.
Maintenance & renewal: Ainsworth Inc.
Financing: Concert Infrastructure Ltd.; Bird Capital Limited Partnership
Plenary-Maple High Schools
Project lead: Plenary Americas LP
Design: Stantec Architecture Ltd.
Construction: Maple Reinders Constructors Ltd.
Maintenance & renewal: Honeywell Canada Limited
Financing: Plenary Americas LP
