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PCL Construction wins $57M bid to build new Saskatchewan events facility
PCL Construction’s Saskatoon District has secured a $57 million construction management contract for a new events facility in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan.
Intended to replace the city’s existing Centennial Civic Centre, the proposed design of Lloydminster Place features a primary arena with seating for up to 2500 people, a second full-size ice surface with seating for 300 to 500 people, and a third outdoor ice surface directly adjacent to the building.
PCL Saskatoon will work alongside design firm TBD Architecture + Urban Planning and construction partner Bexson Construction Ltd.
“We are very excited to be awarded this project which will be a fantastic addition to the Lloydminster community and surrounding area,” says PCL Saskatoon’s district manager, Mike Staines. “We are also looking forward to working together with all of our local partners for this build to ensure a successful facility everyone will be proud of.”
Construction of Lloydminster Place is expected to begin in early 2023, with the grand opening planned for 2025.
On the Agenda: Multi-use facility at Lane Events Center, middle housing, police levy – The Register-Guard
ASU to dedicate $192 million sustainable facility amid full slate of Earth Week events
Arizona State University will punctuate a week of Earth Day events on Tuesday with a dedication ceremony for its new, $192 million research and teaching facility, currently known only as “Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Building 7.”
The school has kept mum about who it will honor when it names the building, even among faculty of the interdisciplinary research effort comprising the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory, who started moving into the building’s sleek offices and laboratories in January.
Diane Pataki, director of ASU’s School of Sustainability, which now falls under the expansive umbrella of the Global Futures Laboratory, is excited for the public to learn more about the innovative work being done at the university to address the climate crisis and the opportunities for students to build careers in the field.
She says the green job market just keeps growing and that ASU is leading the charge on preparing workers for employment in sustainability fields, and attracting top researchers along the way. She moved her Urban Greening Lab to ASU from the University of Utah last year.
“It’s all supposed to now be more than the sum of its parts, by linking all of these schools together,” Pataki said. “So that’s why I came here and there’s no other university that I know of, especially in the U.S., that’s made this kind of commitment to have an impact outside of academia and to serve the public good. It’s really exciting.”
The new building and laboratory initiative bring together natural scientists, social scientists and experts in humanities and business, among others, with stakeholders and decision-makers to help chart the best path forward in the midst of warnings about climate change that grow louder with each subsequent report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
More: Climate experts say the world ‘is at a crossroads,’ but offer hope with concrete actions
ASU brought in Peter Schlosser, a leading Earth scientist, to enact the vision in 2018. As the Global Futures Laboratory’s vice president and vice provost, he says the work being done by the assembled experts is happening not a moment too soon.
“We are looking for a global future in which lives thrive on a healthy planet. The mission simply is to design options for sustainability and to improve well being for all humankind, very straightforward,” Schlosser said.
“We see the pressures on the Earth system from the growing population. We are looking for solutions that are economically feasible and we’re looking at whether or not we have the institutions to implement them. That’s a lot of work that is absolutely necessary,” he said. “If we are not doing that, we just will keep going down the road and rolling toward the abyss, with very dire outcomes.”
More: ‘Medical school for the Earth’: New ASU lab to focus on sustainable solutions for the future
Schlosser and Pataki are optimistic that humanity can roll back from that abyss with the type of work and leadership happening at ASU. In addition to the events being curated for the public for next week, the university offers undergraduate and graduate degree and certificate programs in various aspects of sustainability science, including sustainable food systems, sustainable energy and sustainable economics.
“You need a lot of information and a lot of methods and a lot of partners to make sustainability happen,” Pataki said. “I think, personally, that it was ASU pushing sustainability as a concept that led to some of the popularity in these programs that we see now. But it’s going to be even bigger. We’re moving into global futures territory, which is even bigger than sustainability.”
Earth Day is celebrated annually on April 22 to mark the anniversary of the modern environmental movement, according to the organization Earthday.org, which aims to “diversify, educate and activate the environmental movement worldwide.”
This year, April 22 falls on a Friday. But starting on Monday, ASU has lined up a full slate of educational events on what its leaders are doing to advance the field of sustainability research and what the public can do too.
Highlights of Earth Day activities
On Monday:
- At 9 a.m., Schlosser will welcome Earth Week revelers in the ISTB7 auditorium with a panel discussion on “how we think about and approach energy in the context of building better futures at a global scale.”
- At 11 a.m., a panel titled “Don’t Look Down” will discuss the need to engage diverse voices to make sure scientific and technological advances benefit everyone.
- At 12:30 p.m., the judge of a competition for female entrepreneurs will guide a discussion of sustainable business practices.
- From 2 p.m.-6 p.m., youth are invited to learn how to use spatial data to create the type of maps needed to address issues in global resilience. Free pizza is included.
- At 4:30 p.m., a panel examines “Arizona’s Energy Journey” through recent legislation.
More: Climate report draws an arc toward environmental justice, seeking equitable emissions cuts
On Tuesday:
- After the building dedication at 10 a.m., tours of the facility will be offered from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
- At 2:30 p.m., a session on “The Future of Conservation” will include a “photographic journey” and input from global-thinking authors, scientists and even a surfer.
- At 4:30 p.m., a presentation will highlight “Opportunities for Climate Solutions and Green Careers.”
- At 6 p.m., former Vice President Al Gore will deliver a live virtual address on how threats to democracy impact climate activism.
On Wednesday:
- 9 a.m.-1 p.m.: Exhibits offer more information on the Global Futures Laboratory while food trucks keep visitors to sustainability booths sustained.
- The ASU College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is hosting a “Democracy and Climate Change Conference” all day in the Pima Ballroom at the ASU Memorial Union.
- At 2:30 p.m., a panel will explore the role a $620 billion sports industry plays in the search for sustainable solutions.
- At 4:30 p.m., Diné chef Brian Yazzie will host a session on cooking and food sovereignty. Register online.
On Thursday:
- At 10 a.m., experts will discuss the decision-making structure for global solutions and how to decide who those decision-makers should be.
- At 1:30 p.m., three Indigenous women sustainability scientists will talk oceans, languages, science and culture.
- At 4:30 p.m., students in ASU’s College of Global Futures will share highlights from sustainability-related internships and projects.
More: The EPA released state-specific emissions reports. Arizona isn’t on the list
On Friday:
- At 8:30 a.m., a collaborative panel between Kings College London and ASU will discuss “Ecologies and Infrastructures of Environmental Management.”
- At 10 a.m., Schlosser will lead a panel on the importance of staying hopeful in a climate-ravaged world.
- At 11:30 a.m., winners of the inaugural “Climate Narratives Prize” will be announced and their work discussed.
On Saturday:
- Between 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., ASU will celebrate the end of its Earth Week events — but not the end of its commitment to the Earth — by inviting volunteers to help clean up the Salt River. Those interested should register online and meet on the west side of 91st Avenue, one mile south of Broadway Road.
Joan Meiners is the Climate News and Storytelling Reporter at The Arizona Republic and azcentral. Before becoming a journalist, she completed a Ph.D. in Ecology. Follow Joan on Twitter at @beecycles or email her at joan.meiners@arizonarepublic.com.
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Work begins on new events facility at Humboldt Golf Club
Work has begun in preparation for the new event centre destined for the Humboldt Golf Course. The centre got the green light for a loan from the City of Humboldt and the hope is to have construction well underway this spring and the tent and permanent storage and washroom structure completed this summer, says Cory Schweitzer, General Manager of HGC.
The new structure will replace the tent that’s been used for summer events up to this point. The existing tent is 18 metres by 15 metres and is located just to the north of the club house. The new tent structure will be 18 by 40 metres, around 7800 total square feet, and affixed to a concrete platform. Just adjacent to the west side, a permanent structure will be erected that will serve a number of functions. The complex will be located to the south of the club house and parking lot, adjacent to the 10th hole tee box.
Work is already ongoing in preparing the site. “That structure will contain a storage facility, beverage facility including walk-in coolers, and washrooms,” explains Schweitzer. “Loading beer carts, for example, will happen out of there. We’ve pretty much outgrown the club house for that.”
The idea is to have a three season facility available from the beginning of May to a tarp take down in October. The tent facility will be available for major annual events such as the Conexus Humboldt Broncos Memorial Golf Tournament and the BBBS Diva for a Day Challenge. It would also be available for other community or private events, says Schweitzer.
“We recognized the need for a facility larger than Jubilee Hall, and I think all along, the idea here was to complement the existing facilities in Humboldt and not compete with them. I think the support from the city shows that they feel the same way.”
The Golf Club has been in discussions with the City for sometime about the project which could host dinner theatre events, dance recitals, larger public and private gatherings just to name a few. With Humboldt’s projected growth, Schweitzer sees the move as important to the well-being of the Golf Club itself.
“One of the things recognized in the planning was at some point as we move forward and start to outgrow the space we have, that this can kind of bridge that gap between some plans later to possibly expand the clubhouse. If we have this facility to take that pressure off for now, I think there’s certainly a need for that.”
The hope is that one of the first serious field tests for the new structure will come this summer with the Broncos Memorial Golf Tournament, the SJHL Hall of Fame Induction, and the much anticipated Hunter Brothers concert.
Eight Boxers Win Events and Facility Record Set at Annual Pacific Lu‘au Track Meet – Pacific University Athletics
Forest Grove, Ore. – The Boxers hosted their annual Pacific Lū’au Track and Field Meet this Saturday, April 9. Eight Pacific athletes won their respective events, and a new Hanson Stadium Record was set in the women’s hammer throw by Chanell Botsis, who competed unattached. Botsis threw 61.56m, smashing the old record of 58.73 set by Lauren Stuart of Northern Arizona University in 2013. The Boxers also honored their senior class, as is tradition during the Lū’au Track Meet.
The following Boxers won their events during the meet:
Alexis Lowery, women’s 100m hurdles – 16.30
Angelica Gatica Gomez, women’s 400m – 59.80
Emily Rutkowski, women’s 400m hurdles – 1:08.45
Oliver Joss, men’s 1500m – 4:02.03
Annie Berry, women’s 5k – 18:16.61
Naomi Johnson, women’s discus throw – 40.08m
Sophia Henke, women’s high jump – 1.42m
Andrew Reid, men’s shot put – 13.45m
Women’s 400m relay: Putman, Echiverri, Pilgrim, Rutkowski – 4:21.18
New NWC Qualifiers from this meet:
200m – Angelica Gatica Gomez
1500m – Kara Putman
5k – Cris Brethower, Will Neal
Shot Put – Savannah Ashbaugh
Triple Jump – Tyler Vargas
The annual Pacific Lū’au is a special meet, as it is always held on the morning of Pacific University’s Nā Haumāna O Hawai’i (NHOH) Club’s Lū’au and Hō’ike. NHOH presents the only completely student-run and student-directed lū’au in the Northwest, and several track and field athletes participate or hold leadership positions within this club. The senior class of the Pacific track team is also honored at this meet every year.
“Our Lū’au meet is always fun, and a special day to celebrate our seniors,” said head track and field coach Ryan Hunter-Simms. “All of us coaches are very thankful for the seniors on this team. They’ve given such great leadership to the program, and have accomplished a lot so far in sports and beyond. We are thankful to have a little more time with them yet this season – we will miss them so much next year!”
The Boxers have one more regular-season meet before the Northwest Conference Championship Track and Field Meet. They will compete this Saturday, April 16 at Lewis and Clark.
Hoffman Shatters Facility Record, Blue Devils Win Six Events on Day Two – Duke University
HIGH POINT, N.C. – Graduate student Lauren Hoffman delivered a stellar performance en route to establishing a new facility record in the 400m hurdles, while the Blue Devils produced strong performances across the board and secured first-place finishes in six other events Saturday afternoon on the final day of the Bob Davidson Invitational.
In arguably her strongest individual event, Hoffman commanded the 14-member field as she clocked 56.53 seconds to claim the top spot and shatter the seven-year-old Vert Stadium record set by Joanna Currie. Hoffman finished three seconds faster than the event’s runner-up, while registering a new personal best and lowering her school-record time in the process.
Halle Bieber got her spring campaign off to a strong start behind a strong display of running as she won both the 100- and 200-meter dashes. The junior registered personal best times in both events – 11.47 seconds (100m) and 23.58 seconds (200m) – slotting herself fifth all-time at Duke in the 200m in the process.
Graduate student Zoe Hughes took the track for the first time this season and tallied a pair of top-five finishes in the women’s long jump and 100m hurdles. Hughes finished first in the long jump – flying out to a wind-assisted leap of 6.04m (19-9.75 feet) on her final jump to edge High Point’s Alicia Dawson by a centimeter and claim the win. She also performed well in the took fourth in the hurdles with a wind assisted 13.93 second finish.
The women’s 4x100m relay of juniors Maya Provencal, Carly King and Jenna Crean and senior Nikki Merritt set the tone for the day in the first event of the morning, racing to a first-place finish behind a run of 46.60 seconds. Freshman Megan McGinnis opened her outdoor season with a bang and collected her first event win of the spring after clocking 2:14.64 in the 800m run, while junior Beau Allen cleared a height of 2.00m (6-6.75 feet) to place first in the men’s high jump.
Sophomore Job Trahan was the first Blue Devil to take on the windy conditions in the track events. Trahan delivered a strong performance to open the outdoor season as he ran 48.61 seconds to place third overall, just 0.2 seconds off his personal best.
Duke performed well as a whole in the sprints – first in the 100m dash, then in the 200m. On the women’s side, strong, slightly wind-aided sprints from Provencal and freshman Abby Geiser led to top-three finishes. Provencal registered a personal-best time of 11.68 seconds to place second, while Geiser took third (11.76) in her outdoor debut. Sophomore Hailey Williams (11.85) also had a solid run as she just missed out on the top-five by a thousandth of a second and Crean ran 11.90 seconds in her collegiate 100m debut.
Domination carried over to the 200m event as the Duke women registered six of the top seven times in the field. Senior Kelcie Simmons (23.97 seconds) and Crean (23.98 seconds) finished in second and third, with Crean’s time representing a PR. King, Geiser and Williams also finished back-to-back-to-back as the trio checked in at fourth (24.40 seconds), fifth (24.40 seconds) and sixth (24.41 seconds), respectively.
On the men’s side of the 200m dash, three of the four individuals recorded personal bests. Graduate student Miles Mingo led the way with a 21.22 second finish, junior Ezra Mellinger improved his No. 3 all-time program mark via his run of 21.25 seconds, while classmate Joseph Laster (21.70 seconds) and Trahan (21.83 seconds) also posted their fastest event times. In another windy race, this time the 100m, the Blue Devils took advantage and ran well, led by Mellinger who placed third on a 10.35 run.
Up Next:
The Blue Devils will split up the team as they get set to compete in the Raleigh (March 25-26) and Texas (March 24) Relays. Duke will send a group of student-athletes up the road to Raleigh, N.C., while other members of the team will head to Austin, Texas.
To stay up to date with Blue Devils cross country and track & field, follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook by searching “DukeTFXC.”
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Parksville Community Centre Society acquires facility to be used for variety of events – Parksville Qualicum Beach News
The Parksville Community Centre Society (PCCS) has announced it is back in operation, following a 15-month hiatus.
A release issued by the organization read the PCCS will host a broad range of events, including business meetings, trade shows, educational seminars, sporting events, club gatherings, cultural events and concerts in Parksville starting in March.
According to the release, the PCCS board of directors, comprised of a group of community leaders who volunteer their time, have acquired the facilities at 223 Mills St. to be used as a new community centre.
“The board’s mandate is to ensure the centre continues to drive social and economic activity within the local community and encourage participation from all sectors, public, private, business and government,” read the release.
“As it is well known in the Parksville area, the PCCS no longer operates the facility at 132 Jensen Ave. as a result of the lease agreement not being renewed by Mayor Mayne and Parksville council on Jan. 1, 2021. The 223 Mills St. facility will make available six large rooms, between 600 and 850 square feet, which can be rented individually or together. There will also be available eight smaller offices that will be available for hourly, daily, weekly or monthly rentals.”
According to the release, the facility will take time to be cleaned and prepared before it is ready to welcome Parksville residents. The organization would like to invite community members to volunteer their services and help with preparations, including cleaning up the new centre.
“We know this will happen because many Parksville citizens and local businesses came together in 1948, and in 2001, volunteering time and donating funds to create the previous two centres. And we hope you will join us once again to show your Parksville pride so we can once again provide a community gathering space.”
General inquiries to the PCCS can be emailed to: Info@ParksvilleCentre.ca. Board-related matters or inquires can be emailed to: Board@ParksvilleCentre.ca.
– NEWS Staff, submitted
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