February 8, 2012

PHOTO GALLERY: Merit Alberta open house

STEPHEN DAFOE

Merit Contractors Association held an open house Feb. 9 to unveil their completely renovated facility on St. Albert Trail in Edmonton. The project involved completely gutting the existing facility and upgrading it to allow Merit to respond to the coming labour shortage in the province by renewing their focus on construction training.

Training rooms have been built for theory and practice, as well as computer rooms for online learning. The facility also houses Mercon offices.

The facility received its official opening with a ribbon cutting, Edmonton Mayor Stephen Mandel, Duncan Binder of Binder Construction, Merit Contractors Association President Stephen Kushner, and Dave Hancock, Alberta's Minister of Human Services sharing the honour.

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From left: Edmonton Mayor Stephen Mandel, Duncan Binder of Binder Construction, Merit contractors Association President Stephen Kushner, and Dave Hancock, Alberta's Minister of Human Services, share the honour of cutting the ribbon at the open house.

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The stylized Merit Logo looms large on the eastern face of the renovated facility.

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Edmonton Mayor Stephen Mandel takes to the podium to talk about the value of Merit's new facility to the city and the province.

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Edmonton - Mill Creek MLA Gene Zwozdesky shares a few words over a bite of food with Edmonton-McClung MLA David Xiao in the hospitality room.

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Dave Hancock, Alberta's Minister of Human Services, speaks on behalf of the province during the grand opening ceremonies.

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Part of the renovation involved converting two rooms into one large training room with space for both learning and practicing construction safety.

GENERAL CONTRACTOR: Emcee Construction & Management Ltd.

ARCHITECT: Hartwig Architecture Inc.

CONSTRUCTION MANAGER: Carlton Project Management Inc.

SUBCONTRACTORS:

Stellar Electrical - ELECTRICAL

Whitemud Mechanical Ltd. - MECHANICAL

Advanced Interior Contractors Ltd. - INTERIOR

Gracom - METAL PANELS

All Weather Windows Commercial - GLAZING

Shanahan's - ACCESSORIES

Allwest Furnishing – WINDOW COVERINGS

Western Archrib – GLULAM SUPPLY

Mytec Contracting – GLULAM INSTALLATION

Samscraft Iron Ltd. – STRUCTURAL STEEL SUPPLY

Schindler Elevator Corporation - ELEVATOR

A+ Painting & Design - PAINTING

Rainbow Painting & Renovations - PAINTING

V&S Roofing Inc - ROOFING

CP Distributors Ltd. – OPERABLE PARTITION

Vander Meulen Construction - MILLWORK

Allmar International - HARDWARE

King Stamp & Sign - SIGNAGE

Devon Industries – METAL HANDRAILS

Quantum Murray – ASBESTOS REMOVAL

Hi Signs – PYLON SIGN

Vigor Mechanical – CONTROLS

CDI – FURNITURE

Paragon Mechanical – CONTROLS

Radius Mechanical – SHEET METAL

Done-rite Floors – FLOORING

Derrick Concrete Cutting and Construction – CONCRETE CUTTING

1st Call Concrete Pumping – CONCRETE PUMPING

B&B Demolition – DEMOLITION

Gary Carter Excavation – EXCAVATION

Midwest Caissons Inc. – PILING

Lenbeth Weeping Tile – WATERPROOFING

Hancor Painting and Decorating – WALLPAPER

Grizzly Concrete – CONCRETE

Handyman Landscaping – LANDSCAPING

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