b'CRESTON COMMUNITY PARK UPGRADESCRESTON COMMUNITYPARK UPGRADES BY WARREN HEELEYCOMMUNITY COMPLEX RECEIVES FACELIFT ON OUTDOOR RECREATION FEATUREShe town of Creston, located incomplex on the same property. Theby Kootenay-based contractor Border T southwest British Columbiafinal design has the new skate park as aHoldings Ltd.near the United Statescentral activity element with the other border, has just completedfacilities surrounding it.The chosen vendor (Border) meets all major renovations on the outdoorthe requirements of the project within facilities of the Creston and DistrictMOVING AHEAD the budget, plus its great that the Community Complex (CDCC). Thecontract was awarded to a Kootenay-CDCC, and its 8.9-hectare park, is theIn March of 2018, it was announcedbased company. This means we are focal point for recreation in the townthat the changes to the park werecontributing to the local economy and the communities surroundingmoving ahead and the project wasand creating a local connection and Creston, with both indoor and outdoorput out to tender. After receiving sixpride in the project, said Wall. Other recreationfacilities. compliant bidswhich exceeded thecompanies involved in the project available budget by the first closinginclude New Line Skateparks Inc., who The park will be an active, dynamicdate of January 15, 2019the Boarddesigned and built the skatepark in space that will bring a wide variety ofof Directors for the Regional District ofconjunction with Radius Contracting, people to enjoy and recreate togetherCentral Kootenay (RDCK) approved aand van der Zalm + Associates, who in the same area, Tanya Wall,revision to the scope of the project andprovided the architectural design.Chair of the Creston Valley Servicesmoved to a negotiated RFP process. Committee, said in a press release. TheThis process allowed contractorsThe contract with Border was signed in park facilities cater to many differentto submit proposals based on theirMay 2019 and the work commenced types of recreation and sports, frompersonal approach to meeting the scopein early June. From the start, there was skateboarding to beach volleyball toof the project, and RDCK could thenconcern that the fall 2019 completion simply taking a walk through the park. negotiate proposals received with eachdate was not going to be met. However, responding contractor. a commitment to an earlier start on The upgrades to the park werethe skatepark by New Line, Borders determined after considerableThis process gave the region moremanagement of the process and the consultation with the people of Creston.flexibility in negotiating terms of theteam approach taken by the key players The input received from the publicproject. It also created collaborationin the project saw it substantially requested outdoor facilities that arebetween the contractors and the regioncompleted by early November.positioned adjacent to each other andto obtain the best results for the project allow family members with differentwithin the budgeted funding, says AJ interests to enjoy the same generalEvenson, RDCK Project Manager. TheTHE CHANGES NEEDEDspace. This mirrors the design approachRFP closed on April 29, 2019, andThe renovations needed were extensive, that was successfully used for the indoorthe winning proposal was submittedwith the existing facilitiesincluding 44 SOUTHERN INTERIOR CONSTRUCTION ASSOCIATION'