By Glory Przekop

Construction company yet to respond to Notice of Default re: GPRH

Jul 31, 2018 | 7:07 AM

There has yet to be a response from the construction company building the Grande Prairie regional hospital after it was slapped with a Notice of Default by the Alberta Government.

Graham Construction has 15 days to create a mitigation plan for putting the project back on track.

On the company’s website, it says the project would be complete in the spring of 2014 at a cost of $520-million. The release has since been taken down.

That has escalated to the current cost of $763-million with the company asking for an additional $120-million.

According to numbers released by the Alberta government to this newsroom, the original cost (July 2011 contract) was $319-million with a completion date of March 2015 and additional funds requested between 2012 and 2016 of $163-million.

Meaningful Mementos

Remembering Someone You've Lost at Christmas

Dec 03, 2024

Seasonal Sorrow

How Do You Get Through The Holidays When You're Grieving?

Nov 01, 2024

Upcoming Events at Oliver's

Grief & Loss and Estate Planning Seminars

Oct 02, 2024

Groundbreaking for the project was July 29, 2011, and Alberta Health Services at the time stated that the $520-million facility will be called the Shields Health and Education Centre.

“The Shields family has a rich legacy in Grande Prairie and northwestern Alberta, starting with direct ties to the region’s first hospital,” said then-Premier Ed Stelmach.

The Stelmach government first announced the project in 2007.