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TMBOkanagan wrote:If you want to make educated comments about correct legal and illegal processes you can read the LGA.

fz6adventure wrote:

TMBOkanagan wrote:If you want to make educated comments about correct legal and illegal processes you can read the LGA.

Thanks for the link but I'll differ to the expert legal person who's is hot on the case.

TMBOkanagan wrote:Then maybe you should stop commenting with inaccurate information and let the experts talk.

I write to you with concerns on the Tourism Kelowna Visitor Centre currently under construction.

Firstly, I note that the building permit that was issued for the project, listed the value of construction at $1.8 million in comparison to the $2.8 million dollar value that every piece of information released by the City said the construction value would be. This gross differential in construction value is during a period when other information coming out of the City tells us that tenders are typically being received that exceed budgets due to the relative robust construction activity currently being experienced in the city. As you know, this structure will become civic property on conclusion of the lease. Why is the city allowing this project to move forward at a value that is approximately 36% less in value than committed to the Citizens of Kelowna?

Secondly, and perhaps a function of the reduced construction cost, I note that the Golder Associates geotechnical report advises that should construction of the project proceed without ground improvement, there is a poor chance of recovering the building to a condition suitable for occupancy in the event of a design earthquake event. Indeed, the geotechnical report provides that in event of a 2012 BCBC design earthquake event, liquifaction of the underlying soils is estimated to cause settlement in the order of 1.0 meters and lateral ground movements are estimated to be in the range of 5.0 to 10.0 meters. From my observation of the construction activities to date on the project site, it does not appear that any ground improvement has been performed on the soils between approximately 1.8 meters to 24.4 meters of depth underlying the structure. Why is the city allowing this project to proceed without ground improvement when the structure will ultimately become civic property?

I look forward to your responses at your earliest opportunity. As the foundations have yet to be constructed, there is still opportunity to execute ground treatment to offset the liquifaction potential. After all, there appears to be a further $1 million available in the Tourism Kelowna construction budget!

fz6adventure wrote:

TMBOkanagan wrote:If you want to make educated comments about correct legal and illegal processes you can read the LGA.

Thanks for the link but I'll differ to the expert legal person who's is hot on the case.

TMBOkanagan wrote:Then maybe you should stop commenting with inaccurate information and let the experts talk.

"Because of declining visitors coming through (the old centre), like many places in North America, we made the decision to go to where the customer was."

...."Because of declining visitors coming through (the old centre), like many places in North America, we made the decision to go to where the customer was."

That new location is right on the waterfront and according to Ballantyne, more than 400 thousand people visit the downtown boardwalk every year.

"People are making their travel arrangements online and in advance, so people are arriving fully booked, they've got their hotels in place and now they are looking for things to do while they are here."

Hence the new visitor centre, right on the waterfront, actually in the same location as the old originally ferry landing and an even older sawmill. According to project manager, Gustav Van Niekerk building on the waterfront can be tricky.

"We did have some geotechnical issues which we had to mitigate, as we excavated for the foundation we actually found some of the original pilings for the ferry terminal."

Van Niekerk says they plan to donate some of the findings to the Kelowna Museum.....

Fancy wrote:

...."Because of declining visitors coming through (the old centre), like many places in North America, we made the decision to go to where the customer was."

That new location is right on the waterfront and according to Ballantyne, more than 400 thousand people visit the downtown boardwalk every year.

"People are making their travel arrangements online and in advance, so people are arriving fully booked, they've got their hotels in place and now they are looking for things to do while they are here."

Hence the new visitor centre, right on the waterfront, actually in the same location as the old originally ferry landing and an even older sawmill. According to project manager, Gustav Van Niekerk building on the waterfront can be tricky.

"We did have some geotechnical issues which we had to mitigate, as we excavated for the foundation we actually found some of the original pilings for the ferry terminal."

Van Niekerk says they plan to donate some of the findings to the Kelowna Museum.....

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