In combination with the Saskatchewan Joint Use Schools Project II, part of the largest school construction project in Saskatchewan’s history—welcoming over 3,000 Regina based students across six schools. Bundling of the schools, engagement of local subtrades and suppliers, generating some 2,300 new local jobs, resulted in both creative and efficient design as well as the delivery of value of money through estimated savings of $100 million.
Under a ‘students first’ mandate, students, teachers, parents, school divisions and community members were involved in a hands-on design process to develop the school designs. The result included bright and open common areas for student gatherings, large, flexible indoor and outdoor learning spaces with technologically advanced resources, as well as community resource space.
Through thoughtful design each building features innovative efficiencies such as large windows to allow more natural daylight, automated lighting systems that adjust to natural light and that turn on and off based on room occupancy, high efficient water fixtures and landscaping designs to reduce water consumption, as well as more accessible recycling capabilities. Of the nine schools across the two Saskatchewan Joint Use School Projects, five were LEED gold certified and four were LEED silver certified.
The schools were prioritized to the province’s fastest growing communities and accommodate unprecedented growth taking place in those communities. Through strengthened partnerships between school divisions, communities, administrators, and parents the project resulted in enhanced building programming to meet growing and changing community needs such shared resource and childcare centres.
In combination with the Saskatchewan Joint Use Schools Project II, part of the largest school construction project in Saskatchewan’s history—welcoming over 3,000 Regina based students across six schools. Bundling of the schools, engagement of local subtrades and suppliers, generating some 2,300 new local jobs, resulted in both creative and efficient design as well as the delivery of value of money through estimated savings of $100 million.
Under a ‘students first’ mandate, students, teachers, parents, school divisions and community members were involved in a hands-on design process to develop the school designs. The result included bright and open common areas for student gatherings, large, flexible indoor and outdoor learning spaces with technologically advanced resources, as well as community resource space.
Through thoughtful design each building features innovative efficiencies such as large windows to allow more natural daylight, automated lighting systems that adjust to natural light and that turn on and off based on room occupancy, high efficient water fixtures and landscaping designs to reduce water consumption, as well as more accessible recycling capabilities. Of the nine schools across the two Saskatchewan Joint Use School Projects, five were LEED gold certified and four were LEED silver certified.
The schools were prioritized to the province’s fastest growing communities and accommodate unprecedented growth taking place in those communities. Through strengthened partnerships between school divisions, communities, administrators, and parents the project resulted in enhanced building programming to meet growing and changing community needs such shared resource and childcare centres.
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Completion Date
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Square Footage
389,499sqft
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Status
Operational
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Value
$186,000,000
About the Saskatchewan Joint Use Schools Project I
In August 2015, Concert Infrastructure led the team that secured the Saskatchewan Joint Use Schools Project I to design, build, finance and maintain six schools on three joint use sites in Regina, Saskatchewan. The schools comprise 389,499 square feet of new building space with capacity for more than 3,000 students from prekindergarten to grade 8.
The project is delivered under a public-private partnership model with the Government of Saskatchewan over a 30-year project concession term concluding in 2047 and has a contract value of $186.0 million.
Combined with the Saskatchewan Joint Use Schools Project II, this was the largest school construction project in Saskatchewan’s history.
In combination with the Saskatchewan Joint Use Schools Project II, Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships (CCPPP) Silver Award recipient in the Innovative Partnerships category of the 2017 National Awards for Innovation and Excellence in Public-Private Partnerships (P3s)
Concert Infrastructure’s Involvement
In August 2015, Concert Infrastructure secured the opportunity to lead the delivery of the Saskatchewan Joint Use Schools II project under a design, build, finance and maintain project agreement with the concession period concluding in 2047.
Concert Infrastructure holds 100% equity interest in Joint Use Mutual Partnership #1, the project company responsible for the delivery and management of the project.
About Concert Infrastructure
Concert Infrastructure was founded in 2010 to partner with governments and invest in, develop and manage critical public infrastructure that strengthens the economic and social fabric of Canadian communities, while providing stable financial returns for our Canadian union and management pension plan unitholders.
The company has directly invested in and manages 12 public-private partnership (P3) infrastructure projects across four provinces and one territory in Canada, along with two investments in global infrastructure portfolios, resulting in an aggregate portfolio capitalization of $3.8 billion.