CONSTRUCTION TO BE COMPLETED BY NOV. 1
The Sun Peaks Mountain Resort Municipality (SPMRM) is seeking bids from contractors for the construction of the new community health centre, it announced yesterday.
Requests for proposals will close on April 15 with construction to be completed by Nov. 1. SPMRM hopes to have the new facility open to the public by Dec. 1.
“We have finalized the floor plans and technical criteria for the building of a two story building of 930 square metres per floor or 10,000 square feet,” Mayor Al Raine said in a press release. “The centre will house a doctor’s office and examination rooms as well as other health services, plus a triage area for accidents that may arise from skiing, mountain biking and other sports activities. A major component of the health centre will be family doctor services for the communities of Sun Peaks, Whitecroft and the Upper Louis Creek valley.”
The building, which will be located near Bento’s Day Lodge will also house the Sun Peaks Ski Patrol headquarters in the basement area. The press release stated council has focused on a modular type of building but is interested in many methods and is also considering geothermal heating sources and wants the building to be environmentally sustainable.
In addition to SPMRM, the Sun Peaks Health Association and Sun Peaks Resort LLP will provide the funding to construct the health centre. The facility will be built without the municipality having to borrow funds.
“We have a great community that is willing to step up to the plate and fund community services such as this,” Raine said. “We should all be so proud and pleased with the support of the Sun Peaks Health Association who have raised nearly $800,000 over the last 20 years.”
A fundraising effort will take place this summer in an effort to furnish the new facility with modern equipment and services. SPMRM is also working to attract a community doctor or a doctors group to provide medical services throughout the year.
“We hope to make our health centre one of the best equipped small community clinics among mountain resorts in British Columbia. We are focused on tele medicine equipment that will make it easy for patients to be diagnosed by specialists in the major centre while remaining in Sun Peaks,” Raine said.
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