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February 3, 2012
Project progress
Construction continues on the Regent Park Aquatic Centre in Toronto
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Work is taking shape at the Regent Park Aquatic Centre in Toronto.
General contractor for the single-storey centre is The Atlas Corporation and completion is expected early 2012. The centre will include leisure and training pools, a water slide, warm water therapy tank, change rooms, classrooms for lifeguard training and office space.
The owner is the City of Toronto and the project was designed by MacLennan Jaunkalns Miller Architects Ltd. Consultants are: Blackwell Bowick Partnership (structural); LKM Consulting Engineers Inc. (mechanical/electrical); A W Hooker Associates Ltd. (cost); Dillon Consulting Ltd. (civil) and PMA Landscape Architects.
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