Site preparation and foundations have begun on two new elementary schools in Woodstock, New Brunswick, reports Daily Business Buzz.
Dora Construction Ltd. received an $18.7 million contract to build a new Centennial Elementary School on a 2.68-hectare property on Elizabeth Street.Springhill Construction Ltd. was awarded the $20.5 million tender for a new Southern Carleton Elementary School on an 8.8-hectare site off the Bull Road at Bedell.
Construction of both schools is expected to be completed in the fall of 2014. The schools will be constructed in accord with the provincial Green Building Policy.
Each school will have 29 classrooms as well as rooms for music, art, science and technology; project-work areas; a multi-purpose room; a cafeteria; and a library. Each will also have two gymnasiums and a daycare centre.
