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“I think being an individual

who’s grown up and lived most

of his life in Oakville and who

works with the town, I fully

appreciate being involved and

being able to bring a project to

closure that gives back to the

community. It’s a good feeling.”

-Nick Valerio: Manager, Capital

Projects, Town of Oakville

ome to fruition if it weren’t for the project’s Oakville). The new Oakville Trafalgar Community

key partners, namely, Diamond Schmitt Centre includes a gymnasium with 10,000 square
cArchitects, Crossey Engineering Ltd., the feet of active space, an aquatic centre with a 25-lane

project’s general contractor Graham Construction as lap pool, heated and cooled by an environmentally-
well as several key members of the Town of Oakville friendly geothermal energy system (LEED certified).

Facilities and Construction Management and The Centre’s grounds also include a 0.6 Hectare

Recreation departments. fully-accessible neighbourhood park, landscaped
with a pavilion, planted coniferous trees, picnic

Opened to the public this September, the new tables and play structures.

community centre is a considerable upgrade that
is located on the grounds of the former Oakville The Oakville Trafalgar Community Centre project

Trafalgar Memorial Hospital which stood for over 50 was approved to move forward as an IPD Project

years (Oakville Trafalgar’s current hospital, opened (Integrated Project Delivery), which sees the Town of
in 2015, is now located at Dundas and Third Line in Oakville (the ‘owner’) in a tri-party agreement with

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