it looks like water, so clean and clear like wa-
ter. I wouldn’t want to drink it, but it is.”
With so many projects on the go and more to
come, and despite the recent success of the
Annacis Island project, it’s still hard for him
to hang his hat on one project he’s particularly
proud of.
“That’s a hard one to pick,” says Collett.
Since their first out-of-town design build proj-
ect at Westview Elementary School in Powell
River, British Columbia — the design includes
an expanded gymnasium, a Student Commons,
and additional multi-purpose spaces for the
community — the design projects have been
broad and numerous.
Projects have been the design build school
Chilliwack Senior Secondary — an $8.4 million
project that is 90 per cent complete. The con-
tracts are worth millions of dollars, and Dual
Mechanical has had to evolve quickly, as a re-
sult, in a short period of time. More workers
are coming on board, but the award-winning
sub-contractor has been able to adjust on the
fly, becoming COR-certified, adding an extra-
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