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Originally Posted by Table 5
Unfortunately Calgary doesn't have the best reputation when it comes to material/build quality... the new library definitely feels like a bit of an anomaly to me compared to most construction projects. It also seemed like it also had a very healthy budget (3x of Edmontons?) so they had a chance to do it right. The new arena seems to be on the lower/mid level of budgets (atleast compared to the really nice arenas in the league) so I'm not expecting gold urinals.
I hope you're right though, as this is a design that would really benefit from quality materials and attention to detail, as the forms themselves aren't particularly interesting.
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to be fair, the scales of the project were quite different.
Calgary was a new building. Edmonton was working with a major rehabilitation to an existing Brutalist building...so most primary structure was already sunk cost for Edmonton. CMLC definitely was a different kind of client than typical institutional clients, though they are a part of the government, they had a bit more autonomy in delivering the project.
Working on existing buildings is a challenge in and of themselves though: I'd rather not do another renovation project in my lifetime if I could avoid it...