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Saskatoon Bridge Club Newsletter<br />
We had an excellent turnout of members at the meeting and the motion was<br />
unanimously approved. This was definitely a highlight.<br />
The next steps included preparation of final drawings. We went to<br />
Tender early in 2005 and received several bids with a relatively<br />
small difference between the high and the low bids. This was<br />
probably a real low for us because even the lowest bid was more<br />
than we had budgeted for. All parties involved spent a lot of time<br />
reviewing the bids and our needs. Finally the Executive, The<br />
Building Committee and the Architect held a special meeting. The<br />
Engineer also attended this meeting. We reviewed everything and<br />
cut many items. We stayed with the mechanical, electrical costs<br />
because one of our main considerations was good heating and<br />
ventilation. However, even after the changes we made, we were<br />
still over budget. Our only option was to call another Special<br />
Meeting for February 20, 2005. We put a Motion on the floor requesting authorization to<br />
spend and additional $160,000. The Motion was approved (121 in favor, 4 against).<br />
Finally everything was GO! We had a Preconstruction Meeting on March 18, 2005 with<br />
Architect, Dunmac Contractors, Building Committee, Executive representatives, and<br />
Mechanical and Electrical Contractors. Things were about to actually begin. In April and<br />
May some work was started and initially there was some discomfort to members<br />
because of dust and noise. Because of this, Al Robb and myself started looking for<br />
somewhere to relocate our games during the construction period. We had planned to<br />
finish the expansion first and play some games in there and find a space to rent for our<br />
larger games. It now seemed apparent that we should just find a spot and move<br />
everything for the duration of the construction. After phoning and checking many<br />
possibilities we lucked out and found space at Market Mall. The size was O.K. and the<br />
rent was reasonable. We made the decision to make the move and even this went<br />
smoothly thanks to Al Robb. We played in Market Mall for June and July and two weeks<br />
in August. Dunmac Contractors paid for the<br />
rent so even that was in our favor.<br />
We moved back into the Club as scheduled in<br />
August 2005. There have been a few things<br />
that have had to be looked after since that<br />
time but all in all I believe we are all very<br />
happy with our new Club. A special THANK<br />
YOU to everyone involved.<br />
SASKATOON DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB<br />
3041 Louise Street, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7J 3L8<br />
306-373-3077 www.<strong>saskatoon</strong><strong>bridge</strong><strong>club</strong>.ca email: <strong>bridge</strong>.<strong>club</strong>@usask.ca<br />
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