Nattilik Heritage Centre Expansion Design-Build
Gjoa Haven, Nunavut
In the fall of 2022, the Nattilik Heritage Centre in Gjoa Haven awarded Northern Industrial Construction and the Taylor Architecture Group a contract to design and build its expansion.
The centre plans to more than double its floor space in order to display more than 100 artifacts from the ships that were part of the doomed 1845 Franklin Expedition.
In adding 4,800 square feet to its current 3,300-square-foot location, it wants to also create room to present community programming.
The Franklin Expedition began in 1845 when explorer Sir John Franklin and his crew set sail from England with two ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror. They hoped to cross the last unnavigated sections of the Northwest Passage across the Arctic.
For the next 169 years the ships were believed lost, despite several searches, until an expedition led by Parks Canada and aided by local Inuit discovered the Erebus in 2014 and the Terror in 2016 near Gjoa Haven.
Campbell Cameron, as consultant with Nattilik, said Northern Industrial Construction and the Taylor Architecture Group were awarded the contract following a second request for proposals issued in August.
He said they were selected because they have experience “working in the North, designing in the North and building in the North.”
Project stakeholders:
- Nattilik Heritage Society
- Hamlet Council of Gjoa Haven,
- Kitikmeot Inuit Association
- Parks Canada,
- Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency
- Government of Nunavut
- Canadian Conservative Institute
- Inuit Heritage Trust,
- Four Peaks Consulting Corp
Nattilik Heritage Centre Expansion Design-Build
Gjoa Haven, Nunavut
In the fall of 2022, the Nattilik Heritage Centre in Gjoa Haven awarded Northern Industrial Construction and the Taylor Architecture Group a contract to design and build its expansion.
The centre plans to more than double its floor space in order to display more than 100 artifacts from the ships that were part of the doomed 1845 Franklin Expedition.
In adding 4,800 square feet to its current 3,300-square-foot location, it wants to also create room to present community programming.
The Franklin Expedition began in 1845 when explorer Sir John Franklin and his crew set sail from England with two ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror. They hoped to cross the last unnavigated sections of the Northwest Passage across the Arctic.
For the next 169 years the ships were believed lost, despite several searches, until an expedition led by Parks Canada and aided by local Inuit discovered the Erebus in 2014 and the Terror in 2016 near Gjoa Haven.
Campbell Cameron, as consultant with Nattilik, said Northern Industrial Construction and the Taylor Architecture Group were awarded the contract following a second request for proposals issued in August.
He said they were selected because they have experience “working in the North, designing in the North and building in the North.”
Project stakeholders:
- Nattilik Heritage Society
- Hamlet Council of Gjoa Haven,
- Kitikmeot Inuit Association
- Parks Canada,
- Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency
- Government of Nunavut
- Canadian Conservative Institute
- Inuit Heritage Trust,
- Four Peaks Consulting Corp
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Industra Construction Corp.
Key Contact
Mark Sheppard, P.Eng.,
Director of Operations
Phone
604.527.8850
Email
Address
Suite 300, 17650 66A Avenue
Surrey, BC V3S 4S4
Industra Construction Corp.
Key Contact
Steve Chapman,
VP, Business Development
Phone
778.746.4002
Email
Address
754A Fairview Road
Victoria, BC V9A 5T9
Northern Industrial Construction
Key Contact
Rodney Johnson,
District Manager
Phone
867.447.3154
Email
Address
99 Taltheilei Drive
Yellowknife, NT X1A 0E7
We provide EPC design-build and construction services to industrial, First Nations, municipal and institutional markets.
From our head office in Surrey, BC and branch offices in Victoria, BC and Yellowknife, NT, we effectively serve all of western and central Canada.
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PERFORMANCE DRIVEN.
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