It will still be a few months before Moose Javians can expect to see something resembling the future building start to rise from the site of the multiplex project, according to city parks and recreation director Jody Hauta.
Currently, Edmonton-area company Midwest Caissons is digging holes and filling them with concrete at the downtown multiplex location, which is a process called piling.
Hauta said the procedure will take at least another couple of months, after which time crews will start setting up grey beams and the foundation system that will eventually support the hockey and curling rinks.
At the indoor soccer facility location, Hauta said crews still have to do the piling work.
He said that work should begin later in August or early September and might progress faster, as there isn't as much piling required for that building as the downtown one.
Once the aboveground construction begins at the soccer site, a local company will conduct the work.
Hockey Capital Corporation (HCC), which won the multiplex design-build contract, hired Cardinal Construction for that task.
Hauta said there would be opportunities for other local people to work on the dual-location recreational facility over the next few months as well.
For example, he said downtown construction will require labourers who could be hired from the local population.
As well, Hauta added there would be other subcontracts local construction companies could bid on as the months progress.
A majority of council approved HCC's multiplex project design on June 15 at a cost of about $43.5 million for the downtown hockey and curling facility and $8 million for the the soccer facility.
A joint venture of Ventana Construction Corporation, Hockey Capital Corporation and MQN Architects, HCC won the design-build contract after several months of competition against other interested companies.
Carter Haydu can be reached at 691-1265.
