Project name: St Albert Recreation Center (a.k.a. Servus Credit Union Place) Project type: Recreational Location: St. Albert, Alberta Project size: 320,000 sq.ft. Completion date: September 2006 Project contact: Brian Alexander General contractor: PCL Construction Management Inc Electrical budget: $3.8 million Construction budget: $43 million Project Description:  Considered a real jewel for the City of St Albert, the St. Albert Rec. Center, (now named the Servus Credit Union Place), is located in the northeast quadrant of St Albert, Alberta. At present, this facility is the largest multipurpose leisure center in Western Canada.  Beyond the 2,200 seat new rink, other attractions under the expansive green roof include a water park, indoor skating pond, two NHL-sized ice sheets, a gymnasium, a kinetics centre, a children's play park and a 12,000-square-foot fitness and wellness centre. A physiotherapy practice, along with four other commercial businesses, will be nestled amongst the race tracks and play parks. Boasting of the art technology and equipment, the facility is equipped with a sophisticated security systems, security camera, in house digital information boards and VOIP phone systems to name a few. The facility was built adjoining the existing St. Albert ice arenas which is home for many of the local hockey, figure skating and in-line teams. The original design build concept was developed in the 2004 and brought to civil approval based on a GMP budget that was formulated on a design, room data sheet and a list of client specifications. Project challenge: The challenge was to allow the existing arena to remain functional throughout the 18 month construction schedule. Canem attended many design and development meetings with the City of St Albert, their engineers and general contractors on a continual basis to ensure a successful project completion and great value for the City of St. Albert.