School District 22 Vernon has announce the awarding of the contract to build Vernon Secondary to Yellowridge Construction Ltd. of Port Moody, B.C. The board says Yellowridge Construction has been involved in many successful school projects. The Vernon Secondary school replacement building is planned for completion and occupancy of students and staff for the start of the 2012-2013 school year. The new school is designed for 950 students as a fully comprehensive secondary school. The new school has been designed to achieve LEED Gold standards such as, geothermal heating and cooling, maximization of natural lighting, energy efficiency maximization for electrical, natural gas, and water usage and "green" approaches to the construction, products, and operational needs of the school. Board Chairman Bill Turanski expressed the Board’s appreciation to all of the people involved in bringing the project to this point. "To get this project to its present stage has taken considerable time, effort and expertise by our staff and the consultants involved in this undertaking. The trustees look forward with much anticipation to the next phase and to the eventual completion and occupancy of this state of the art educational facility". Superintendent, Bev Rundell says plans have already been approved and they hope to start construction in the next few weeks.
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