Structural repair work on the Memorial Arena is moving forward on schedule, within budget and is expected to be complete in early spring 2024, the City of Cranbrook reported this morning.

That was an update from administration to council at their December 13 budget meeting on Wednesday night.

A few changes to the overall scope of the repair project include more structural scaffolding to hold the beams during construction, requirements to move some hydro ducts and additional safety monitoring of the steel structure. The current budget including a 25% contingency is $2,656,000.

Even with some favourable results coming back of some core sampling of the existing beams, there is still some potential of needing to replace some beams found to have rot.

The date to officially start up the ice plant is still being determined, but staff and the contractor are determined to have the ice surface in at the Kinsmen Arena as soon as possible.

Proposed Project Schedule (subject to change):

December 5 – IFC structural drawings – Complete.

December 8 – IFC scaffold drawings.

December 15 – completed steel shop drawings;

December 22 – scaffold completion;

January 2 – excavation and foundation works start;

January 15 – steel installation start;

February 5 – scaffold removal start;

February 29 – completion.

Once completed, the repairs are expected to add 50 years to the life expectancy of the exterior structure of the Memorial Arena.

Lead image: Scaffolding erected in Memorial Arena. Tony Hetu Photo

City of Cranbrook

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