Medicine Hat College - Request for Proposal - Prime Architectural Consulting Services for the Centre for Community Wellness - Medicine Hat College

The Centre for Community Wellness (CCW) project has successfully completed preliminary planning, needs identification, preliminary stakeholder engagement, functional programming, and Preliminary Business Case phases. Government approval has been received to proceed with Design Development. The current project phase will culminate in the submission of a Capital Request Business Case to the Government of Alberta on June 30, 2027. The draft functional program identifies approximately 1,956.5 m² Net Area and approximately 3,130 m² Gross Building Area, including the Integrated Community Wellness Hub, Daycare, Applied and Simulation Learning Zone, Community Commons, support spaces, community-linked learning environments, and collaborative meeting areas. Based on comparable Alberta post-secondary and community wellness facilities in the $30M–$40M range, a reasonable planning assumption would be: Consultant procurement October 2026 Design Development: October 2026 – December 2027(election?) Capital Funding Submission (Partial) June 30 2027 Government Funding Review and Award Notification: February 2028 – July 2028 Prime Contractor Procurement: July 2028 – October 2028 Construction Mobilization: November 2028 Construction Period: November 2028 – December 2030 Commissioning and Occupancy: January 2031 – March 2031 This schedule should be considered a planning scenario and refined during Design Development.