STATUS
Complete
LOCATION
Colwood, BC
REGION
Vancouver Island
CLIENT
Hulitan Family and Community Services Society
PROJECT TEAM
Low Hammond Rowe Architects
Casman Projects
BUILDING SIZE
97 childcare spaces
COMPLETION DATE
August 2024
Hulitan Early Years Centre is in Colwood, BC, and was a collaboration between Hulitan Family and Community Services Society, School District 62, and the Ministry of Education and Childcare. Completed in August 2024, the early years centre offers 97 spaces to Indigenous and non-Indigenous children on the Westshore of Vancouver Island. It includes 48 free childcare spaces for Indigenous families, with 24 for infant toddlers and 24 for children ages three to five.
M’akola Development Services acted as Owner’s Representative and development consultant from the initial concept of this project through to its completion. This included management and coordination of municipal approvals, funding applications, and procurement of design and construction management teams as well as ongoing contract administration, budgeting and proforma development.
MDS SERVICES PROVIDED
- Owner’s representative
- Site and land use planning
- Capital and operating budgets
- Funding applications, management, and reporting
- Design phase management
- Local municipal approvals
- Procurement and consultant management
- Construction administration
- Project management services
