priMED Mosaic Centre

The Mosaic Centre project benefitted from passionate and committed owner who was intimately involved every step of the way.

With this project, owner Dennis Cuku set out to prove that sustainable buildings can be both beautiful and affordable Even four years after completion, Dennis is an ardent evangelist for this project, and its success is in large part a result of his tireless work to inspire, educate and support the project team

An engineer from the oil and gas industry, Dennis brought extensive experience implementing resource projects. However, when it came to building construction, Cuku’s Nest Enterprise’s previous experience had only been with small commercial renovations. The Mosaic Centre was by far the largest building project Dennis had taken on.

Initially, Dennis learned about Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) through his own personal research and from the general contractor, Chandos, who introduced him to the Dr. F. H. Wigmore Regional Hospital in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, which one of the first IPD projects in Canada.3 Dennis firmly believed that his goals of affordable, sustainable, and high-quality design and construction could only be achieved with a highly collaborative team culture and that IPD was key to success.4 Although (and perhaps because) he had no prior experience with IPD, the main risk for him was not from within the terms of the IPD agreement but from finding the right people and develop the team culture.