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New city hall is ‘basically fully built’
Construction six to eight weeks behind, says Hayne Jacob Zinn
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Matvey Gofman concentrates hard on his arts and crafts project during Family Day fun at the Surrey Arts Centre on Monday. The arts centre’s Family Day event showcased an arts and crafts table and had a live performance by the Juno-nominated group Orchid Ensemble. To view a photo gallery from the event, scan this page with your free Layar app. (Photo: GORD GOBLE)
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CITY CENTRE — Surrey’s new city hall is scheduled to open on Monday, but the building isn’t quite finished, even after two years of construction. “In the grand scheme of things, we’re probably six to eight weeks behind where we originally scheduled us to be,” said Coun. Bruce Hayne, explaining that a number of unforeseen obstacles caused the lengthy delays in the construction of the building. Bruce Hayne “There was a Telus trunk line that needed to be moved during the excavation portion of the project, and that caused a couple of weeks (delay) here and there.” He added that the designers had run into some issues with the hall’s cladding, referring to a layer of material on the walls that prevents moisture and wind from seeping into the building. “The architects had chosen this new exterior cladding that was blending in with the exterior glass. That proved, at least on the northwest side of the building, more difficult to install than everybody thought it was going to be.” see BUILDING › page 4