News Release Communique
SASKATOON, Saskatchewan - The University of Saskatchewan has awarded contracts totaling $2.5 million to two Saskatchewan-based firms for electrical and interior finishing work on the $173.5-million Canadian Light Source synchrotron project.
Saskatoon-based Humboldt Electric Limited was awarded a $1.5-million contract June 20 by the U of S board of governors. The contract includes the supply and installation of electrical systems including lighting, grounding, fire detection and cabling systems.
Six bids were received for the electrical contract, all from Saskatchewan-based companies
A $1-million contract was awarded June 8 to Regina-based Gabriel Construction Ltd. for the supply and installation of interior CLS building finishes, walls, flooring, ceilings, doors and hardware.
Two bids were received for the interior finishes contract, both from Saskatchewan-based companies.
CLS construction contracts to date total $47 million, of which 70 per cent has gone to Saskatchewan-based companies.
The synchrotron, housed in a stadium-sized building, boosts the velocity of electrons and creates a light billions of times brighter than the sun. The light can then be used by industrial and university researchers as a revolutionary new tool to observe structures and chemical reactions at a molecular level.
Construction of the $173.5-million national synchrotron facility is on time and on budget. The CLS will begin operations in January of 2004.
CLS construction is funded mainly by the Canada Foundation for Innovation, the Canadian government, the Saskatchewan government, the Ontario government, the University of Saskatchewan, the City of Saskatoon and SaskPower.
For more information contact:
Barry Hawkins
CLS Project Manager
(306) 966-6065
Kathryn Warden
Communications Officer
Office of the Vice President Research
(306) 966-2506 Phone
(306) 966-2411 Fax
kathryn.warden@usask.ca
Last modified: 2012-01-19 17:01:44