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Why has it taken since last fall to discover that the Regional Recreation Centre is sitting on an aquifer that now requires an additional $2.1 million of project cost?

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Why has it taken since last fall to discover that the Regional Recreation Centre is sitting on an aquifer that now requires an additional $2.1 million of project cost?

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Building design and geotechnical (soil) conditions must be considered in tandem. The geotechnical engineer cannot provide a complete assessment until details of the building configuration (eg. footprint and number of stories) is understood. In this case, a sequence of investigations, analysis and discussions were required between the geotechnical engineer and the structural engineer.