This commitment was on full display during the recent Alberta Schools Alternative Procurement (ASAP). To accommodate future shifts in population and education demand, the province required bidders to design schools with classrooms that can be picked up, wheeled to another school and connected up to the building like a Lego block. There were 210 of these so-called high-performance classrooms in the first ASAP, which was won by Amber Infrastructure.
Danyluk says investors can expect more bundled projects like ASAP in the future. A third set of schools is being considered for a PPP, he says, and the province is also considering PPPs for courthouses and health care facilities. Danyluk says he's also been in discussion with industry participants to see if there's a way to pursue PPPs for projects below the $100 million threshold typical for PPP consideration.
"We're investigating all of that," says Danyluk, adding: "Infrastructure is truly something we believe is important for this province and this country."