BTY Group

BTY Group will be providing the role of Lenders’ Technical Advisor (LTA) for the Interior Heart and Surgical Centre (IHSC) project at Kelowna General Hospital (KGH) in Kelowna, BC. The confirmation of the firm’s role came with the selection of the Plenary Health team in April 2012 as the preferred proponent for the Public-Private Partnership (P3) project. BTY Group also provided the LTA role for the massive expansion of KGH which is slated for completion in June 2012.

The IHSC building includes capacity for a total of 15 operating rooms, including two dedicated cardiac operating rooms. It will also house surgical support services and will be designed and constructed to achieve LEED Gold certification. The building is part of the overall IHSC Project, which includes the East Pandosy Clinical Support Building, as well as renovations and fit-outs of existing buildings at KGH.

BTY Group congratulates the Plenary Group and team members, HOK Architects, PCL Constructors Westcoast Inc., Johnson Controls Inc. and CEI Architecture Planning Interiors on their selection for the project.

Alistair Dearie, MRICS, PQS and a Senior Associate in BTY Group’s Calgary office, has been elected as a member of the Board of Directors of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Canada. Alistair was one of two new members elected in April 2012 by RICS Canada membership to serve on the eight-person board for a term of up to three years.

A member of RICS since 1995 with extensive business development experience in both the UK and Canada, Alistair looks forward to giving back to the organization and to the professional communities RICS Canada serves.

BTY Group is pleased to announce the appointment of Mike Gabert as the lead in our office in Saskatoon, SK. A native of North Battleford, Mike brings more than half a decade of industry experience in estimating and quantity surveying, primarily in the oilfield supply and services sector in Alberta. Before joining BTY Group, Mike studied construction estimating at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology and worked in contracting and private sector positions.

BTY Group is engaged as Cost Consultants for the mixed-use Port Place Development project in Port Dalhousie, ON.

Current plans call for 71 residential condominium units, ranging from about 900 to 1,700 square-feet, in addition to penthouses and several levels of junior penthouses. Beneath these will be a 70-unit boutique hotel, a 416-seat live theatre, about 35,000-square-feet of commercial space, restaurants and shops.