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Clearfield School Board discusses proposed $18M expansion/renovation of elementary school | News

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CLEARFIELD — Clearfield Area School Board members on Monday discussed the agreement for architectural services for the expansion of Clearfield Area Elementary School. The school is in need of renovations as well as additional space, and finally the district’s architect — HHSDR Inc. of Pittsburgh — completed a feasibility study that showed that it would cost $17.5 to $18.5 million to expand and renovate the school. Superintendent Terry Struble said the administration is going to ask the board to approve entering an agreement with HHSDR Inc. for architectural services for the project. He said the architectural services will cost six…

Canada consulting on reviving ‘wartime housing’ design catalogue

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In its latest efforts to address Canada’s housing crisis, the federal government is launching consultations to revive a revised version of a wartime housing effort: a standardized pre-approved design catalogue, with the aim of helping speed up construction. “We are living in a housing crisis, but it’s not the first time Canada has been here. After the Second World War when many thousands of soldiers were returning home to be reunited with their families at once, Canada faced enormous housing crunches,” Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Sean Fraser said Tuesday. “One of the tools that was deployed at the…