WBS Construction has won the bid to build a new gym and fitness centre for W.C. Miller Collegiate.

The local company submitted a bid of just over $5.9 million, well under the budgeted $6.5 million. It also committed to the shortest timeline at forty weeks.
    
Public Schools Finance Board (Province of Manitoba) will cover $4.5 million of the total price tag, with Border Land School Division chipping in the remainder of the cost up to $2 million.

The new 12,918 square foot gym will be built on the south side of the school and will be roughly two-and-a-half times the size of the current 4,800 sq. ft. facility that carries an 18 ft. ceiling height. Plans include 6,500 square feet of new gymnasium space with a 24 ft. high ceiling plus 1,000 sq. ft. of adjacent gym space, additional change rooms, storage, office space and a 1,000 sq. ft. fitness room. There will also be a link built to connect the new facility to the school.

Work on the gym is expected to start in September and is anticipated to last about fifteen months.