Tremploy Skills Development Centre

completed

The project consists of constructing a new facility to provide vocational training and support services to adults with intellectual disabilities in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. The Ultimate Recipient is Tremploy Inc., a registered charitable non-profit organization that provides vocational and life skills training, life enrichment and support services to adults with intellectual disabilities. For the past fifty years, the organization has served individuals with intellectual disabilities and autism, and there is a need for increased capacity to serve that population. The current facility is more than 50 years old and would encounter significant code issues if the building were to be renovated or expanded. The scope of the work is to construct a new 2 storey building, approximately 24,000 square feet, that would serve as a facility to provide vocational training and support services to adults with intellectual disabilities. On the main level, the building will include a classroom and kitchen, program area, wood products shop, offices and storage. The upstairs will include a kitchen program area and cafeteria, several program areas, a boardroom, administration offices, as well as a flexible space to be used for social enterprise that could be used as a retail storefront with a separate entrance. The project will benefit the community by providing a new, modern, safe and efficient facility where Tremploy Inc. can continue to offer meaningful opportunities for work to adults with intellectual disabilities and assist them in enriching their lives through a variety of services including day programs, one-to-one supports, employment assistance services and special events.