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2025
SHOWCASE
- AWARDS -
AWARD
OF MERIT
–
COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT
LETHBRIDGE RECOVERY
COMMUNITY
AWARD OF MERIT
Community Development
FIRM: MPE A DIVISION OF ENGLOBE
CLIENT/OWNER: ALBERTA INFRASTRUCTURE
LOCATION: LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA
SUB CONSULTANTS: FWBA ARCHITECTS
CONTRACTORS: SYNERGY PROJECTS LTD.
OTHER KEY PLAYERS: TECH-COST CONSULTANTS LTD.
Alberta is facing a growing addiction and mental health crisis
impacting individuals, families and communities. In response,
the government has prioritized expanding treatment and
improving infrastructure. MPE, a division of Englobe, partnered
with Alberta Infrastructure and the Ministry of Mental Health
and Addiction to design and build the Lethbridge Recovery
Community — a therapeutic, community-focused treatment
centre. Featuring a modular design, with components built
off-site and assembled on-site, the facility provides adaptable,
scalable support tailored to diverse needs. This innovative model
sets the stage for similar centres across Alberta, addressing
addiction, homelessness and health care strain while fostering
recovery, resilience and stronger communities.
2025
SHOWCASE
- AWARDS -
AWARD
OF MERIT
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COMMUNITY OUTREACH
AND IN-HOUSE
INITIATIVES
BUILDING COMMUNITY
CAPACITY
AWARD OF MERIT
Community Outreach and In-House Initiatives
FIRM: ASSOCIATED ENGINEERING
CLIENT/OWNER: DUNCAN’S FIRST NATION
LOCATION: DUNCAN’S FIRST NATION, ALBERTA
SUB CONSULTANTS: HELIX SURVEY
CONTRACTORS: DUNCAN’S FIRST NATION, WEAVER GROUP,
AGS MECHANCIAL CONTRACTORS, PURE ENERGY
OTHER KEY PLAYERS: INDIGENOUS SERVICES CANADA,
CANADIAN MORTGAGE AND HOUSING CORPORATION,
INDIGENOUS SKILLS AND EMPLOYMENT TRAINING
Duncan’s First Nation’s care and creative vision, through the Heavy
Equipment Operator Training Program, enabled their community
members to attain new skills and secure employment all the while
upgrading infrastructure and boosting morale in the community.
Associated Engineering collaboratively worked alongside Duncan’s
First Nation to assist with funding applications, reports, designs and
construction support services. Together, Duncan’s First Nation and
Associated Engineering set in motion a model that other communities
can adopt and adapt to their own needs.
JUDGES’ COMMENTS
It is one thing to create a vision, it is quite another to make
it reality. Duncan’s First Nation is to be commended on how
they moved forward with their vision — it is inspiring and
motivating to see the implementation of an astute approach
and framework. Associated’s involvement in supporting this
must have been equally rewarding and energizing — this is
an approach and framework other communities should learn
from and emulate.
CONSULTING ENGINEERS OF ALBERTA
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