Metal Structure Concepts is the steel erection partner on Okanagan College's new Recreation and Wellness Centre, a hybrid build combining pre-engineered steel with conventional steel and custom detailing. We've been documenting the steel scope from the first set forward, and this third update catches the project at a key milestone.

The frame is filling in at Okanagan College's Recreation and Wellness Centre. Bays are taking shape, connections are made, and the building is starting to look like a building.

This is where the conventional steel and pre-engineered zones tie in together, and that interface is where coordination has to be airtight. The track-level framing is in, the critical elevation on this job, and it landed where it needed to. Steel is moving toward closeout, and every scope we touch leaves the next trade with a clean start.

The Build So Far

The Okanagan College Recreation and Wellness Centre is a hybrid build that combines pre-engineered steel with conventional steel and custom details. Tight sequencing and clean handoffs have moved this project steadily from first bolt toward an early spring wrap.

Metal Structure Concepts is a Canadian, family-run steel erection company that answers the phone, owns the schedule, and erects every building with straight talk and solid work.

Follow the Project

Stay with us through the final two videos as the steel scope wraps and the next phase takes over.

Metal Structure Concepts helps general contractors and owner-operators across Western Canada complete commercial and industrial steel buildings on time and on budget. Based in Kelowna, BC, with an Alberta and Saskatchewan division in Rocky Mountain House, MSC specializes in design-to-install pre-engineered steel buildings backed by Canadian steel. Learn more about working with Metal Structure Concepts.

Catch Up on Earlier Phases

Want to see how the build progressed? Start from the beginning:

1. Steel Takes Shape 
2. Steel Progress