‘Day care in a box’ brings pre-fab child care facilities to rural Manitoba

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‘Day care in a box’ brings pre-fab child care facilities to rural Manitoba
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JOHNQ PUBLIC IMPACT INCORPORATED — With the help of funding from the Manitoba and federal governments, JohnQ Public has developed an innovative solution to the day care problem that it hopes can be replicated in other parts of the country and in other applications. Through JohnQ Public’s building arm, JQ Built, the group has developed a model it calls “day care in a box.

“Quality child care supports a strong economy and work force development,” said Colleen Sklar, CEO of JohnQ Public, a working group of municipalities and First Nations in Manitoba. Through JohnQ Public’s building arm, JQ Built, the group has developed a model it calls “day care in a box.”JOHNQ PUBLIC IMPACT INCORPORATED — Each day care facility is partially prefabricated and trucked to the community. Construction of the buildings began in January 2023; the first one opened in July 2023. As of July 2024, 14 day care buildings had been built and installed. The rest are scheduled to be completed and in place by October 2024.

Bova said it took six months to build and assemble the day care centres instead of the usual 14 months.“We didn’t build the trusses,” said Ted Geddert, the Winnipeg company’s founder and president. “We purchased the trusses and assembled them into panels at our shop and shipped them to site with sheathing and overhangs installed.

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