CHAIR

Description: 3 CONNECTED FOLDING SEATS. CHAIRS SIT ON A BLACK AND RED STEEL BASE. LEGS AND ARMRESTS ARE STEEL AND WOOD (PAINTED RED). UNDERSIDE OF SEATS ARE ALUMINUM (RED). BACKS OF SEATS ARE RED PLASTIC. BACK REST AND SEAT ARE COVERED IN A BLACK AND RED VINYL. SEATS ARE NUMBERED RIGHT TO LEFT "7", "8", "9". FAR LEFT SEAT (ARM REST) IS NUMBERED "1" AND WITH A BLACK VINYL "L". PAINT IS CHIPPING OFF ARMRESTS. PLASTIC IS SOMEWHAT DIRTY AND HAS MULTIPLE SHALLOW MARKS/SCRATCHES. RIGHT HAND SEAT IS DENTED ON UNDERSIDE.

History: SET OF SEATS TAKEN FROM THE ENMAX CENTRE IN 2003. ORIGINALLY THESE SEATS WERE INSTALLED THROUGH THE SUMMER AND FALL OF 1974. AT THAT TIME HUSSEY SEATING COMPANY OF CANADA INSTALLED THE ALUMINUM RETRACTABLE BLEACHERS AND SEATS TO A COST OF $101,406. IRWIN SEATING CANADA LTD. INSTALLED THE REMAINDER OF THE SEATS DURING A SIMILAR TIME FRAME FOR $223,228.23. ALGAY INDUSTRIES LTD. CONSTRUCTED SOME CHAIR PLATFORMS FOR SOME OF THE SEATING TO SIT ON (LOWER 3 ROWS IN THE CONCRETE LOWER SEATING) FOR $6,437.42. SO TOTAL COSTS OF THE SEATING AS INSTALLED WAS $331,131.65. IN 2003 NEW SEATS REPLACED THESE ONES FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS. THE SEATING HARDWARE (SPRINGS AND CUSHION SPRINGS) WERE BEGINNING TO FAIL AT AN ALARMING RATE REQUIRING LARGE AMOUNT OF MAINTENANCE IN BOTH PARTS AND LABOR. THE FOAM PADDING FOR THE SEATS ONLY HAS A 15 YEAR LIFE SPAN, AND AS THEY WERE LAST REPLACED IN 1985 THEY WERE ONCE AGAIN DETERIORATING AND WERE GOING TO HAVE TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF AROUND $60/SEAT. FINALLY, THE SEAT ANCHORS WHICH HOLD THE SEATS IN PLACE WERE ALSO STARTING TO FAIL AT A MUCH HIGHER RATE, DUE TO 30 YEARS OF USE. BETWEEN ALL OF THESE FACTORS AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY OF LETHBRIDGE'S LIFE CYCLE PLANNING CHART, THE SEATS WERE IDENTIFIED AS AN AREA IN NEED OF UPGRADE WHICH WAS SCHEDULED FOR 2004. THIS DATE WAS MOVED UP 1 YEAR SO AS TO COINCIDE WITH THE REPLACEMENT OF THE REFRIGERATED CONCRETE PAD, REQUIRING THE BUILDING TO BE SHUT DOWN FOR 4-5 MONTHS.