JQ Built

This is how everyone wins (especially families)

This Fall, 20 Manitoba communities will have 22 new Child Care Facilities completed.

These sites will provide over 1700 Child Care spaces for Manitoba families. All the licensed Facilities have qualified non-profit operators

In April 2024, The Province of Manitoba – Early Learning and Child Care (ELCC), was recognized for the “Daycare-in-a-Box” project by Project Management Institute Manitoba as the 2024 PMI Project of the Year. The PMI Project of the Year award is the highest recognition in the Province of Manitoba for excellence and superior performance in Project Management granted by PMI Manitoba.

How this came to be

In 2021, the Government of Canada set out a goal to provide affordable $10-a-day regulated Child Care spaces within 5-years. On August 9th, 2021, the Province of Manitoba was signatory to a $1.2 billion agreement. With this, the Province committed to creating 23,000 new full-time regulated Child Care spaces by March 2026.

In 2022, JQ Built partnered with Manitoba Early Learning and Child Care (ELCC) to develop a process and project management system that could deliver new Child Care infrastructure across the province.

All locations were determined by the ELCC and based on ELCC data.

Best practice in every way

Building a daycare facility requires extensive planning and administrative, safety, legal and financial oversight. By working with ELCC experts, municipal planners, architects, builders and partners like Efficiency Manitoba on the plan for one outstanding facility, and replicating that success, these state-of-the-art child care facilities have been built on time and on budget (in some cases, early and under budget).

The new facilities are all licensed, non-profit childcare facilities, meet public health and Fire and Safety regulations, and exceed the Manitoba Energy Code for Buildings by 27%. As a result of this energy efficiency, participating municipalities received a rebate from Efficiency Manitoba of between $12,000 and $18,000.

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Who is JQ Built?

JQ Built was created in 2022 by members of JohnQ Public to test a new and practical approach for delivering community infrastructure. This team approach provides communities, large, small, rural, or northern a clear process to support the design and construction of important community infrastructure.

 “A high tide raises all boats”

JQ Built, builds on the principle of teamwork. By working as a team to develop a clear process, pooling our resources and sharing our expertise Local Governments can shorten construction timelines and save taxpayer dollars and ensure communities have the services they need.

Together we can cut through the complex process of construction and project delivery, we can deliver the highest standards – saving time and money.

JQ Built brings everyone to the table – elected leaders, administrators, public works, and planning professionals to share their knowledge and expertise, roll up their sleeves and be part of delivering what our communities need.

In the JQ approach Local Governments are active partners in the process.

With the JQ Build delivery method Local Governments working as a team can:

  • Share administrative capacity & expertise
  • Reduce project risks
  • Get better value for their dollars
  • Reduce project timelines

First out of the gate – Daycare in a Box

As part of building a strong economy the Province of Manitoba is working with the Federal Government to ensure Manitoba families have access to good quality and affordable childcare in their communities.

JQ Built’s Daycare Pilot Project has created a replicable model for the delivery of Daycare facilities for ten communities across southern Manitoba. The JQ Built “Daycare in a box” model has been documented and refined to ensure a smooth process that can be used across Manitoba, Canada and beyond.

Toolkits and templates are part of JQ Built’s – Daycare in a box – by blazing trail we can ensure others have a path to follow!

JQ Built’s Expedited Delivery Process

JQ Built’s expedited delivery process leverages the benefits of economies of scale to reduce costs, material waste, project delays, and increase quality. A focus on advanced building solutions including the use prefabrication and hybrid process further reduces waste, costs, and project time.

Quality is never compromised!

This hybrid construction reduces the risk of delays and cost overruns. By building multiple sites with the same design and construction method, we can ensure the highest standards of quality and that each location complies with all codes and standards. Working together we can engage experts to ensure we are doing it right and getting the best value for our communities.

Measure twice – cut once!

First Go Communities

In the Pilot Project, the Local Governments who agreed to participate had a lot of heavy lifting to do.

The first go communities worked together to develop a smooth and efficient process and a transportable model to be shared. The first go communities identified the blocks and barriers, and found ways to mitigate risk.

Now that the Pilot Project is complete the first go communities have agreed to support other communities who want to build important community infrastructure but are not sure where to start!

Paying it forward is part of the JQ Built process!