Consulting & Facility - Recreation Excellence

Consultation & Facility

Facility Design & Consulting

Our experienced team will assist you in designing a cost-effective arena, aquatic centre, fitness room, or multi-plex recreation centre. By keeping the FUNCTION in functionality, you will save money and resources over the life of your new facility.

Community Service Consultation

As part of the Facility Design work and in conjunction with ongoing operations the Recreation Excellence team is skilled in assisting communities with community consultation with a focus on needs assessments to assist in facility design and ongoing assessments to meet a community’s changing needs over time.

Furniture, Fixtures, & Equipment Budget

Our team helps communities and clients plan their new facility’s budget by identifying, repurposing, and prioritizing equipment needs with “good, better, best” options to outfit facilities efficiently and within budget.

Projected Budget Development

A key yet often overlooked aspect of opening new community facilities is the budget process. Successful implementation involves multiple budgets before opening. Our team guides clients through this preopening budget process, answering operational questions and developing a clear vision for future operations.

Rates & Fees Report

Many clients are unsure about what rates and fees to charge for their new facilities. Recreation Excellence conducts market research on similar facilities and community sizes, using development reports to suggest potential rates and fees based on industry and local data. Setting these rates is essential for developing the facility’s overall budget.

Budgets

Before opening a facility, extensive work is needed, including developing startup budgets for design, FF&E, rates, safety, staffing, and commissioning. Recreation Excellence guides clients through these steps. We assist in planning soft and grand opening budgets to maximize impact and help create projected operating budgets for years 1-5, covering ongoing operations, warranties, and maintenance.

Projected Capital Replacement Budgets

In years 2 and 3, we will assist clients in developing detailed Capital Replacement Budgets. These budgets will feature valuable details, including Estimated Equipment Life Cycles and Costings, to make the planning process clearer and easier to manage.

Let our leading-edge perspective, dynamic and cost-effective solutions guide you towards your recreational objectives

Some of our clients

Client testimonials

“Recreation Excellence has been the Cities trusted and best service provider for over a decade now. The way we as Council know this is that we never hear a complaint, in fact all we hear are good things about the services being provided by the company and it’s staff.”

His Worship Mayor Chris Spearman, City of Lethbridge

“Tom’s background in the Recreation Profession ... has been a tremendous asset to our team, Council and the community. Tom was an invaluable part of our team and was able to provide input from both an owner’s and operator’s perspective, thus bringing balance to the process. I highly recommend Tom Watson for any major project requiring a professional approach,integrity and the ability to carry out and deliver what you require.”

Jerry Spencer, Director of Parks & Recreation, City of Chilliwack

“They’ve done a great job. In my three years on Council, all with Recreation Excellence at the arena helm, I’ve heard nothing but rave reviews. They have clearly built good relationships with our ice users, as evidenced by the stack of reference letters we received. This is a fair deal, one that saves our taxpayers a lot of money, and one that ensures the good service at George Preston and Aldergrove arenas will continue.”

Jordan Bateman, Councillor, Township of Langley about renewing operations

“They quickly demonstrated their skills and abilities to solve problems and work towards ensuring that everything ran smoothly. We found their staff to be very knowledgeable, well qualified and consistently went out of their way to meet our needs. We feel their greatest strength is in the exceptional customer service they provided not only to the public, but also to our municipal staff.”

Kelly Swift, General Manager, Community Development, Parks & Recreation, Pitt Meadows

“Recreation Excellence was successful in changing the Arena work environment to a customer oriented one. The Arena is now experiencing increased use. There has been a significant reduction in the District subsidy requirement for that facility.”

William Brown, Chief Administrative Officer, District of Sechelt

“The facilities were greatly enhanced under [Recreation Excellence’s] supervision and direction. Mr. Watson’s communication with staff was efficient, professional and he instituted training programs for the lifeguards, and worked with the recreational staff to improve customer relations and client services.”

Mayor Dave Simpson, Village of Lumby

“Recreation Excellence has provided us with outstanding leadership and program advancement… which have all been very popular… while maintaining very tight fiscal responsibility to the community.”

Mayor Sue Phillips, City of Enderby

“Our facility quickly became one of the busiest in Canada and a good deal of the credit goes to Mr. Watson. He is a skilled manager and demonstrated this through the quality of programs and services, and by the high level of customer service offered by his staff. Mr. Watson also has shown strong fiscal management skills.”

Don Hunter, General Manager of Parks

“As a private recreation service provider, they have truly maintained the best interests of our community at heart. Their enthusiasm, creativity, honesty, professional service and get-it-done-attitude are commendable! I have absolutely no hesitation in recommending Recreation Excellence to other potential clients.”

Barry Gagnon, Chief Administrative Officer, Regional District of North Okanagan

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Recreation Excellence • Head Office: 11383 153A Street, Surrey, BC, V3R 9J2

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