Breaking New Ground—Stories from Defence Construction Breaking_new_ground | Page 104

Camp Maple Leaf at Zgon, Bosnia-
Herzegovina, shown in 2002, was one of
three main bases for the Canadian contin-
gent of the NATO peacekeeping mission.
The Canadian Forces Housing Agency (CFHA) was
established on April 1, 1996, to place all PMQs under
a single “landlord,” implement new cost management
systems and develop a business plan that would make
the PMQs self sustaining—that is, funded solely on the
rental income received from occupants. This remains a
challenge since the original planning did not take into
account the required capital investment. DCC positioned
itself to assist CFHA through the use of DCC’s contract
and project management expertise to support the
Agency’s operations.

Going further—evolving new services
DCC continued to offer additional services to DND
throughout the 1990s, including contract management
support for CF contributions to the NATO peacekeeping
mission in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Canada had decided
to contract out the logistics and engineering functions
to the private sector in order to take better advantage
of uniformed members of the Forces for military
operations. This included the accommodation and
sustainment of military personnel: shelter, food, water
and sanitation for five camps and three remote
communication sites, plus communication, office
space, material supply, transportation and maint