The Canada Games Centre is scheduled to make a full recovery by November.

But efforts to restore the centre to full capacity following a June fire has come with bumps in the road.

The Northwestel NHL ice is scheduled to reopen Nov. 1 and the Olympic-sized ATCO ice is set to reopen Nov. 14, the City of Whitehorse announced earlier this month.

Unknowns still exist, however, around key parts en route to the Yukon capital.

Games Centre manager Art Manhire said the last piece of the puzzle is receiving and installing dehumidification wheels for the air-handling units, one per rink.

"Those are coming up from the States. Once those are in, then we can fire up the plant and go. That's actually our one unanswered question, because we don't have them on site,” Manhire said.

"That's part of our challenge right now. They are due in town by this evening.”

Crews are also waiting on a load of reflective insulation scheduled to arrive this evening.

That piece has to be installed while the west wall of the ATCO rink is removed, which is causing problems for contractors working inside, Manhire said.

"Once they do that then they can close the building in, so they can put the outside gladding on,” he said.

"Once that's done, then we can put the air-handling stuff back into place and start firing up systems to get things running. It's the last major hurdle.”

Despite the delay in receiving the parts, Manhire said the projects are still on track to be finished for user groups to take to the ice in November.

"We should be able to be good with our date,” he said.

"The restoration work in there is complete. We still need to paint, and then structural work for the Atco surface is still underway. We removed the steel that's been compromised in the fire and still waiting on materials to close it up.”

Games Centre officials hold Monday meetings with contractors working on site to discuss restoration efforts.

Last Monday's meeting was especially exciting, Manhire said.

"We were talking about paint colours, and when you start talking about paint colours, that's when it feels really good,” he said, noting that the Northwestel rink is currently being painted.

"I can't tell you how good it feels to actually have the fire damage removed, just by itself, and then the idea of being able to close it in is great.”

The initial estimate to repair the damage was set at $5 million.

That number is likely to rise, Manhire said.

"We don't have a final cost yet, but we do anticipate that it will be more than that $5 million,” he said.

"That was a guesstimate right at the beginning. But of course, soon as you start opening things up and determining what has been damaged, that changes, and it doesn't take much to change it.”