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2013
top100projects.ca
2013
Top 100 Projects
The 2013 Top 100 Projects
Top 100 Projects — 2013
An annual report inserted in
ReNew Canada’s
January/February 2013 issue
EDITOR Mira Shenker
mira@renewcanada.net
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his year, we added an impressive 49 new projects
to the list of Canada’s biggest infrastructure
projects. That’s double the value of last year’s 29
new additions ($60 billion versus $30 billion). That
means twice the renewed investment in Canada’s construction
industry. Last year’s number one project was a transit project—the
notorious Eglinton Crosstown LRT, making headlines for its increased
scope and cost. This year, energy is back on top, with hydroelectric
projects claiming the top three spots (see “Value by Energy Type,” page
32). There are $57-billion worth of energy projects on this year’s Top
100—that’s 40 per cent of the total list value. (For the full breakdown,
see page 54.)
Of course, by “top,” we simply mean most expensive. Projects
listed in this annual report are ranked by dollar value—not the cost
of individual contracts, but the cost of the entire project, including
materials and labour. In some cases, it includes the cost attached
to a long-term, fixed-price contract to not only build an asset, but
to maintain or operate it over a period of time. To secure a spot on
the list, projects must still be underway, whether undergoing an
Environmental Assessment, in procurement, or under construction.
Oil and gas pipelines are ineligible because they’re not public works;
they’re also too big. Including them would skew the list, taking over
almost the entire Top 10.
This year, we invited some of the list’s most visible key players to a
roundtable discussion about the Top 100. (Look for the story in ReNew
Canada’s January/February 2013 issue). Our decision to exclude oil
and gas projects was at the centre of a discussion about what this
report says about Canada, and how Canada is seen by other countries.
One point upon which all of the roundtable participants agreed
is that Canada, relative to other countries, consistently delivers an
impressive amount of mega-projects across several sectors. This
seventh annual report has the highest total value of any previous Top
100. It represents over $140 billion in investment—an affirmation that
Canada’s infrastructure industry is thriving.
Mira Shenker
Editor, ReNew Canada
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2013
Top 100 Projects
Top 100 Project Index (continued)
Buildings page
By Rank, Project Title and Page Reference
Energy page
71BC Children’s Hospital / BC
Women’s Hospital & Health
Centre Redevelopment
62
83Armow Wind Farm
65
8Bipole II Transmission Line
14
54Canadian Forces Base
(CFB) Trenton Expansion
38Boundary Dam Integrated
CCS Demonstration Project
44
58Canpotex Potash Terminal
58
78Darlington
Refurbishment Project
64
98Des Moulins Wind Farm
70
54
15CHUM (Centre hospitalier
de l’université de Montréal)
Redevelopment 20
94Edmonton Arena
68
66Expansion and Renovation
of L’Hôtel-Dieu de Québec 60
22Humber River
Regional Hospital
28
52Long-Term Accommodation
(LTA) Project
52
33McGill University Health Centre
(MUHC) at Glen Campus
40
100 New Colisée
70
19New Oakville Hospital
68Forrest Kerr
Run-of-River Project
61
88Gordon M. Shrum Generating
Station Refurbishment
66
95Grand Renewable
Energy Park
69
81Greenfield South (previously
Sherway) Natural Gas Plant
64
12Muskrat Falls
Hydroelectric Project
18
84Northwest Transmission Line 65
47Pehonan Hydroelectric Dam 51
96Pointe Du Bois Spillway
Replacement Project
69
25Renovations to Beauharnois
Hydroelectric Station
32
59Riviere du Moulin Wind Farm 58
28Rocky Creek Wind
Energy Project
34
2Romaine Complex
10
53Ruskin Dam and
Powerhouse Upgrade
54
60Seigneurie de Beaupré
Wind Farms 2 and 3
58
35Shepard Energy Centre
42
1Site C Clean Energy Project
9
26
26H.R. Milner Coal
Plant Expansion
32
61South Kent Wind Project 59
79North Island
Hospitals Project
64
67Interior to Lower Mainland
Transmission Project
60
80Southern Alberta
Transmission Reinforcement 64
24Outremont Campus,
Université de Montréal
30
40John Hart
Replacement Project
46
27Swan Hills ISCG/
Power Project
32
49Sainte-Justine
University Hospital Centre
Modernization 51
72Juan de Fuca Power Cable
62
51Waneta Expansion
52
57K2 Wind Project
58
Other 85Shields Health and
Education Centre
3Keeyask Hydroelectric Project
10
62Capital Region District
Sewage Treatment Plant
65
70St. Joseph’s Healthcare
Hamilton, West 5th Campus
Redevelopment 61
page
59
17Labrador Island
Transmission Link
22
42Deep Geological Repository 48
69Lac Alfred Wind Farm
61
89Hanlan Feedermain
14Lower Mattagami
Hydroelectric Complex
20
99Lions Gate Secondary
Wastewater Treatment Plant 70
66
55St. Joseph’s Healthcare:
London’s Specialized
Mental Health Care and
Forensic Mental Hospital
56
41Maritime Transmission Link
48
36Port Hope Area Initiative
42
86Surrey Memorial
Hospital Expansion
66
73Marmora Pumped
Storage Project
62
82Southeast Collector
Trunk Sewer
65
90Waypoint Centre for
Mental Health Care
67
65Mica Generating
Station Upgrade
60
48Mount MacDonald
Wind Project
51
91Women’s College Hospital
Redevelopment 67
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97Sydney Tar Ponds Cleanup 69
77Woodward Avenue
Wastewater Treatment Plant
Expansion and Upgrades
63
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2013
Top 100 Projects
Top 100 Project Index (continued)
Transit 5Eglinton Crosstown
page
By Rank, Project Title and Page Reference
31York Viva Bus Rapid
Transit (BRT
12
Transportation 29Evergreen Line Rapid
Transit Line
36
18Calgary International
Airport Developments
46Finch LRT
50
Light Rail Transit (LRT
38
page
76Routes 73/
175 Widening 63
34Route 185 Widening 42
24
37South Fraser
Perimeter Road (SFPR)
11East Side
Transportation Initiative
16
63Southeast Section,
Calgary Ring Road 59
68
10Turcot Interchange
44
39Georgetown South Track
Layout and Grading
46
92Extension of Autoroute 35
32Hurontario – Main LRT
40
43Highway 63 Twinning 48
64North LRT Extension,
Downtown to NAIT
60
44Highway 407
East Extension
50
16Ottawa Light Rail Project
22
30Windsor-Essex
Parkway Project
21Scarborough LRT
28
4New Bridge for the
St. Lawrence
11
Figures 50Sheppard East LRT
51
6New International
Trade Crossing
13
Projects by Province and
Major Metro Area
8
9Southeast to West LRT
14
20Northeast Anthony
Henday Drive
26
Projects by Sector
8
13Spadina Subway Extension 18
45Train de l’Ouest
50
75Union Station Revitalization 63
56Waterloo Region LRT
56
87Wilson Facility Enhancement
and Yard Expansion
66
7Port Mann Bridge /
Highway 1 Improvements
13
16
23Vancouver International
Airport Upgrades 30
38
page
Project Delivery
12
Value by Energy Type
34
Transmission Funding
34
74Prince Rupert Container
Terminal Development,
Phase 2A
62
Energy Coming Online
35
93Repairs to Route 389
68
Total Investment
58
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Top 100 Projects
Projects by Province and Major Metro Area
Total
Total Projects
Projects by
by Major
Province
Metro Area
101*
53
Yukon,
N.W.T.,
Nunavut
0
Newfoundland
and Labrador
3
New
Brunswick,
P.E.I.
0
Edmonton
4
Victoria
2
Calgary
3
Vancouver
8
British
Columbia
Quebec City
Montreal 3
Winnipeg
1
7
Ottawa
2
Toronto
17
Saskatchewan
23
2
Alberta
12
Nova
Quebec Scotia
Ontario
Manitoba
4
2
19
36
London Hamilton
Kitchener1
2
Waterloo Windsor
2
1
* Interprovincial projects counted twice.
Projects by Sector
energy
Hydroelectric
Wind
Transmission
Coal
Natural Gas
Nuclear
15
10
7
3
2
1
transit
buildings
LRT
Rail
Subway
BRT
Health Care
10
3
2
1
14
transportation
2
2
1
other
Highway
Airport
Bridge
Port
13
2
2
2
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Public Facilities Social Infrastructure Education
Water/ Wastewater
5
Environment
Waste Management
2
1
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Credit: BC Hydro
1
Site C Clean
Energy Project
$7.9 billion
2012 Rank: 2
Location: Near Fort St. John,
British Columbia
Owner: BC Hydro
Engineer: SNC-Lavalin
Funding: Public
• Provincial BC Hydro: $7.9 billion
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This 1,100-megawatt (MW) hydroelectric earthfill dam on the Peace River is the
source of considerable debate. Proponents, primarily BC Hydro and the Province
of British Columbia, argue that the project will be a source of long-term, low-cost
clean energy, taking advantage of water already stored in the Williston Reservoir.
Opponents are concerned about the cost of the project, the lack of public input,
and the environmental impact of the dam itself.
The Site C environmental assessment (EA) process has moved into Stage 3,
which involves a review of the project by the Canadian Environmental Assessment
Agency (CEAA) and the British Columbia Environmental Assessment Office
(EAO), as well as a joint review panel. Preliminary engineering work will also
take place during the third stage of the process, including the development of
plans for construction access roads, clearing plans, construction materials,
geotechnical shoreline investigations, and reviews of relevant highways.
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Top 100 Projects
Credit: AECOM
2
Romaine is one of
15 hydro projects on
this year’s list.
Romaine Complex
$6.5 billion
2012 Rank: 3
Location: Havre-Saint-Pierre, Quebec
Owner: Hydro-Québec
Engineer: AECOM, SNC-Lavalin, Dessau, LVM
Contractor: Thirau, a subsidiary of CVTech Group
Supplier: Alstom (turbines: Romaine 2)
Funding: Public
• Provincial Hydro-Québec: $6.5 billion
Hydro-Québec’s 1,550 MW hydroelectric complex on
the Romaine River is still on track for completion in
2020, with the first generator coming online in 2014. It
involves four generating stations and reservoirs spaced
over 150 kilometres (km) in a remote area on the north
shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Each one will have
an associated rockfill dam, two or three generating
units, and a spillway. Two access roads will also need
to be built, one 10 km stretch linking to Romaine-1,
and one 150 km connection to Romaine-4.
Top 100 Timeline: Romaine Complex
2004:
Pre-project
studies begin
2009:
Construction
begins, enters Top
100 as number 1
2014:
Expected
commissioning of
first generator
2020:
Commissioning of
final generator
Keeyask
Credit: AECOM
3
2008:
Environmental
assessment completed
$5.6 billion
NEW
Location: Lower Nelson River, Split Lake
Resource Management Area, Manitoba
Owner: Keeyask Hydropower
Limited Partnership
Engineer: AECOM
Funding: Public
• Provincial /First Nations
Keeyask Hydropower Limited
Partnership (co-owned by
Manitoba Hydro and Keeyask
Cree Nations): $5.6 billion
This project is proceeding in a fashion similar to the
Wuskwatim Generation Project, number 13 on the Top
100 list in 2011. The design for the project agreement
is based on a partnership model between Manitoba
Hydro and the Keeyask Cree Nations—including the
Tataskweyak Cree Nation, War Lake First Nation, Fox
Lake Cree Nation, and York Factory First Nation.
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The 695 MW Keeyask hydroelectric
facility will produce an average of 4,400
gigawatt hours per year of electricity
for the Manitoba energy grid.
In 2012, work began on the support infrastructure for the facility
through a project titled the Keeyask Infrastructure Project that built the
required support roads and camp developments. The Environmental
Impact Statement for this project was submitted in July 2012 to the
Manitoba Conservation and Water Stewardship, along with the
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency. If approval is granted,
construction will begin in 2014 and finish in 2019.
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Credit: ociété PJCCI
Annual Crossings of
Current Champlain Bridge
Total Vehicles: 60 million
Trucks: 6.2 million
Buses: 200,000
Transit Users: 11 million
Eventual International
Trade: $20 billion
This archival image shows
Quebec’s Champlain Bridge
under construction in the 1950s.
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New Bridge for the St. Lawrence
$5 billion
NEW
Location: Montreal to Brossard, Quebec
Owner: Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges, a
subsidiary of the Federal Bridge Corporation, which
falls under the jurisdiction of Transport Canada
Engineer: Morrison Hershfield, Groupe SM, Arup Canada
Other: Dessau, CIMA+ (environmental assessment)
Funding: Public
• Details not yet available
Financing
A consortium led by PricewaterhouseCoopers has been
selected to provide financial, technical, and engineering
services. The group is currently involved in preparing
a complete business case for the bridge, which will
involve a public-private partnership (P3) component, and
could also see tolls being collected again, as they were
until 1990. The structure of the P3 is not yet clear. The
business case is expected to be finished by mid-2013, and
the federal EA should be complete by the end of that year.
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The yet unnamed “New Bridge for the St. Lawrence”
is set to replace Montreal’s 3.4 km Champlain Bridge,
the country’s busiest and most economically significant
water crossing.
Built in 1962, the Champlain Bridge has been
deteriorating due to increasing traffic loads and
the corrosive effects of road salt. (For details, visit
renewcanada.net and search “Champlain.”) The local
Catholic church went so far as to erect a billboard
near its entrance with a cheeky message to motorists:
“Say Your Prayers.” In 2011, the federal government
announced that it would replace the bridge over a 10year period.
Construction is anticipated to take place between
2016 and 2021, followed by the demolition of the
old bridge over the following two years. The project
will also require a number of smaller surrounding
renovations, including the building of a temporary
bridge or causeway to Nuns’ Island. This will allow
for the replacement of the current Nuns’ Island Bridge,
which forms part of the route to the Champlain Bridge.
A pre-feasibility study has suggested that the
new bridge should have three lanes of traffic in each
direction, plus a designated bus lane. Currently, AECOM
is under a separate contract to study the possibility of
adding some form of rapid transit to the A-10 corridor,
including the New Bridge for the St. Lawrence. At the
time of press, the results of that study were expected to
be made public by the end of 2012.
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Credit: Kristin Foster
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Eglinton Crosstown
Light Rail Transit (LRT)
Engineer: AECOM (consulting engineer, preliminary planning/study,
design); Arup (fire vent, Keele and Caledonia station—design); CH2M
HILL (owner’s engineer); URS/Parsons joint venture (systems design)
$4.9 billion
Architect: JHDR (Eglinton-Yonge interchange station)
2012 Rank: 1
Contractor: James Elliott Underground, Kanaiden (tunnel launch site)
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Supplier: Bombardier (LRT vehicle supplier); Caterpillar Tunnelling,
formerly Lovat (tunnel boring machines); Munro (tunnel liners)
Owner: Metrolinx
Other: AECOM (Black Creek EA); Delcan (EA, signalling/train
control, communications, traction power, and tunnel ventilation
systems); exp Services (condition surveying and monitoring consultant)
Project/Construction Manager:
Metrolinx (project manager); Delcan,
in a joint venture with Hatch Mott
MacDonald, MMM Group, and
McCormick Rankin Corporation (project
management consultants)
Funding: Public
• Provincial Ministry of Transportation
capital allotment to Metrolinx: $4.9 billion
The Province of Ontario will fund this entire project under
Metrolinx’s Big 5 priority transit projects. Phase 1 of the
line will be 19 km of light rail service across the Eglinton
Avenue corridor in midtown Toronto, with a 12 km segment
to be tunnelled from near Black Creek Drive in the west to
Brentcliffe Road in the east. Metrolinx has purchased four
tunnel boring machines (TBMs) for the job.
In a major shift from how the Toronto Transit Commission
(TTC) organizes bidding processes for its projects, Metrolinx
opened up the procurement process to any company that
believes it can handle the project. The TTC has a standing
policy of only allowing companies that employ unionized
workers to bid on its projects. However, Metrolinx stated
that any company can bid, regardless of the type of labour it
employs.
Work began in 2011, and is expected to be complete by 2020.
In 2012, this project was listed as the largest infrastructure
project in Canada on the Top 100 list, at a value of $8.2
billion. However, part of its funding has now been reallocated
to other LRT lines in Toronto, shifting it down to number
five. The reduction in budget was made possible by reverting
to the original design scheme, running partially above ground
in a designated right-of-way, as opposed to fully underground.
After some discussion in 2012, it was agreed that the
municipal TTC will operate the line, although it will remain
under provincial ownership.
2013 Top 100: Project Delivery
44
Public
Total Investment: $140.7 billion
27
24
5
$70.68
billion
Public-Private
Partnerships
$39.98
billion
$25.52
billion
Public/Private
$4.48
billion
(50.3% of list value)
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Private
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New International Trade Crossing
$4 billion
NEW
Location: Windsor, Ontario to Detroit, Michigan
Owner: Federal Bridge Corporation
Project Management: Deloitte
Engineer: Morrison Hershfield, Delcan,
Davis Langdon (an AECOM company)
Funding:
• Federal The Canadian customs plaza and
adjacent highway interchange, as well as
land acquisition for the bridge
• U.S. Federal Government The American customs plaza
Financing
The $4-billion bridge will likely be delivered
through a design-build-finance-maintain (DBFM)
P3. The private sector partners are to be selected
by mid-2013, at which point further details of the
project budget should be made public.
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In June 2012, Canada and the State of Michigan finalized
a deal to construct a second bridge between Windsor and
Detroit to resolve a long-time bottleneck on the busiest border
crossing between Canada and the United States, which is
currently served by the Ambassador Bridge and DetroitWindsor Tunnel.
The Ambassador Bridge remains the only privately owned
connection between the two countries, and its owner,
Detroit billionaire Manuel “Matty” Moroun, has campaigned
vigorously against the new bridge.
The international agreement requires that all steel and other
materials used to build the bridge must be of North American
origin, resolving what had been a major sticking point.
The American government had wanted to use exclusively
American materials, while the Canadian government wanted
to open bidding to international sources, a move that likely
meant using cheaper Chinese steel.
The federal government has stated that it has so far spent
$35 million to acquire property in Windsor for the bridge
and plaza. The Government of Canada will also spend
approximately $300 million to construct traffic plazas and
supporting border infrastructure leading up to the new
crossing. The U.S. government will contribute only the costs
of the American customs plaza.
The $1.4 billion Windsor-Essex Parkway (number 29 on this
year’s Top 100), which will connect Highway 401 with the new
bridge, is already well under construction through a P3 contract.
Port Mann Bridge / Highway 1 Improvements
$3.3 billion
2012 Rank: 12
Location: Langley to Vancouver, British Columbia
Owner: Transportation Investment Corporation
(Province of British Columbia)
Engineer: Delcan (program engineer); MMM Group, Golder
Associates, CH2M HILL (subconsultants to Delcan); H5M—a joint venture
of Hatch Mott MacDonald and MMM Group (prime design consultants—
onshore works); T.Y. Lin International (prime design consultant—
New Concession Bridge)
Contractor: Kiewit-Flatiron General Partnership (design-build)
Other: Partnerships BC (procurement manager and project developer)
Funding: Public
• Provincial Transportation Investment Corporation: $3.3 billion
Financing
The work was originally intended
to take place through a P3 contract
with the Connect BC Development
Group. However, it was subsequently
changed to a design-build
arrangement, using the KiewitFlatiron General Partnership.
This project involves widening Highway 1
over 37 km and replacing the existing Port
Mann Bridge across the Fraser River. Under
construction since 2010, it is expected to be
mostly wrapped up by the end of 2013 (with
the removal of the existing bridge taking
place in 2014).
Top 100 Timeline: Port Mann Bridge / Highway 1 Improvements
2006:
Provincial government
announces the project as
part of Gateway Program
to improve highways
around Vancouver
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2009:
Joins Top 100
as number 7
2010:
Construction
begins
2012:
Completion
of new Port
Mann Bridge
2013:
•O
pening of Port
Mann Bridge
•E
xpected
completion
of road
2014:
Removal
of old Port
Mann Bridge
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Bipole III Transmission Line
$3.28 billion
2012 Rank: 6
Location: Gillam to Winnipeg, via The Pas (west of
Lakes Winnipeg, Manitoba, and Winnipegosis), Manitoba
Owner: Manitoba Hydro
Other: North/South Consultants (environmental
consulting); CMC Consultants (initial routing study);
Joro Consultants and Wildlife Resources Consulting
Services (wildlife impact consulting)
Funding: Public
• Provincial Manitoba Hydro: $3.28 billion
This transmission line, planned to run approximately 1,400
km from the Keewatinoow Converter Station down the west
side of the province to Riel Converter station near Winnipeg,
has generated considerable debate throughout the province.
Initially, Manitoba Hydro had planned to run the line down
the eastern side of the province. However, the eastern route
would run through boreal forest that the Manitoba government
is hoping to have designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site,
and might also have led to conflicts with First Nations groups.
The present western route has also garnered criticism, both
for its greater cost and for its environmental and social impact.
The possibility of an independent review of the current plan
was rejected in 2012.
Construction is expected to begin in 2013, with an estimated
in-service date of 2017.
Credit: City of Edmonton
The Churchill transfer station in downtown Edmonton
will be one of three new stations on the 27-stop line,
which will connect to the existing LRT line at Churchill.
The City estimates future daily ridership will be 100,000.
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Southeast
to West LRT
$3.2 billion
NEW
Location: Edmonton, Alberta
Owner: City of Edmonton
Engineer: AECOM
Funding: Public
• Details not yet available,
through the City of Edmonton
has requested provincial
funding for the project.
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Edmonton’s new LRT line promises a more
“urban” style, with low-floor vehicles, smaller,
more closely-spaced stops, and a higher
standard of landscape and architectural
design. The route will extend north from the
Mill Woods Town Centre to Downtown and
then west, past the West Edmonton Mall to
Lewis Farms.
Preliminary engineering work began in 2011,
and Council approved a draft concept plan in
February 2012. The design phase and public
consultations are expected to be complete by
the end of 2013, with construction finishing in
2018. All major buildings associated with the
LRT will be built to LEED-Silver standards.
Financing
As of late 2012, the
funding structure of
the project was not yet
finalized, but Edmonton
City Council had voted
to pursue a P3 option,
a first for transit in that
city. This would allow
access to $300-$400
million from the federal
P3 Canada Fund.
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Credit: AECOM
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Turcot
Interchange
$3 billion
2012 Rank: 7
Location: Montreal, Quebec
Engineer: SNC-Lavalin,
CIMA+ (feasibility study);
LVM (environmental, geotechnical
and materials engineering)
Owner: Transports Québec
Contractor: MTQ
(principal contractor)
Project/Construction
Manager: AECOM
(project manager)
Funding: Public
• Provincial Transports
Québec: $3 billion
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In May 2012 the Government of Quebec unveiled
the final plans for this project to reconstruct the
crumbling expressway interchange. The revised
plan includes more space allocated to public transit,
cyclists, pedestrians, and green space. A corridor
along Notre Dame and St. Ambroise streets will be
reserved for a possible future LRT and several busonly lanes have been reserved along Highway 20,
Notre Dame Street West, and St. Patrick Street.
At the same time, one of the consortia competing
for the contract to design and build the new Turcot
publicly stated that it intended to file a notice with
the project arbitrator over its decision to allow a
consortium comprised of SNC-Lavalin, CIMA +,
and Louisbourg SEC to bid on the project. A
spokesperson for the consortium claimed that
because SNC-Lavalin had prepared the preliminary
specifications and design criteria that are being used
to evaluate the submitted bids, the company had an
unfair advantage.
SNC-Lavalin spokesperson Leslie Quinton refuted
this claim, stating “being involved in the preliminary
process is in no way a guarantee of winning the
contract and we believe there will be a fair evaluation
of all submissions.” Louisbourg SEC is owned by
Antonio Accurso, who, in April 2012, was arrested
on a number of fraud-related charges. His arrest
prompted former Quebec premier Jean Charest to call
an inquiry into the construction industry in Quebec.
East Side Transportation Initiative
$3 billion
2012 Rank: NEW
Location: Eastern Manitoba
Owner: East Side Transportation Authority
Engineer: SNC-Lavalin, AECOM
Funding: Public
• Provincial $3 billion
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Credit: East Side Transportation Authority
This is a long-term project aimed at connecting the east
side of Lake Winnipeg, and eastern Manitoba in general,
with the wider road network. The East Side Transportation
Initiative will see 1,028 km of all-season road built.
Administered under a new provincial body known as the
East Side Transportation Authority, the new roads are
expected to reduce the cost of transporting goods to remote
communities by 50 per cent.
The project will include a 156 km road from Hollow
Water First Nation to Berens River First Nation (with a
93 km extension to Poplar River First Nation), a 131 km
road connecting the first route to Little Grand Rapids and
Pauingassi First Nations, and a 648 km road from Island Lake
and Northern Cree communities to Provincial Road 373.
Work began when the first phase of the project received
environmental approval in 2012.
The project is intended not to
conflict with the region’s proposed
UNESCO World Heritage
designation, for which the Bipole
III Transmission Line was rerouted
to the west of Lake Winnipeg.
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Muskrat Falls
$2.9 billion
2012 Rank: 4
Location: Muskrat Falls, Labrador
Owner: Emera, Nalcor Energy
Engineer: SNC-Lavalin (EPCM)
Funding: Private
• Emera, Nalcor Energy: $2.9 billion
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The Muskrat Falls Hydroelectric Project consists of an 824 MW hydroelectric
facility, located on the Churchill River in Labrador. The project was originally
scheduled to be under construction in 2012. However, the project has faced
numerous delays related to lawsuits brought by First Nations groups and a delay
in creating the final agreement. In July, after 20 months of negotiations, Nalcor
Energy and Emera Energy, the Nova Scotia utility that is helping to fund part of
the group of projects, signed the final agreement. Under these terms, Nova Scotia
will receive 25 per cent of the energy generated in the first five years and 20 per
cent per year after that. The agreement also covers cost overruns for the project.
Nalcor will cover 100 per cent of any potential cost overruns that have to do with
construction of the dam or the Labrador Island Transmission Link.
SNC-Lavalin’s role as engineering procurement and construction manager
(EPCM) is for Phase 1. This includes the development of the Muskrat Falls
Generating Facility and the Labrador-Island Transmission Line. Phase 2 of the
project will be the development of Gull Island, the construction of which is
expected to start several years after Muskrat Falls. Nalcor will transmit surplus
power from the island to Nova Scotia Power, a subsidiary of Emera, across the
Cabot Strait into Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
Previously this project was combined with the Labrador Island Transmission
Link and Maritime Transmission Link projects, known together as the Lower
Churchill Falls Hydro Project. However, as ReNew Canada works to clarify
our definitions for various sectors, we decided that the project would be better
evaluated on its individual parts.
Spadina Subway Extension
$2.63 billion
2012 Rank: 8
Owner: TTC
Project/Construction Manager: Morrison Hershfield
(construction management); Spadina Link Project Managers,
a joint venture between Delcan, Hatch Mott MacDonald,
and MMM Group (project management consultants);
TTC (project manager, design and construction)
Engineer: AECOM (engineering design); Arup (York University
and Vaughn Station designs); Coffey Geotechnics (geo-engineering
consultants and electrical engineering consultants); Golder
Associates (principal geoengineering consultant); H. H. Angus
(mechanical, electrical consultants); Hatch Mott MacDonald
(tunnel design consultant); INSPEC-SOL (geotechnical engineering
consultant); Morrison Hershfield (consulting engineer)
Architect: Aedas (Sheppard West Station; Arup Canada in
association with Foster + Partners (York University Station); A
joint venture of IBI Group Architects, LEA Consulting, and Halsall
Associates, in association with Will Alsop (Finch West and Steeles
West Subway Stations)
Contractor: Belor Construction (Downsview Station to Wilson
Yard Connection); A joint venture of McNally Construction,
Kiewit, and Aecon (construction of 2.6 km of wind tunnel subway
track, construction of new Sheppard West station); Varcon
Construction (tunnel boring machines launch shaft at Sheppard
West Station); Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas, Obrascon
Huarte Lain (north tunnels and Highway 407 station)
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Supplier: Caterpillar Tunnelling,
formerly Lovat (TBMs)
Other: IBI Group (subconsultant to Hatch Mott
MacDonald for tunnelling contract); exp Services
(condition surveying and monitoring consultant)
Funding: Public
• Federal FLOW program: $697 million (including
$622 million from the Building Canada Fund and
$75 million from the Public Transit Capital Trust)
• Provincial Move Ontario Trust (including
interest gathered by the Trust): $1.055 billion
• Municipal City of Toronto: $526 million from
the TTC Capital Program Budget; York Region:
$352 million
The 8.6 km extension to the existing Spadina subway
line will include six new stations, including one at
York University. In July 2012, Holey (one of four
TBMs for the project) began its second section of
tunnelling and will now bore through 1.2 km of
earth from the new Sheppard subway station to the
extraction shaft at the existing Downsview subway
station.
However, there are concerns that the project will
not be completed on time. A fatal accident on the
subway station construction site at York University
prompted the Ministry of Labour to enact a Do Not
Disturb order, which prevents work from being
carried out on the site. As a result, the project will
take almost a year longer than planned to complete,
and is now expected to finish in 2016.
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Lower Mattagami
Hydroelectric Complex
Credit: AECOM
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$2.6 billion
2012 Rank: 9
Location: 70 km northeast
of Kapuskasing, Ontario
Owner: Ontario Power Generation
(OPG), Moose Cree First Nation
Engineer: AECOM (civil,
mechanical, electrical);
Aecon (design)
Architect: AECOM
Contractor: The Kiewit Alarie
Partnership—Kiewit, Leo Alarie
and Sons Construction, a
subsidiary of Aecon (construction);
SNC-Lavalin (design build)
Supplier: Alston
(hydro turbine generators)
Other: AECOM, Genivar, Roche,
SNC-Lavalin (impact studies)
Funding: Public
• Provincial OPG: $2.6 billion
CHUM (Centre hospitalier
de l’université de
Montréal) Redevelopment
Credit: PCHUM
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The Lower Mattagami project has four components. These include the rebuilding
of the Smoky Falls Generating Station as well as the addition of new generating
units at the Harmon, Kipling, and Little Long generating stations. The intent
of the project is to add 438 MW, distributed throughout the various generating
stations. Smoky Falls was originally constructed in 1931, while the others were
built in the 1960s.
In order to accommodate the additional energy that will be supplied because
of this project, Hydro One is adding an additional 230-kilovolt circuit to the
transmission line that runs from the Harmon Junction to the Kipling Generating
Station, running approximately four km. This project should be completed in 2015.
$2.5 billion
2012 Rank: 10
Owner: CHUM
Engineer: AECOM, Dessau
Architect: Birtz Bastien Beaudoin
Laforest Architectes, Provencher Roy,
Yelle Maillé, Arcorp
Research Tower DBFM Team:
Accès Recherche Montréal—a joint
venture of Pomerleau and Verreault, a
subsidiary of Dessau.
Hospital DBFM Team: Collectif Santé
Montréal—a joint venture of Laing
O’Rourke, Obrascón, Huarte Lain,
Innisfree, and Dalkia Canada.
Other: Infrastructure Québec, formerly
PPP Québec (procurement advisor); SNCLavalin and Genivar (owner’s advisors)
Funding: Public
• Provincial $2.5 billion
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Financing
This project will be delivered through a P3 (DBFM). The financial
arrangement is underwritten by RBC Capital Markets. To finance
the CHUM project, Collectif Santé Montréal placed short term
bonds with Canadian institutional investors and long-term senior
bonds for a total of over $392 million. The sponsors are also
providing liquidity by way of a mezzanine facility.
A new hospital and research centre will replace the three facilities which
currently make up the CHUM—the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal, Hôpital NotreDame, and Hôpital Saint-Luc. Following years of delay, the project received its
go-ahead in 2010. The Research Centre is targeting LEED-Silver certification.
By late 2012, construction had begun. Work is expected to be finished by 2015.
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Ottawa Light Rail Project
$2.1 billion
2012 Rank: 14
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Owner: City of Ottawa
Engineer: Capital Transit Partners—
a joint venture of Morrison
Hershfield, Jacobs Associates, STV
Canada Consulting, and URS Canada
(preliminary engineering); Delcan
(functional design); Halcrow Group
(tunnel design for EA report)
Other: Delcan (LRT planning, EA)
Funding:
• Municipal City of Ottawa: $900 million
• Provincial $600 million
• Federal Major Infrastructure Component
of the Building Canada Fund: $400
million; Canada Strategic Infrastructure
Fund: $200 million
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Labrador Island
Transmission Link
$2.1 billion
2012 Rank: 4
Location: Muskrat Falls, Labrador to Soldiers
Pond, Newfoundland and Labrador
Owner: Nalcor Energy, Emera
Engineer: Nalcor
Funding: Private
• Nalcor Energy, Emera: $2.1 billion
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Financing
This project will be delivered through a P3 (DBFM).
Shortlisted bidders for the project include: Ottawa Transit
Partners (led by VINCI Concessions, includes ACCIONA,
Aecon, Bombardier, and VINCI Construction Grands Projets),
Rideau Transit Group (led by ACS, includes EllisDon,
Dragados—part of ACS, SNC-Lavalin, and Veolia), and Rideau
Transit Partners (led by Guyancourt, France-based Bouygues,
includes Brookfield Financial, Fiera Axium Infrastructure
Canada LP, Parsons, Colas Rail, and Johnson Controls).
Ottawa’s second LRT line includes 13 new stations from Tunney’s
Pasture to Blair Road, four of which are in a 3.2 km tunnel located under
downtown Ottawa. It will intersect with the existing O-Train line at
Bayview station. Some parts of the existing BRT will be converted to LRT
use, while others will be converted to park, pedestrian, or cycling areas.
Unlike the existing O-Train, which is diesel-powered, the new LRT will
be electric.
Federal EA approval was given in 2012, with the RFP process scheduled
for completion by December 2012. Construction is set to begin by 2013,
and finish in 2017, allowing the line to begin operating the following year.
This 900 MW transmission line will link the Muskrat Falls Hydroelectric
Project with Newfoundland and facilitate the transmission of electricity
to Nova Scotia and on to export markets in the United States. According
to Nalcor, the in-service date for this project is 2016. However, the start
date for construction was originally listed as 2012 and work has apparently
not yet begun. The ability of the two utilities to get this project off the
ground is dependent on whether the Muskrat Falls project receives its final
environmental approval from the provincial government .
Previously this project was folded in with the Muskrat Falls Hydroelectric
Project and Maritime Transmission Link projects, known together as the
Lower Churchill Falls Hydro Project. However, as ReNew Canada works to
clarify our definitions for various sectors we decided that the project would
be better evaluated on its individual parts.
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Rendering of the proposed LeBreton Station.
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Credit: Hatch Mott MacDonald
This land for the 4,200-metre runway was acquired and
designated for this purpose in the 1970s and has been a part
of the CAA’s long-term master plan since 1992. It will be the
airport’s fourth runway and the longest civil aviation runway in
Canada, capable of landing the world’s largest aircraft.
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Calgary International
Airport Developments
$2 billion
2012 Rank:
26 (facilities expansion), 60 (runway)*
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Owner: Calgary Airport Authority (CAA)
Project/Construction Manager: EllisDon
(construction manager, airport facilities); PCL-ParsonsDufferin JV (construction manager, runway development)
Engineer: CH2M HILL, Associated Engineering
(prime consultants); AECOM (electrical, mechanical
consultant); Hatch Mott MacDonald (civil airside
consultant on facilities and engineering design
manager on runway development); Reed Jones
Christoffersen (structural consultant)
Architect: Cohos Evamy, a part of DIALOG
(prime design consultant)
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Other: AirBiz (Airport Planning Consultant); AECOM
(program manager); LVM (quality assurance)
Funding: Private
• Calgary Airport Authority (CAA), a not-for-profit
established by the Province: $2 billion
This project includes a temporary baggage hall expansion,
terminal renovations, terminal expansion for the E Pier, and a
new runway. There will be an addition to the existing terminal
and extensive renovations to address projected passenger levels
for both trans-border and international travel.
Under construction with completion scheduled for 2015,
the development has a number of interesting design features
including a geothermal heating/cooling system combined with
radiant floor heating/cooling. To date, 425 (75 per cent) of the
geothermal wells have been dug and 42,000 square metres of
concrete has been poured. Structural steel installation began in
July 2012 and construction is on schedule and on budget.
*This listing combines two aspects of the project which were
listed separately in the 2012 edition of Top 100, but are more
accurately described as a single undertaking.
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New Oakville
Hospital
Credit: Infrastructure Ontario
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$2 billion
2012 Rank: 15
Location: Oakville, Ontario
Owner: Halton Health Services
Architect: A joint venture
of Parkin Architects and
Adamson Associates Architects
Contractor: Carillion
Canada, EllisDon
Facility Manager: Honeywell
Other: Fengate Capital Management,
Scotia Capital (financial advisors);
Infrastructure Ontario (procurement
manager and project development)
DBFM Team: Hospital
Infrastructure Partners—Carillion
Canada, EllisDon, Fengate Capital
Management Limited, Parkin
Architects in joint venture with
Adamson Associates Architects
Funding: Public
• Provincial: $2 billion
This project will be delivered
through a DBFM P3. The
full value of this project over
a 30-year contract with
Hospital Infrastructure
Partners is $2.7 billion.
This new hospital, which is targeting LEEDSilver certification, will replace the existing
Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital and
provide state-of-the-art health services for
the surrounding area. Ground was broken
in the summer of 2011, with concrete
foundations poured in 2012. Completion is
scheduled for the summer of 2015.
Northeast Anthony
Henday Drive
Ongoing work on
cloverleaf interchange on
Anthony Henday Drive.
$1.8 billion
2012 Rank: NEW
Owner: Alberta Transportation
Engineer: ISL Land and Engineering,
AECOM, MMM Group
Contractor: Flatiron Constructors,
Dragados—part of ACS, Aecon, Lafarge
DBFMO Team: Capital City Link General
Partnership: Meridiam Infrastructure
NEAH ULC (a subsidiary of Meridiam
Infrastructure North America),
ACS NEAH Partner (a subsidiary of ACS
Infrastructure Canada) and HOCHTIEF
NEAH Partner (a subsidiary of
HOCHTIEF PPP Solutions)
Facilities Manager:
Volker Stevin Highways
Supplier: Structural-Bridges, Rapid-Span
Structures (steel bridge structures)
Funding: Public
• Provincial: $1.8 billion
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Financing
The project is being delivered through
Alberta’s P3 model. The federal
government will contribute up to
$36.8 million through the P3 Canada
Fund towards the project. The Capital
City Link General Partnership, will
design, build, partially finance, and
operate and maintain the project over
the course of the 34-year contract.
This project is the last leg of the
Anthony Henday Drive project
(listed at 17 in the 2011 Top 100
Projects report). Scheduled to
open in 2016, this 26 km, sixand eight-lane highway is part of
the larger Edmonton Ring Road
project, worth an estimated
$4 billion. Construction will
also include nine interchanges,
two flyover roads, eight rail
crossings, and two bridges over
the North Saskatchewan River.
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Scarborough LRT
$1.8 billion
2012 Rank: NEW
Financing
Metrolinx is considering a P3 model to deliver this
project, but no team has been selected.
Owner: Metrolinx
Project/Construction Manager: Metrolinx (project
manager), Delcan, in a joint venture with Hatch Mott
MacDonald, MMM Group and McCormick Rankin
(project management consultants)
Engineer: AECOM (station design);
C2HM HILL (owner’s engineer)
Supplier: Bombardier (LRT vehicles)
Funding: Public
• Provincial Ministry of Transportation capital
allotment to Metrolinx: $1.8 million
Humber River
Regional Hospital
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This project will replace Toronto’s aging Scarborough Rapid
Transit (RT) line with LRT technology, while extending
it northward to meet the planned Sheppard East LRT. The
Scarborough RT currently connects the end of the subway
system at Kennedy station with the Scarborough Town Centre
shopping mall and McCowan Road. The total length of the new
line will be 10 km.
Like the Sheppard LRT, the project was originally part of
the TTC’s Transit City program, which was cancelled by the
current municipal government. It has now been taken up by
the Province, which will wholly fund it through the Metrolinx
regional transit agency.
Work is expected to begin in 2014 and be complete by 2020.
$1.75 billion
2012 Rank: 16
Owner: Humber River Regional Hospital
Engineer: Morrison Hershfield (consulting
engineer); Smith and Andersen Consulting
Engineers (mechanical/electrical consultant);
Modern Niagara Toronto (mechanical); and
Plan Group (electrical)
Architect: HDR Architects, C.F. Møller Architects
Contractor: PCL Constructors Canada
DBFM Team: Plenary Health Care Partnerships:
C.F. Møller Architects, Halsall Associates, HDR,
Hewlett-Packard, Johnson Controls, Modern
Niagara, PCL Constructors Canada, Plan Group,
Plenary Group/HCP Canada, RBC Capital
Markets, Smith+Anderson
Facilities Manager: Johnson Controls
Other: Plenary Group Canada, HCP Social
Infrastructure Canada Limited/Innisfree
(developers); RBC Capital Markets (financial
advisor); Michael Brothers Excavating,
a division of Royal Excavating & Grading,
Caledon Structures (formwork); Harris Rebar,
a division of Harris Steel ULC, Innocon
(concrete); Prestressed Systems (precast);
Funding: Public
• Provincial $1.75 million
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Financing
A $1.75-billion contract (in today’s dollars) with Plenary
Health Care Partnerships covers the design, construction,
maintenance, renewal/repair, and financing for the project.
Aiming for LEED-Silver certification, this new hospital complex
will be the first in Canada to be designed and constructed as a fully
digital facility. Technology will be used in every facet of the building to
improve efficiency and patient care, allowing a total of 107,000 visits
a year for a catchment area of 850,000 people. Construction began in
2011 and is scheduled for completion by 2015.
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Credit: Vancouver International Airport
Artist’s rendition of the
upgraded Domestic
Terminal Building.
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Vancouver International Airport Upgrades
$1.74 billion
NEW
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia
Owner: Vancouver Airport Authority
Project Manager: Vancouver Airport Authority
Engineer: Stantec
Funding: Private
• Vancouver Airport Authority (a private non-profit corporation):
$1.743 billion (collected through an increased Airport Improvement Fee)
Outremont Campus,
Université de Montréal
$1.6 billion
NEW
Credit: Provencher Roy + Associés Architectes
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In early 2012, the Vancouver International
Airport announced a 10-year strategy
to upgrade and expand its facilities to
accommodate projected increases in travelers.
The first of this series of improvements include
some 700 metres of additional secure corridors,
new high-speed baggage systems, upgrades to
the original 1968 Domestic Terminal Building,
and runway safety enhancements.
The work is being funded by a $5 increase
in the Airport Improvement Fee (from $15
to $20) which is levied on all departing
passengers going to destinations outside of
British Columbia or the Yukon.
The university has made
a commitment to soil
remediation and LEEDPlatinum certification for
new buildings.
Owner: Université de Montréal
Architects: Cardinal Hardy, Provencher Roy
Other: DDH Environment
(soil remediation consultants)
Funding: Public
• Municipal City of Montreal:
$60 million for remediation
• Provincial Ministère de l’Éducation/
Université de Montréal: Most of the remainder
of the funding coming from the provincial
government through the university
• Federal Building Canada Fund:
$60 million for remediation
• Philathropy Université de Montréal:
Private donations to the university
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First proposed in 2005, Quebec’s largest university unveiled the revised
development plan for its Outremont campus in 2010, including 20 new
buildings and 300,000 square metres of floor area. Located further east along
the Montreal Metro Blue Line on the site of a former rail yard, the new site
will take pressure off of the overcrowded main campus, which has seen an
increase of 12,000 students since 2000. Central to the campus will be a new
Science Pavilion, containing the chemistry, physics, biology, and geography
departments. It will also include a library, a cafeteria, and daycare.
Remediation and new road construction is expected to be completed
by 2014, university buildings by 2017, and privately built residential
accommodations (not included in the project costs listed here) by 2022.
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Construction on the Beauharnois Hydroelectric
Station, one of Canada’s largest infrastructure
projects of all time, started in 1929. The last of
its 38 generation units went online in 1961.
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Renovations to Beauharnois
Hydroelectric Station
Funding: Public
• Provincial Hydro-Québec: $1.6 billion
$1.6 billion
Since 1994, the Beauharnois Hydroelectric Station has
been undergoing gradual renovations and replacement of its
generation units. This is its first year on the Top 100 list.
The plant was powered by the Beauharnois Canal, which had
been newly dredged and expanded to one km in width for that
purpose. At the time of its construction, it was considered to be
the largest hydroelectric station in Canada. Today, at 1900 MW,
it is still one of the largest run-of-river plants in the world.
The current project also includes restoration of the station’s
historic art deco architecture, which led it to be designated as a
National Historic Site. Work is expected to be completed in 2019.
NEW
Location: Melocheville, Quebec
Owner: Hydro-Québec
Project Management: Hydro-Mécanique
Engineering: Dessau, SNC-Lavalin
Contractor: Cegerco (various renovations to the building)
Supplier: Alstom Hydro Canada, Voith Hydro
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H.R. Milner Coal
Plant Expansion
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Swan Hills ISCG/Power Project
$1.5 billion
2012 Rank: 19
$1.5 billion
2012 Rank: 21
Location: Swan Hills, Alberta
Location: Grande Cache, Alberta
Owner: Swan Hills Synfuels
Owner: Maxim Power Corp.
Funding: Private
• Maxim Power: $1.5 billion
Funding: Private/Public
• Swan Hills Synfuels: $1.215 billion
• Provincial Carbon Capture and Storage Fund: $285 million
In August 2012, Maxim Power received the final
approvals required to begin the expansion of the
40-year-old, 150 MW H.R. Milner Power plant to
a 500 MW power plant. Construction on what the
company dubs “M2” began in 2012 and is expected
to be completed by 2015.
According to Maxim, the facility will include
an advanced emissions control system designed to
meet provincial air quality guidelines. However,
environmental organizations have criticized this
project, as well as the Alberta Utilities Commission
for allowing this project to proceed. For details on
new coal emissions regulations, visit bit.ly/U11I45
This project taps into deep coal beds that are not considered
practical to mine traditionally, using a process called in situ coal
gasification (ISCG). Instead, the coal is turned directly into a
synthetic gas while remaining in the coal seam underground. The
gas is then pumped to the surface, purified, and used to power a
combined cycle turbine. The project promises to deliver 300 MW
with approximately one-third of the emissions of a conventional
coal plant. However, the relatively unproven nature of the ISCG
technology has caused some concern about the project’s viability.
Swan Hills Synfuels has already constructed a small
demonstration project 17 km away, which has provided the
company with insight into the larger, commercial-scale operation
that is planned. That facility is expected to come online in 2015.
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Rocky Creek
Wind Energy Project
Owner: Rupert Peace Power Holdings
$1.5 billion
Funding: Private
• Prince Rupert Power Holdings: $1.5 billion
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Location: Tumbler Ridge,
British Columbia
Other: ECL Environmental Solutions (project development consultant)
Once complete, this 500 MW wind farm will likely be the largest in Canada. Under
development since 2009, it is currently undergoing an environmental review.
2013 Top 100: Value by Energy Type
$57.66 Billion
$34.06
billion
The total investment in
energy projects on the Top 100
$9.08
billion
$7.8
billion
Hydroelectric
(59.07%
of list value)
Transmission
(15.75%
of list value)
Wind
(13.53%
of list value)
$4.24
billion
$1.88
billion
$600
million
Coal
(7.35%
of list value)
Natural Gas
(3.26%
of list value)
Nuclear
(1.04%
of list value)
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2013 Top 100: Energy Coming Online From Top 100
20,930 MW
Saskatchewan
360 MW
Newfoundland
and Labrador
824 MW
Natural Gas
1,080 MW
Manitoba
772 MW
Alberta
1,600 MW
British Columbia
7,245 MW
Coal
910 MW
Hydroelectric
12,631 MW
Wind
2,797 MW
Ontario
5,601 MW
Quebec
4,528 MW
Wind
750 MW
The total energy coming online from
Top 100 projects, including refurbishments
Nuclear
3,512 MW
Hydroelectric
6,495 MW
Coal
800 MW
Natural Gas
800 MW
Coal
110 MW
Hydroelectric
250 MW
Hydro
Nuclear
Wind
Natural Gas
Coal
British Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
7,245 MW
1,600 MW
360 MW
Hydroelectric
772 MW
Hydroelectric
840 MW
Wind
969 MW
Nuclear
3,512 MW
Natural Gas
280 MW
Wind
1,078 MW
Hydroelectric
3,450 MW
Manitoba
Ontario
Quebec
772 MW
5,601 MW
4,528 MW
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824 MW
Newfoundland
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824 MW
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Credit: TransLink
Artist’s rendition of Coquitlam Central
Station on the Evergreen Line.
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Evergreen Rapid
Transit Line
$1.4 billion
2012 Rank: 24
Location: Burnaby, Coquitlam, and
Port Moody, British Columbia
Owner: TransLink
Engineer: SNC-Lavalin (lead
engineer); International Bridge
Technologies (bridges);
CH2M HILL (owner’s engineer)
Contractors: Graham Building
Services, SNC-Lavalin Constructors,
SELI Canada, Rizzani de Eccher, MMM
Group, Jacobs Associates Canada
DBF Team: SNC-Lavalin, Graham
Building Services, International Bridge
Technologies, Jacobs Associates Canada,
Rizzani de Eccher, SELI Canada, SNCLavalin Constructors, MMM Group
Other: Partnerships BC (procurement
partner and project implementation)
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Funding: Public
• Municipal TransLink: $400 million
• Provincial Transit Plan: $583 million
• Federal Public Transit Capital Trust: $66.7 million, Building
Canada Fund: $350 million, P3 Canada Fund: $7 million
Financing
In 2012, TransLink
announced that the
project would be
completed mostly as a
design-build-finance
P3, delivered through
a consortium led by
SNC-Lavalin. TransLink
will continue to operate
the line, except for
Lincoln Station, which
will be operated by
the Coquitlam Centre
mall through a separate
arrangement.
This 11 km rapid transit rail line was
delayed repeatedly while municipal
governments came to an agreement on how
to to raise the necessary funds. However,
the British Columbia government recently
passed new legislation—the Greater
Vancouver Transit Enhancement Act—
which allowed Metro Vancouver to raise
the gas tax by two cents per litre, providing
dedicated funding for the project.
The relocation of a section of CPR
tracks in Port Moody was scheduled to
be done by mid-2013, to free up space for
the Evergreen Line. Total completion of
the project is scheduled for 2016. The
route will add seven new stations, and is
expected to have a daily ridership of 70,000
by 2021. It includes a two km bored tunnel,
as well as elevated sections.
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Financing
Windsor-Essex Parkway Project
$1.4 billion
This project will be delivered through a DBFM P3.
Windsor Essex Mobility Group (WEMG) will receive
annual payments from the Province. Over the 30-year
life of the contract, the total payments will add up
to $2.2 billion (nominal cost). Annual payments to
WEMG are performance based. If WEMG does not
meet the Ministry of Transportation’s performance
standards, the Province can withhold payment.
2012 Rank: 22
Location: Windsor, Ontario
Owner: Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MTO)
Engineer: AECOM (consulting/owner’s engineer);
Golder Associates (subconsultant to URS, geotechnical
advisor); Morrison Hershfield (consulting/owner’s
engineer); URS Canada (prime consultant)
Contractor: Facca Construction (bridges, noise barrier)
DBFM Team: The Windsor Essex Mobility Group—
Acciona, ACS Infrastructure, Dragados—part of ACS,
Fluor, Hatch Mott MacDonald
Other: Arup (lender’s technical advisor); CH2M HILL,
Infrastructure Ontario (procurement manager and project
development); Infrastructure Ontario, CH2M HILL
(procurement manager and project development); Morrison
Hershfield (Infrastructure Ontario’s technical advisory
team); exp Services (quality control, materials inspection)
Funding: Public
Top 100 Timeline: Windsor-Essex Parkway Project
2008:
Windsor-Essex Parkway
proposal presented by Detroit
River International Crossing
(DRIC) study team
2010:
Windsor-Essex Mobility
Group awarded DBFM
contract for Parkway,
joins the Top 100
as number 7
2011:
Construction
begins
2014:
Expected
completion
of project
York VIVA Bus
Rapid Transit (BRT)
Credit: vivaNext
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2009:
Ontario Environmental
Assessment Act
(OEAA) approval
granted
This 11 km stretch will connect Highway 401 to the proposed
New International Trade Crossing, and ultimately to the U.S.
Interstate system, while separating local and international traffic
and eliminating stop-and-go traffic on the way to the border.
The project has generated a number of local controversies,
relating to the lower than expected number of jobs created,
traffic noise, expropriation of properties, and treatment of
neighbourhoods surrounding the Parkway.
Consultations, particularly related to issues of noise
control and landscaping, took place over the summer of 2012.
Meanwhile, construction of the roadway and bridges began.
The project is expected to be completed by 2014.
$1.4 billion
2012 Rank: 23
Location: York Region, Ontario
Owner: York Region Rapid Transit
Corporation and Metrolinx
Construction Manager: Kiewit EllisDon (KED)
Engineers: KED, Delcan (engineering lead); McCormick
Rankin, EcoPlans, MMM Group (owner’s engineers)
Architect: IBI Group
Contractor: KED
Supplier: NovaBus, Van Hool
Other: Ecoplans Limited, a member of
MMM Group (design review and advice for
environmental specialty areas); Hanscomb
(costing); Revay and Associates (controls)
Funding: Public
• Provincial Capital allotment to Metrolinx,
the regional transportation authority: $1.4 billion
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The dedicated bus lanes, which VIVA is calling Rapidways, are
separate centre lanes that will allow VIVA buses to travel freely no
matter how much traffic is using the conventional roadway. Some of
the new stations will connect to the TTC subway system, GO Transit
commuter rail, express buses, York Rapid Transit local bus services,
and other transit systems operating in neighbouring regions.
The project is currently under construction. Segments will start
operating as soon as they are completed, starting with Davis Drive
in 2014.The Enterprise Drive, Highway 7, and Yonge Street lines
should all be completed in 2020.
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Credit: City of Mississauga
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$1.35 billion
NEW
Location: Mississauga and Brampton, Ontario
Owner: Metrolinx
Engineering: SNC-Lavalin (project lead)
Other Key Players: Steer Davies Gleave (initial transit
system planning); DIALOG (urban design); Lea Group (ITS)
Rendering of LRT designated right-of-way down the centre of
Hurontario Street, adjacent to the Square One shopping mall.
Funding: Details not yet available
This 23 km LRT line will run from Port Credit, through
Mississauga to downtown Brampton where Hurontario
Street becomes Main Street. Included will be 32 stations and
two loops, one around downtown Brampton and the other
around the Mississauga City Centre/Square One node.
Based on the 2010 Master Plan for the area, the focus of
the project will be to build transit-oriented development and
pedestrian-oriented development along the length of the line.
The Hurontario-Main LRT is currently in the preliminary
design phase, which will last until 2013. Procurement is
expected to take until 2014 and construction should be
completed by approximately 2020.
McGill University
Health Centre (MUHC)
at Glen Campus
The funding and management structure for the project
has not yet been decided. Mississauga and Brampton
are currently leading the planning process, but have
indicated their interest in letting Metrolinx operate the
line. Metrolinx will likely provide much of the funding,
alongside the two cities. Mississauga and Brampton are
currently applying for money through the P3 Canada
Fund, meaning that there could be a private component
to its financing and operation.
The MUHC’s new Glen Campus, currently under
construction, is targeting LEED-Silver certification.
Collectively, the MUHC will be the largest hospital in Canada.
$1.34 billion
2012 Rank: 25
Owner: MUHC
SNC-Lavalin (project manager)
Engineer: Bouthillette, Parizeau et
Associés (mechanical, electrical design);
SNC-Lavalin (primary engineer); Dessau
(mechanical and electrical)
Architect: HDR, IBI Group, NFOE,
Yelle Maillé, N.F.O.E. et Associés
Architectes
Contractor: SNC-Lavalin in partnership
with Pomerleau, Verreault (a subsidiary
of Dessau), Simard-Beaudry
Facility Manager: SNC-Lavalin O&M,
in collaboration with Johnson Controls
DBFM Team: Groupe immobilier santé
McGill (GISM)—SNC-Lavalin, Innisfree
Funding: Public
• Provincial $1.34 billion
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Financing
The Glen Campus, delivered through a DBFM P3, is part of the MUHC’s
$2.34-billion redevelopment, which also includes the Lachine and
Mountain campuses. Lachine and Mountain will be built through public
financing methods and are currently being planned.
As of 2012, the framework and cladding for the hospital were complete, following
two years of construction. Work on the underground parking lot below the plaza
is expected to finish in late 2013, with operation commencing in 2014.
In late 2012, the offices of MUHC were raided by Quebec’s anti-corruption
police task force, and computers were seized. One of the firms involved with the
project, Simard-Beaurdy, is owned by construction magnate Tony Acurso, who
is being investigated for fraud and corruption in a number of public projects.
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Financing
2013
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Route 185 Widening
Credit: Transports Quebec
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$1.34 billion
2012 Rank: 27
Location: Rivière-du-Loup to the
New Brunswick border, Quebec
Transports Québec
Engineer: AECOM (preliminary and
final designs, work supervision); Dessau
(transportation and bridge engineering)
Other: AECOM (environmental impact
study, hydraulic and hydrologic studies)
Funding: Public
• Federal $336 million
• Provincial $1 billion
Shepard
Energy Centre
$1.3 billion
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Owner: Enmax
Engineer: Black and Veatch
Contractor: Keiwit Energy
Supplier: Mitsubishi
(steam and gas turbines)
Funding: Private
• Enmax: $1.3 billion
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When completed, this 800 MW
natural gas fired power plant will
produce energy via two natural
gas turbines and one steam
turbine. The gas turbines are each
capable of producing 240 MW
and the steam turbine is capable
of producing up to 320 MW. The
waste heat produced from the two
gas turbines will be captured and
used to produce steam for the
third turbine.
Located in southeast Calgary,
the facility will be able to produce
half of the current energy
requirements for the entire city.
Port Hope Area Initiative
$1.28 billion
2012 Rank: 97
Location: Port Hope and Clarington, Ontario
Owner: Port Hope Area Initiative
(Natural Resources Canada, Atomic
Energy of Canada Limited, and Public
Works and Government Services Canada)
Engineer: MMM Group (EPCM)
Contractor: Atomic Energy of Canada Limited
Other: AECOM (EA)
Funding: Public
• Federal $1.28 billion
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Credit: Enmax
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The project will expand 94 km of Route 185 from two lanes to a divided four-lane
highway connecting Autoroute 20 to the New Brunswick border. As a part of the
Trans Canada Highway and the main route between the Maritimes and the rest of
Canada, the project has received significant federal funding.
The Port Hope Area Initiative involves the remediation of 1.2 million
cubic metres of low-level radioactive soil. There are two distinct projects
under the initiative: the Port Hope Project and Port Granby Project.
Long-term waste storage facilities will be constructed at each location
and will be designed to contain the waste for hundreds of years.
Additionally, a number of private properties in the Port Hope area
will be inspected and, if necessary, decontaminated. The process can
be exceedingly costly, especially since some mid-century houses in Port
Hope were built with material contaminated before construction. In
late 2012, newspapers reported that $465,000 had been spent to remove
and replace radioactive elements of a home valued at only $130,000.
The project has an estimated timeline of between six and eight years.
Construction of supporting infrastructure, such as access roads, is
underway with the entire project expected to be complete around 2020.
This project was listed at number 97 on the 2012 Top 100 Projects
report. This placement was made based on a much lower early estimate
of $260 million. The new cost of the project was released in early 2012.
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South Fraser Perimeter
Road (SFPR)
$1.26 billion
2012 Rank: 47
Location: Surrey/Delta, British Columbia
Owner: BC Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure
Engineer: Delcan (program engineer)
DBFM Team: The Fraser Transportation Group
(FTG)—ACS Infrastructure, Ledcor Development,
Dragados—part of ACS, Ledcor CMI, Belpacific
Excavating & Shoring, Vancouver Pile Driving
Other: Partnerships BC (procurement
manager and project development);
Hemmera (EA lead, environmental manager)
Funding: Public
• Federal Asia-Pacific Gateway and Corridor
Initiative: $363 million, plus an additional
$2 million contribution towards the EA
Credit: Hemmera
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The SFPR, running
adjacent to lands
with important
environmental
value, includes
one of the largest
environmental
and agricultural
mitigation and
enhancement plans
in British Columbia.
Financing
The B.C. Ministry of
Transportation has a DBOFM
P3 contract with the FTG. The
operation and maintenance
part of this agreement has
a term of 20 years from the
completion of construction.
The new 40 km, four-lane
SFPR will run along the
south side of the Fraser River,
extending from Deltaport
Way in the southwest Delta
to 176th Street in Surrey.
Construction is ongoing and
completion is scheduled for
the end of 2013.
Credit: SaskPower
The Boundary Dam’s integrated CCS system has the
potential to capture an estimated one million tonnes of CO2
annually, roughly 90 per cent of the CO2 produced by Unit 3.
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Boundary Dam Integrated
CCS Demonstration Project
$1.24 billion
2012 Rank: 28
Location: Estevan, Saskatchewan
Owner: SaskPower
Engineer: SNC-Lavalin (engineering,
procurement, construction)
Contractor: Stantec (design,
construction); SNC-Lavalin (CCS system)
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Supplier: Cansolv,
wholly owned subsidiary
of Shell Global Solutions
(carbon capture process);
Hitachi (steam turbine);
Babcock and Wilcox
(boiler upgrade); MAN
Turbo (CO2 compressor) Funding: Public
• Provincial SaskPower:
$1 billion
The Boundary Dam Integrated CCS
Demonstration Project will refurbish Unit 3
at the Boundary Dam coal power station.
The refurbishment includes the world’s
largest CCS project that will utilize carbon
capture for enhanced oil recovery.
Procurement for the project is close to
90 per cent complete and construction is
on track. In 2013, Unit 3 will be shut down
for 180 days while it is rebuilt to adapt it to
the CO2 capture and storage system. The
commissioning of the CO2 system should
take place in the first quarter of 2014.
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Financing
Georgetown South Track
Layout and Grading
$1.2 billion
The Air Rail Link (or “spur line”) portion of the project
is being executed as a DBF project under the Ontario
government’s alternative financing and procurement (AFP)
program. Financing is being provided by Canadian Imperial
Bank of Commerce, Laurentian Bank of Canada, National
Bank of Canada, and Toronto-Dominion Bank. National
Bank Financial has acted as financial advisor for the project.
2012 Rank: 18
Owner: Metrolinx
Project/Construction Manager: Morrison
Hershfield, AECOM, Stantec, McCormick Rankin
Engineer: AECOM, R.V. Anderson, Delcan, Stantec,
McCormick Rankin, Hatch Mott MacDonald
Contractor: EllisDon, Dufferin Construction,
Kenaidan Contracting/Obiyashi, Bot Engineering,
Aecon, Soncin Construction
DBF Team: A joint venture between Aecon Group
and Dufferin Construction, a division of Holcim
Funding: Public
• Federal Canadian Strategic Infrastructure Fund,
Investment Strategy Fund: $165 million
• Provincial Capital allotment to Metrolinx
John Hart
Replacement Project
Credit: Partnerships BC
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This expansion will address both the forecasted increase in
GO Transit ridership along the 14.8 km corridor as well as the
Union-Pearson Air Rail Link. The project will see one new bridge
structure at Weston, with 15 other bridges widened or modified
and seven new underpasses or overpasses. A rail tunnel will be
built under Highway 401.
Metrolinx and Infrastructure Ontario awarded the DBF contract
for the Air Rail Link in October 2011 and financial close was
reached in December 2011. Construction began in July 2012 and
completion is expected in the third quarter of 2014.
$1.2 billion
NEW
Location: Campbell River,
British Columbia
Owner: BC Hydro
Funding: Public
• Provincial BC Hydro: $1.2 billion
The John Hart Replacement Project
includes the replacement of three 1.8
km penstocks with a 2.1 km tunnel
through bedrock; construction of a
replacement generation station adjacent
to the existing station; replacement of
the water intake station at the John Hart
Spillway Dam; and the construction of a
new water bypass facility. The current
station has been providing energy to
British Columbia’s energy grid for
over 65 years and this project aims to
improve safety features to protect it
against seismic activity and increase
water flows to benefit fish habitats.
Controversial changes to the federal
environmental assessment protocol
mean that the project will no longer
be subject to an EA because it does not
increase generating capacity by more
than 50 MW or 200 per cent.
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Financing
Partnerships BC began the procurement process for the project in 2012
and expects to award a P3 contract in 2013, with construction planned
to start as early as summer 2013 and finish in 2017. Currently three
teams have been short-listed to provide design, construction, partial
financing, and rehabilitation: SNC-Lavalin (also involving IMPSA), Elk
Falls Energy Partners (a consortium including Brookfield Financial,
Fiera Axium, Gracorp, Bouygues Travaux Publics, Graham, Alstom and
Knight Piesold Consultants) and Salmon River Partners (a consortium
including Bilfinger, ACCIONA, Barnard, Klohn Crippen Berger, Voith
Hydro and Siemens AG).
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Maritime
Transmission
Link
$1.2 billion
2012 Rank: 4*
Location: Cape Ray,
Newfoundland to Cape
Breton, Nova Scotia
Owner: ENL Maritime
Link (a subsidiary of
Emera Energy and
Labrador Holdings) Funding: Private
• ENL Maritime Link:
$1.2 billion
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This 500 MW undersea cable will span
180 km and connect Newfoundland to
Nova Scotia. The purpose of the project
is to facilitate the transfer of energy from
the Muskrat Falls Hydroelectric project to
Nova Scotia and on to export markets. It
is currently undergoing an environmental
assessment, with construction expected to
begin in 2014 and complete in 2016-2017.
The need for this cable was determined
due to the reluctance of the Newfoundland
and Labrador and Nova Scotia governments
to use territory in Quebec to construct a more
direct transmission line. The trepidation to
have energy from the Muskrat Falls project
flow through Quebec is the result of what
was widely considered by Newfoundlanders
to be one of the most unfair energy contracts
ever signed. Under the terms of the 1969
agreement, Newfoundland agreed to sell the
Deep Geological
Repository
$1 billion
2012 Rank: 29
Location: Kincardine, Ontario
Owner: Ontario Power Generation (OPG)
Other: Golder Associates
(Environmental Impact Statement);
Nuclear Waste Management Association
(regulatory and approvals assistance)
Funding: Public
• Provincial OPG: $1 billion
*On the 2012 Top 100 list, this project was
combined with the Muskrat Falls Hydroelectric
Project and Labrador Island Transmission
Link projects, known together as the Lower
Churchill Falls Hydro Project, and ranked at
number four. However, as ReNew Canada
works to clarify our definitions for various
sectors, we decided that the project would be
better evaluated on its individual parts.
OPG is building this 680-metre deep
underground storage facility to house
low and intermediate level radioactive
waste. Low-level waste consists of
material that may be contaminated
through the normal course of operations
at a nuclear facility and includes paper
towels, mops, and used tools. While lowlevel waste does not require specialized
shielding for workers, the intermediate
waste will require special handling and
it can consist of items such as irradiated
core components, ion exchange resins,
and various filters. Used fuel, considered
high-level waste, is not to be stored in
the Deep Geological Repository.
As of late 2012, the review period for
the project had been extended to allow
for OPG to respond to information
requests. Public hearings are expected
to take place in the spring of 2013, with
construction starting in 2014.
Public opposition has been vocal,
with some citizens questioning the
safety of having such a facility in their
community. The site appears to have
been selected because of its proximity
to the Bruce Nuclear Generating Station
as well as its apparent low-permeability
and seismic stability.
Highway 63 Twinning
Credit: Alberta Transportation
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vast majority of the energy produced from the
massive Churchill Falls generating station for
three-tenths of a cent per kilowatt hour for the
first five years, with the price declining to onefifth of a cent by 2016. The agreement runs
until 2041 and the contract does not account
for inflation, making the energy essentially
free. By most accounts Quebec has reaped
approximately $19 billion in profit so far, while
Newfoundland has made only $1 billion.
$1 billion
2012 Rank: 70
Location: Fort McMurray, Alberta
Owner: Alberta Transportation
Engineer: AECOM, CH2M HILL (design);
Gan & Gan Utilities & Engineering (utilities);
Stantec (prime consultant and design);
Thurber Engineering (geotechnical)
Other: Dallas E. Maynard and Associates
(land acquisition); HyRoad Surveys (survey)
Funding: Public
• Federal Canada Strategic Infrastructure
Fund: $150 million (for bridge twinning);
Building Canada Fund: $53 million
• Provincial Capital allocation based on
projected needs of the departments involved
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This major highway project in the rapidly growing Fort McMurray area
includes construction of a new Franklin Avenue Tunnel to. Some 255 km
of highway, both north and south of Fort McMurray, are to be twinned,
increasing from two for four lanes. Increased capacity for traffic is expected
to reduce delays and improve safety.
Construction is underway in a number of segments, with 50 per cent
completion estimated for 2015.
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Highway 407 East Extension
$1 billion
Financing
This project will be delivered through a DBFM P3 (or AFP,
as Ontario terms it). Concessionaires Cintra and SNC-Lavalin
(partners in 407 East Development Group General) are the owners
and operators of the existing 407 toll road. However, unlike the
existing stretch of the 407, which was sold by the Conservative
government in 1999 for $3.1 billion in exchange for a 99-year
lease, the Province will retain ownership of the new extension and
retains the right to set the tolls and levels of operation.
NEW
Location: Pickering to Clarington, Ontario
Owner: Ontario Ministry of
Transportation (MTO)
Project Management: SNC-Lavalinin
Engineer: SNC-Lavalin, CH2M HILL, AECOM
DBFM Team: 407 East Development
Group General Partnership (Cintra
Infraestructuras, SNC-Lavalin)
Other: Bank of Montreal and Desjardins
(financing, bond underwriting, and
lenders); AECOM (landscape architecture,
planning, traffic and revenue forecasts);
manager and project development); LVM
(pavement and quality assurance services)
Funding: Public
• Provincial MTO: $1 billion
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Train de l’Ouest
$1 billion
NEW
Location: Montreal to Hudson, Quebec
Owner: Agence métropolitaine de transport (AMT)
Engineer: AECOM
Funding: Public
• Municipal AMT: $1 billion
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Finch LRT
Following on the heels of the Train de l’Est (Eastern Commuter Train Line),
which appeared as number 64 in the 2012 Top 100 list, Montreal’s AMT
regional commuter authority is preparing studies for upgrades to the Western
Commuter Train Line. Currently, the line is limited to rush hour service, due
to conflicts with road traffic and sharing track with freight trains.
The proposed project would add additional passenger-dedicated tracks
adjacent to the existing tracks, with Lucien L’Allier Station as the downtown
terminus. This would allow an increase from 144 to 456 trains per week,
and an anticipated growth in line ridership from 3.6 to 9.15 million.
In 2012, the project was undergoing engineering studies, which should
have been complete as of December that year.
Engineer: C2HM HILL
(owner’s engineer)
$1 billion
Supplier: Bombardier
(LRT vehicles)
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Owner: Metrolinx
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The 407 East extension will be a 65 km toll highway built in two phases.
Phase one extends the 407 east from Brock Road in Pickering to Harmony
Road in Oshawa. This phase will include the West Durham Link (WDL)
which is made up of a four lane north/south highway linking the 407 to
the 401, freeway to freeway interchanges from the WDL to the 401, and
three new interchanges. A six-lane highway will connect Brock Road to
the WDL and a four-lane highway will connect the WDL to Harmony
Road in Oshawa. Another six interchanges will allow for on/off access
to the extension. Phase two, beginning in 2014, extends the highway
from Oshawa to Clarington. Both phases include provision for a busway/
transit corridor.
Funding: Public
• Provincial Ministry
of Transportation
capital allotment to
Metrolinx: $1 billion
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The Finch LRT will be new 11 km line operating along
Finch Avenue and connecting the North Campus of
Humber College to the subway system at Finch West
Station (part of the ongoing extension of the Spadina line).
Like the Eglinton Crosstown LRT, the project was
originally part of the TTC’s Transit City program, which
was cancelled by the current municipal government. It has
now been taken up by the Province, which will wholly
fund it through the Metrolinx regional transit agency.
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Pehonan Hydroelectric Dam
$1 billion
This 250 MW hydroelectric dam on the Saskatchewan
River is being constructed by a partnership that includes
the James Cree First Nations (made up of James Smith Cree
Nation, Cumberland 100A First Nation/Peter Chapman
Band, and Chakastaypasin Band of the Cree), Brookfield
Power, and Kiewit. The group is currently negotiating an
energy purchase agreement with the publically owned
SaskPower.
It is intended that the project will provide employment
and economic development opportunities for the First
Nations communities involved in it.
NEW
Location: Fort La Corne, Saskatchewan
Owner: James Smith Cree Nations, Brookfield Power, Kiewit
Contractor: Kiewit
Funding: Public/Private
• First Nations James Cree First Nations
• Brookfield Power, Kiewit
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Mount MacDonald
Wind Project
$1 billion
NEW
Location: Port Edward,
British Columbia
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Owner: Rupert
Peace Power Holdings
Consulting: ECL
Environmental Solutions
Funding: Private
• Municipal AMT:
$1 billion
Sainte-Justine University
Hospital Centre Modernization
$995 million
• Philanthropy Ste. Justine University
Hospital Foundation: $70 million
Owner: Sainte-Justine University
Hospital Centre
Project/Construction Manager: TDC
Consortium—Tecsult, DECASULT, and
CIMA+ (project manager)
Engineer: Pellemon/Bouthillette, Parizeau et
Associés (electrical, mechanical); SKD/NCK
Consortium— Saïa, Deslauriers, Kadanoff, Leconte,
Brisebois, Blais and Nicolet Chartrand Knoll (civil,
structural); Dessau (mechanical, electrical)
Sheppard
East LRT
$950 million
NEW
Owner: Metrolinx
Manager: Metrolinx
(project manager)
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Architect: AECOM, Brière, Demontigny,
Gilbert et Associés, Hébert Fortin Martin
Consortium, Jodoin Lamarre Pratte et Associés,
Lemay et Associés, Métivier
Funding: Public/Philanthropy
2012 Rank: 31
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This 250 MW wind farm will be located on the highest
peaks of Mount MacDonald and Smith Island, near Port
Edward, British Columbia. It is sited on the traditional
territory of the Gitxaala Nation.
A turbine supplier has not yet been selected, but Rupert
Peace has suggested that each generator will be between
1.5 and 2.5 MW, and they will number between 100 and
150. It is currently undergoing a provincial EA.
The expansion and retrofit project, which is targeting LEEDSilver certification, is being carried out in several phases, some
of which have already been completed. Significant construction
activity was ongoing in 2012, and final completion is scheduled
for 2018.
Sainte-Justine University Health Centre is a teaching hospital
affiliated with the Université de Montreal. It specializes in
obstetrics and other care for mothers and children.
The Sheppard East LRT will be new 13 km line
extending the Sheppard subway line eastward from
Don Mills Station to Morningside. It will intersect
Contractor: Dufferin Construction with the extended Scarborough LRT line, which is
replacing the Scarborough RT.
Supplier: Bombardier
Like the Scarborough LRT, the project was originally
(LRT vehicles)
part of the TTC’s Transit City program, which was
Funding: Public
cancelled by the current municipal government. It has
• Provincial Ministry of
now been taken up by the Province, which will fund
Transportation capital allotment it through the Metrolinx regional transit agency and a
to Metrolinx: $633 million
contribution from the federal government.
• Federal: $317 million
Engineer: C2HM HILL
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Waneta Expansion
Credit: Fortis
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$900 million
2012 Rank: 33
Location: At the confluence of the
Pend d’Oreille and Columbia Rivers,
south of Trail, British Columbia
Owner: Fortis, Columbia Power Corporation
(CPC) and Columbia Basin Trust (CBT)
SNC-Lavalin (project manager)
Engineer: Golder Associates
(environmental consulting engineers);
Hatfield Consultants
Contractor: Aecon (civil design,
construction); SNC-Lavalin (prime
contractor, design)
The Waneta Expansion is currently
under construction and expected
to be finished by 2015.
Design-Build Team: Aecon, SNC-Lavalin
Funding: Private
• Fortis $459 million
• CPC/CBT $441 million
Long-Term Accommodation
(LTA) Project
Credit: Plenary Group
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This project involves the addition of a second powerhouse downstream from
the Waneta Dam on the Pend d’Oreille River, producing 335 MW of power. The
energy will be sold to BC Hydro under a long-term energy purchase agreement.
$867 million
2012 Rank: 35
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Owner: Long-Term Accommodation
(LTA) Project
PCL Constructors Canada (builder,
construction manager)
Engineer: Adjeleian Allen Rubeli (structural
designer); Enermodal Engineering (green
designer); MMM Group (mechanical,
electrical, security, IT design); Modern
Niagara (mechanical subcontractor); Plan
Group (electrical subcontractor)
Architect: HDR Architecture (associate architect,
engineer); WZMH Architects (architect of record)
Facilities Manager: Honeywell
DBFM Team: Plenary Properties LTAP LP, Plenary
Canadian Holdings (financial arranger); RBC Capital
Markets (equity investor, debt underwriter)
Other: Defence Construction Canada
(procurement)
Funding: Public
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Financing
The government has chosen a P3 approach (DBFM) for the
project. The contract, valued at $4.6 billion over 34 years
(including the $867 million in capital costs), is expected to
save $176 million (based on the value for money report).
Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC) is
responsible for the collection of electronic intelligence to support
national defence and the foreign policy of the Canadian government,
as well as the protection of information and communication. The
new 72,000 m2 facility, which is targeting LEED-Gold certification,
will include general office space and special purpose space, as well
as employee amenities such a cafeteria and gym and a substantial
outdoor landscaped area. Currently under construction, completion
is scheduled for 2014. All contractors are closely screened and a
CSEC security expert is overseeing the security aspects of the project.
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Credit: BC Hydro
The existing Ruskin
generating facility
consists of a
concrete gravity
dam and a 105 MW
powerhouse.
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Ruskin Dam and
Powerhouse Upgrade
$857 million
NEW
Location: Ruskin, British Columbia
Owner: BC Hydro
Engineer: Flatiron-Dragados joint
venture (major civil work); Golder
Associates (right abutment)
Supplier: Voith Hydro (turbines and generator)
Funding: Public
• Provincial BC Hydro: $857 million
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Canadian Forces Base (CFB)
Trenton Expansion
$840 million
NEW
Location: Trenton, Ontario
Owner: Department of National Defence (DND)
Other: LVM (environmental services)
Funding: Public
• Federal DND: $840 million
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This generation station has supplied
power to the BC Hydro grid for
almost 80 years and requires
upgrades to ensure operational
reliability and improve safety in the
event of an earthquake.
There are four major components
to this project including the
reinforcement of the right bank of
the dam with a specially designed
cutoff watt, which will control
and manage water seepage. Seven
concrete piers and spillway gates
will be removed and replaced with
five new ones and the road on top
of the dam with be replaced with a
two-lane road, from its current onelane format. The powerhouse facility
will be seismically upgraded and
the powerhouse equipment will be
replaced, this will include upgrades
to penstocks and intake tunnels that
move water from the reservoir to the
powerhouse. The final component of
the project will see the switchyard,
currently located on the roof of the
powerhouse, rebuild and relocated
to the left bank behind the road.
Approved by the Province in
April 2012, construction began in
that year and is expected to finish in
2018.
Established in 1929, CFB Trenton has traditionally been an air base,
home to the 8 Wing unit. It is one of Canada’s primary launching sites
for military missions abroad. It’s now undergoing a major expansion that
will add the Land Advanced Warfare Centre (a multi-functional training
and administrative campus), as well as new hangers and runways to
accommodate additional aircraft and a new fire hall. It will also see the
relocation of the elite Joint Task Force (JTF) 2 to the base. The project
involves acquiring an additional 401 hectares (ha) of land—a move that
has been controversial as it involves expropriating neighbouring farms,
some more than 200 years old.
The 10-year expansion program has already begun construction, and
is expected to be complete by 2022.
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St. Joseph’s Healthcare: London’s
Specialized Mental Health Care
and Forensic Mental Hospital
$830.5 million
NEW
Location: London/St. Thomas, Ontario
Owner: St. Joseph’s Healthcare
DBFM Team: Integrated Team
Solutions (ITS)—Fengate Capital
Management, OE Infrastructure
Fund, TCPP Infrastructure Fund,
LPF Infrastructure Fund, EllisDon,
and Honeywell.
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Waterloo
Region LRT
$818 million
2012 Rank: 36
Other: Infrastructure
Ontario (procurement
manager and project
development); Honeywell
(facilities management)
Construction: EllisDon
Funding: Public
• Provincial
$830.5 million
Financing
The project has been undertaken as a P3, with
ITS receiving a 30-year DBFM contract from
St. Joseph Health Services.
St. Joseph’s is constructing two new facilities in
London and St. Thomas, Ontario. Mental Health
Care London will be located adjacent to the Parkwood
Hospital and will include 156 beds (later expandable
to 168 beds). The smaller Mental Health Care St.
Thomas facility will include 89 beds.
The St. Thomas facility is scheduled to open in the
spring of 2013, while the London facility will open in
December 2014.
Financing
The project is to be delivered as a DBOFM P3 over a 30-year contract. In
2012, the Region issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ), but as of late
2012, a team had not yet been selected.
Location: Waterloo, Kitchener
and Cambridge, Ontario
Owner: Region of Waterloo
Engineer: Parsons Brinkerhoff
Other: Hatch Mott MacDonald,
AECOM, MMM (transit project
assessment process team)
Funding: Public
• Federal Building Canada Fund:
$265 million
• Provincial Ontario Ministry of
Transportation: $300 million
• Municipal Region of Waterloo:
$253 million
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After a lengthy debate about whether to
adopt light rail or rapid bus technology
for regional public transit, the Region of
Waterloo decided that light rail technology
offered the best long-term value for
expanding its public transit system. In
May 2012, the Ontario Ministry of the
Environment approved the final stages
of the EA for the project. This approval
removes one of the final hurdles to starting
construction in 2014. The project will be
going ahead as a P3, through a designbuild-finance-operate-maintain contract.
Service is expected to begin in 2017.
The region has chosen to use Bombardier
as the supplier for the LRT vehicles,
piggybacking on an existing agreement
that provincial transit agency Metrolinx
has already approved. This agreement will
allow the region to capitalize on a larger
volume purchase, potentially reducing the
individual cost of the vehicles, as well as
the cost of spare parts and maintenance
contracts. Siemens Canada disapproved
of the process and criticized the region for
not being transparent.
The initial proposed route is limited
to Waterloo and Kitchener, but a second
phase is expected to extend the line to
Cambridge.
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K2 Wind Project
$800 million
Other: SENES Consultants,
Stantec Consulting, AMEC
Environment & Infrastructure,
Timmins Martelle Heritage
Consultants, Selde Corporation and
Zephyr North Canada (Renewable
Energy Approval application)
2012 Rank: 34
Location: Township
of Ashfield-ColborneWawanosh, Ontario
Supplier: Siemens (turbines)
Owner: Capital Power,
Samsung Renewable
Energy, Pattern
Renewable Holdings
Funding: Private
• Capital Power: $266.6 million
• Samsung Renewable Energy:
$266.6 million
• Pattern Renewable Holdings:
$266.6 million
Contractor: Samsung
(engineering, procurement,
construction)
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Canpotex Potash
Terminal
$800 million
NEW
Owner: Canpotex
Location:
Prince Rupert,
British Columbia
Funding: Private
• Canpotex:
$800 million
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Owner: EDF
Energies Nouvelles
$800 million
Engineer: LVM
(geotechnical and
materials)
Location: MRC de
Charlevoix and MRC du
Fjord de Saguenay, Quebec
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In response to the growing demand for Canadian potash exports, Canpotex is
proposing to build a potash port terminal on Ridley Island, near Prince Rupert.
The facility will be able to accept shipping up to 180,000 DWT (dead weight
tonnes), increasing the total potash export capacity up to 13 million tonnes
annually. It will also include an 180,000 tonne potash storage building, and
associated maintenance and personal structures. The terminal is planned to be
accessible by rail, with an automated railcar unloading and conveyer system.
The company hoped to have all environmental approvals complete by the
end of 2012.
Riviere du Moulin
Wind Farm
NEW
Seigneurie de
Beaupré Wind
Farms 2 and 3
$800 million
Supplier: REpower
Funding: Private
• EDF: $800 million
Owner: Boralex,
Gaz Métro
Engineering:
LVM (geotechnical
and materials)
NEW
Supplier: ENERCON
Location: MRC
Côte-de-Beaupré,
Quebec
Funding: Private
• Boralex, Gaz
Métro: $800 million
Total Public
$106.36 billion
Total Private
$27.62 billion
Other
$6.68 billion
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The project, formerly known as the Kingsbridge
II Wind Power Project, has a 20-year power
purchase agreement (PPA) from the Ontario Power
Authority (OPA) under the Feed-in Tariff (FIT)
program. Commercial operation is expected to
begin in 2014 on the 270 MW wind energy facility
near Goderich—the largest of its kind in Ontario.
It will involve 140 turbines, and sit adjacent to the
much smaller K1 Wind Project, which has been
operating since 2006.
Like nearly all rural wind farms in Ontario, K2 has
seen opposition from some locals. In response, the
owners of K2 are proposing to compensate not only
the owners of the sites where the turbines will go, but
also those who live within one kilometre of a turbine.
This 350 MW wind farm consisting of 175 turbines is expected
to be the largest in Canada once completed. Located on remote
unincorporated land northeast of Quebec City, its proponents plan
to use existing logging roads to access the turbine construction sites.
It will be built in two phases. The first, consisting of 150 MW, is
expected to begin construction in 2013 and be complete by the end
of 2014. The second, 200 MW, will be complete by the end of the
following year.
Hydro-Québec has agreed to buy the power produced by the farm, and
will be building a 345 kV transmission line to link it to the power grid.
Two adjacent wind farms with a total generating capacity of 272
MW and 126 turbines are being constructed by a private consortium
made up of Boralex and Gaz Métro. They are located in the historic,
forested lands of the Seigneurie de Beaupré, owned by a seminary
of the Quebec diocese of the Catholic Church. Aside from the wind
farms, the uninhabited lands are used by the seminary for selective
logging, and are partially leased to hunting and fishing clubs.
The smaller Wind Farm 1 is already running, while Wind Farm
4, currently undergoing environmental approval, could be built
by 2015.
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Energy
Transportation
Total
Investment
$57.66
billion
$33.62
billion
$140.66
billion
Provincial
$34.17 billion
Private
$22.12 billion
Other
$1 billion
Federal
$370 million
Provincial
$16.14 billion
Federal
$11.5 billion
Private
$5.19 billion
Other
$794 million
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South Kent Wind Project
$800 million
NEW
Location: Chatham-Kent, Ontario
Owner: Pattern Energy, Samsung
Funding: Private
• Pattern Energy, Samsung: $800 million
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This 270 MW, 124-turbine wind farm, is currently being appealed
to the Environmental Review Tribunal. As yet, no wind energy
projects in Ontario have been permanently stopped because of a
Tribunal ruling. If the appeal is overruled, this project should be
under construction by 2013 and completed in 2014.
This project is being undertaken in partial fulfillment of the
Green Energy Investment Agreement, which commits Samsung
to invest $7 billion in Ontario’s renewable energy manufacturing
and energy production industries. For details about the agreement,
visit bit.ly/Vjyawj
Capital Regional District
Sewage Treatment Plant
$782.7 million
2012 Rank: 37
Location: Southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia
Owner: Capital Regional District (CRD)
Engineer: CH2M HILL (preliminary planning study); C.N. Ryzuk
& Associates (geotechnical consultant); Westland Resource Group,
Associated Engineering, Kerr Wood Leidal Associates (consultants)
Other: CH2M HILL (preliminary planning/study);
Ernst & Young (business case); Stantec (business
case and technical planning services)
Funding: Public
• Federal Building Canada Fund: $260.9 million
• Provincial Ministry of Community and
Rural Development: $260.9 million
• Municipal $260.9 million
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Southeast Section,
Calgary Ring Road
$769 million
NEW
Owner: Alberta
Transportation
DBFM Team: Chinook
Roads Partnership
(SNC-Lavalin, Acciona)
Engineer: SNC-Lavalin,
CH2M HILL
Other: LVM (quality
assurance and surveying)
Funding: Public
• Provincial Alberta
Transportation:
$232 million
• Federal Major
Infrastructure
Component of the
Canada Building Plan:
$100 million
• Private Chinook
Roads Partnership:
$437 million
The system configuration will include centralized,
liquids only treatment facility at McLoughlin Point in
Esquimalt and a separate biosolids digestion facility,
located either at the Hartland Landfill or another
suitable location. The Clover and Macaulay facilities
will be upgraded to pump wastewater to McLoughlin,
and grit removal facilities will be added to the existing
screening facilities at both locations. The Craigflower
pump station will also be upgraded.
Currently, the sewage management system in the
CRD consists of a six-millimetre screen to remove
inorganic material from the waste prior to it being
pumped a kilometre offshore into the Pacific Ocean.
However, new federal wastewater regulations require
municipalities to implement secondary wastewater
treatment before sewage can be discharged into the
environment; these measures must be in place by 2020.
While delayed for several years, the CRD project will be
soon be moving forward. In 2012, both the provincial
and federal governments re-committed to funding the
project after substantial delays to the project.
Financing
Alberta Transportation has a 33-year DBFM
contract with Chinook Roads Partnership. The P3
will see Chinook maintain the highway for 30 years
(after a three-year construction period).
The southeast section of Calgary’s six-lane ring road stretches
25 km, has nine interchanges, one road flyover, two railway
flyovers and 27 bridges. It is being constructed and operated
as a public-private partnership, with SNC-Lavalin and
Acciona S.A. responsible for its maintenance over 30 years.
Construction began in the spring of 2010 and is expected
to finish by fall of 2013.
Transit
Buildings
Water/Wastewater
Environment
Waste Management
$25.64
billion
$18.23
billion
$2.83
billion
$1.68
billion
$1
billion
Provincial
Other
Municipal
Federal
$14.11 billion $4.49 billion $4.31 billion $2.73 billion
Provincial
Federal
Private
Municipal
$15.95 billion $1.77 billion $304 million $218 million
Federal
Provincial
$1.56 billion $120 million
Provincial
$1 billion
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Other
Federal
$1.71 billion $400 million $361 million
Provincial
$361 million
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North LRT Extension,
Downtown to NAIT
Other: AMEC Earth
and Environmental
(environmental consulting),
LVM (materials testing and
construction surveying)
$755 million
2012 Rank: 40
Project/Construction Manager: SNCLavalin and Graham Construction
(construction manager); AECOM (project
manager, coordination of consultant team)
Engineer: AECOM (detailed design); ILF
Consulting Engineers, ISL Engineering and
Land Services, Stantec (design consultants);
SMA Consulting (detailed design, project
controls, value engineering, risk management)
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Mica Generating
Station Upgrade
$739 million
NEW
Location: Revelstoke,
British Columbia
Owner: BC Hydro
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Contractor:
Mitsubishi Electric
Power Products
Incorporated (MEPPI)
Supplier: Andritz
Hydro (turbines)
Funding: Public
• Provincial BC
Hydro: $739 million
Expansion and
Renovation of L’Hôtel
Dieu de Québec
$715.6 million
2012 Rank: 41
Location: Quebec City, Quebec
Owner: Centre Hospitalier
Universitaire de Québec (CHUQ)
BPR-Batiment, CIMA + (project manager)
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$709 million
2012 Rank: 51
Location: Merritt to Coquitlam,
British Columbia
Owner: BC Hydro
Project/Construction Manager: Hatch
(construction program management)
Two additional 500 MW generators are being added to the Mica
Generating Station, located north of Revelstoke on the Columbia
River. Originally built in 1977, the Station was intended to have six
generators, but only four were initially installed. This project brings
it up to full capacity: 2,805 MW. It will also require the construction
of a new capacitor halfway along the Mica to Nicola 500 kV
transmission line, near Seymour Arm. The Mica Generating Station
provides 15 per cent of BC Hydro’s energy capacity.
Unit 5 is expected to be operational by October 2014; Unit
6 by October 2015.
Architect: St-Gelais Montminy Vallières,
Provencher Roy + Associés Architectes,
Birtz Bastien Beaudoin Laforest Architectes,
Corriveau Girard et Associés, DMG
Architecture, Lemay Associés, Brière
Gilbert + Associés Architects, Bélanger
Beauchemin Morency Architectes et
Urbanistes, Dan S. Hanganu Architectes
Engineer: Dessau, Genivar
Funding: Public
• Provincial CHUQ: $715.6 million
Interior to Lower Mainland
Transmission Project
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Funding: Public
• Federal Building Canada
Fund: $100 million
• Provincial Green Trip:
$497 million
• Municipal City of
Edmonton: $158 million,
through a combination
of reserve, tax-supported
debt, the municipal
sustainability initiative
(MSI) and other programs
The City of Edmonton’s 3.3 km LRT
expansion is on track for completion in
December 2013. Three stations are being
designed as part of the extension: MacEwan
Station, Kingsway Station, and NAIT
Station, linking the city’s rapid transit
system to Grant McEwan University,
the Royal Alexandra Hospital, and the
Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
(NAIT). The new line will connect to
the existing LRT at Churchill station
downtown via a tunnel, and is expected
increase daily ridership by 45,000.
This project is the first step in a plan that
will ultimately see the LRT extended to the
City’s northwestern limits near St. Albert.
The line is expected to be operational by
April 2014.
Engineer: AECOM
Contractor: FlatironGraham Joint Venture
(design, procurement,
construction)
Other: Golder Associates
(environmental program
management)
Funding: Public
• Provincial BC Hydro:
$709 million
First announced in 2010, the
renovations to L’Hôtel Dieu de Québec
will include three new buildings and
the complete overhauling of another
three. Demolition has been completed
and construction work on Phase 1 of
the project is underway. The project is
aiming for LEED-Silver certification.
Founded in 1639, L’Hôtel Dieu
de Québec is the oldest hospital in
North America. It is affiliated with
Laval University.
BC Hydro’s plan to build a new 500 kV
transmission line mostly along an existing rightof-way between the Nicola substation near Merritt
and Meridian was initially met with opposition
from First Nations groups. However, three First
Nations reached an agreement on August 2011
with BC Hydro and the project is now going ahead.
It is expected to be completed by spring of 2014.
The increased transmission capacity will meet
an estimated 50 per cent increase in electricity
demand in the province over the next 20 years,
most of it coming from the Lower Mainland.
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Financing
Forrest Kerr
Run-of-River Project
$700 million
2012 Rank: 43
Location: North of Stewart, British Columbia
Owner: Coast Mountain Hydro
Limited Partnership, a wholly
owned subsidiary of AltaGas
Funding: Private
• AltaGas: $700 million
Lac Alfred Wind Farm
$700 million
Funding: Private
• EDF-EN: $350 million
• Enbridge: $350 million
Credit: Saint-Laurent Énergies
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AltaGas has a 60-year Electricity
Purchase Agreement with BC Hydro
and has an impact benefit agreement
with the Tahltan Nation, as well
as an agreement to contribute to
the construction of the Northwest
Transmission Line, which runs
from Terrace to the proposed
interconnection point of Forrest Kerr.
WestLB is providing partial financing.
This 195 MW run-of-river
hydroelectric generation project
will channel a portion of the
Iskut River flow and deliver
electricity to the BC Hydro
grid at its proposed Bob Quinn
Lake Substation. It involves the
construction of a power tunnel
paralleling the Iskut River from
its confluence with Forrest Kerr
Creek, to a 300 m tailrace three
kilometres away. It should be
complete by 2014.
NEW
Location: MRC La Matapédia/
MRC La Mitis, Quebec
Owner: Saint-Laurent Énergies
(a subsidiary of EDF-EN), Enbridge
Engineer: LVM (geotechnical
and materials); Dessau
(telecommunications)
Contractor: RES Canada
Supplier: REpower (turbines)
St. Joseph’s Healthcare
Hamilton, West 5th
Campus Redevelopment
$698 million
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Set to be one of the largest
wind farms in Canada, Lac
Alfred will produce 300 MW
of energy using 150 turbines
spread over 169 km2. The first
phase of the project, consisting
of 75 turbines, was scheduled
for completion by December
2012. The remaining 75
turbines are to be operational
by December 2013.
2012 Rank: 44
Location: Hamilton, Ontario
Owner: St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton
Engineer: Cannon Design (design); MMM
Group (mechanical, electrical, information
technology, security, civil)
Architect: Zeidler Partnership Architects
Contractor: PCL Construction Canada
DBFM Team: Plenary Health
Hamilton—Cannon Design, Honeywell,
Innisfree, PCL Construction Canada,
Plenary Group, Royal Bank of Canada
Other: Innisfree (developer); Royal
Bank of Canada (financial advisor);
Funding: Public
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This project is being delivered through a DBFM P3. RBC
Dominion Securities, which is the bond underwriter and original
purchaser , is providing short- and long-term bonds. Equity is being
provided by Plenary Group and Inisfree PFI Secondary Fund LP.
As this facility is being built to LEED-Silver standards, construction
involves sourcing materials locally and diverting approximately 90 per
cent of material from landfill. This new health facility will feature more
natural light in patient rooms and focus on family-based care.
Construction is expected to be complete by the summer of 2014.
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BC Children’s Hospital /
BC Women’s Hospital &
Health Centre Redevelopment
$682.2 million
2012 Rank: 46
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia
Owner: Provincial Health Services Authority
Engineer: Bird Construction (design); Callison
(clinical support building—indicative design)
Architect: Hugh Condon Marler Architects (HCMA)
Contractor: Bird Construction (construction)
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Juan de Fuca
Power Cable
NEW
Location: Victoria,
British Columbia, to
Port Angeles, Washington
Owner: Sea Breeze Power
Funding: Private
• Sea Breeze Power: $665 million
Marmora
Pumped
Storage Project
$660 million
NEW
Location: Marmora, Ontario
Owner: Northland Power
Engineer: Hatch
Funding: Private
• Northland Power:
$660 million
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Funding: Public
• Provincial
$532.2 million
• Philanthropy
BC Children’s
Hospital
Foundation:
$150 million
This 400 MW pumped storage project will
make use of an abandoned water-filled
open-pit mine in Marmora, Ontario to store
energy like a battery. The project will use
cheaper low rate off-peak energy to pump
water into a raised reservoir, which will
be located above the existing mine. During
peak hours when energy prices are higher,
the water will be released into the mine
through a hydroelectric turbine to generate
electricity. In this way, excess electricity
from non-controllable sources such as solar
and wind generators, can effectively be
stored for any desired period of time.
Although pumped storage technology is
Prince Rupert Container Terminal
Development, Phase 2A
$650 million
2012 Rank: 48
Location: Prince Rupert, British Columbia
Owner: Maher Terminals (owned by Deutsche Bank)
Other: Stantec (environmental mitigation strategy report)
Funding: Private
• Maher Terminals: $650 million
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The first phase will include the opening of additional
neonatal intensive care unit beds at the BC Women’s
Hospital & Health Centre, site preparations for the
new hospital, scheduled to begin in early 2014, and
construction of a new clinical support building and
free-standing child daycare centre. The second and
third phases of the project will include building the
new BC Children’s Hospital and renovations and
expansion of the BC Women’s Hospital.
Tendering for the clinical support building was
finalized in 2011 and Bird Construction was selected as
the preferred proponent to design and build the facility.
By 2012, construction on Phase 1 was well underway.
The project is expected to be completed in 2018.
This cable, linking Vancouver Island
to the Angeles Peninsula, will be the
first international power connection
across the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
A total of 50 km in length, 30 km
of it will be under water. Although
Vancouver Island is already connected
to the British Columbia mainland,
the new cable is intended to increase
speed and efficiency of transmission
between Canada and the United States,
a particular issue for certain types of
fluctuating renewable energy, such as
$665 million
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Other:
Resource
Planning Group
(clinical
specifications)
wind and solar. It is intended to be
bidirectional.
After
undergoing
a
lengthy
regulatory and consultations process,
including with both the Canadian
and U.S. governments, First Nations,
and the general public, the project is
expected to be underway by the end of
2013. It could be complete by as early
as 2015. Sea Breeze Power is currently
negotiating sales and procurement
contracts with purchasers in both
Canada and the United States.
new to Canada, it has been in use in the
Europe, the United States, and Japan since
at least the 1960s.
As with many rural power generation
projects in Ontario, the proposal has been
controversial. Although endorsed by the
County and Township governments, some local
opponents fear that an accident at the plant
could flood their town. The company insists the
technology is safe and sustainable and that they
have they support of many local residents.
As of late 2012, Northland Power was
working to secure an energy sales contract
with OPG with the goal of launching
operations by 2016.
This expansion is being undertaken to accommodate
the continued growth in export traffic anticipated over
the next decade. The 32 ha Phase 2 expansion of Prince
Rupert’s Fairview Container Terminal will upgrade the
Port’s total capacity to two million twenty foot equivalent
units (TEUs). It will be directly serviced by CN Rail.
Some concerns were initially raised about the original
environmental impact statement and new mitigation
measures have since been drafted. Construction should
begin after all regulatory approvals have been received. It
is expected to be complete by 2015.
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Union Station Revitalization
$640 million
2012 Rank: 49
Owner: City of Toronto
Carillion Construction (contractor,
construction management)
Engineer: NORR Limited Architects &
Engineers, part of the IngeniumGroup (design)
Contractor: Clifford Restoration (building
envelope restoration)
Other: Arup Canada (4D modelling, pedestrian
flow, construction coordination analyses)
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Routes 73/175 Widening
$637.5 million
NEW
Location: From Quebec
City to Saguenay, Quebec
Owner: Transports Quebec
Project Management: Dessau
Engineer: Dessau, LVM
Funding: Public
• Federal Building Canada Fund: $133 million,
VIA Rail: $25 million, Transit-Secure Trust: $6 million
• Municipal City of Toronto: $304 million
The project includes a threefold increase in the GO Transit concourse
space to accommodate the expected doubling of GO passengers at Union
Station by 2030, and restoration of heritage aspects of the main building.
There are also plans to enhance pedestrian concourses, including the
construction of a new northwest PATH connection that will join the
northwest corner of Union Station to Wellington Street. The City also plans
to create a new lower retail level below the station. Restoration includes the
rebuilding of the support columns underneath the lowest level of the station,
as well as the installation of a completely new mechanical and electrical
system. The new mechanical/electrical system was required to bring the
building up to code.
Contractor: Enterprises Alfred Boivin,
Excavation de Chicoutimi, Pavex, Dynaroc,
Inter-Cité, Fernand Gilbert, Hamel
Construction, Construction FGN, Construction
Genix, Huronne-Wendat First Nation, CharlesAuguste Fortier, RAMTelecom
Other: Inspec-Sol, BPR, LVM, Groupe Qualitas,
Genivar, SNC-Lavalin, CIMA+, AECOM,
LEQ-LSB, EBC, Laboratoire Géo Construction
(major studies and quality control)
The conversion of Routes 73/175 to a four-lane, twinned highway
began in 2006 and was originally expected to be completed in
2010. However, significant delays in the project have pushed its
completion back to late 2013 and increased its original projected
cost (the figures above represent the original budget). The federal
government has contributed a significant part of its funding since
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Woodward Avenue
Wastewater Treatment Plant
Expansion and Upgrades
$600 million
2012 Rank: 53
Location: Hamilton, Ontario
Owner: City of Hamilton
Manager: AECOM
(construction manager)
Engineer: AECOM
(lead subconsultant,
detail design);
CH2M HILL (design)
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Funding: Public
• Provincial $262.5
million
the road is used to access several National Historic Sites.
Because the highway extends through the Laurentides
Wildlife Reserve and Jacques Cartier National (Quebec) Park
north of Quebec City, conservation is a major part of the
project. It will include protective fencing along the roadside
and a number of wildlife bridges.
Funding: Public
• Federal/Provincial Green
Infrastructure Fund: $200 million
• Municipal City of Hamilton: $400 million (financed
through water rates and development charge revenues)
Hamilton’s main wastewater treatment facility will be expanded
to accommodate population growth, improve effluent quality, and
increase treatment for wet weather flow. The program includes a new
1,700-millilitre per day raw sewage pumping station, upgrades to existing
primary clarifiers, a new membrane bioreactor facility (it will be one of the
largest in the world), a new chlorine contact tank, a new tertiary effluent
outfall, upgrades to the Red Hill Creek (such as widening the creek to
accommodate increased flows and works to mitigate erosion), upgrades to
the power supply, electrical distribution system and standby power, solids
handling, and other ancillary upgrades.
The project is expected to be completed in 2015.
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Darlington
Refurbishment
Project
$600 million
NEW
Location: Clarington, Ontario
Owner: OPG
Engineer: SNC-Lavalin, AECOM
Funding: Public
• Provincial Ontario Power
Generation: $600 million
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North Island
Hospitals Project
$600 million
NEW
Location: Campbell River and
Comox, British Columbia
Owner: Vancouver Island
Health Authority
Funding: Public
• Provincial $365 million, ComoxStrathcona Regional Hospital
District: $235 million
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This project consists of two
phases: definition and execution.
The $600-million cost of this
project is limited to the definition
phase, which will run from 20122016. The execution phase is
expected to cost several billion
dollars. The initial phase will
consist of the construction of
a mock reactor, as well as the
development, procurement, and
testing of the specialized tooling
that will be required to complete
the execution phase of this project.
Financing
This project will be
delivered through
a DBFM P3. As
of late 2012, three
consortiums had
been shortlisted to
build the hospitals.
The winner is
to be selected by
spring of 2013.
Southern Alberta Transmission
Reinforcement
$600 million
NEW
Location: From Calgary to the US border, Alberta
Owner: Altalink
Funding: Private
• Altalink: $600 million
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Greenfield South (previously
Sherway) Natural Gas Plant
$580 million
NEW
Location: St. Clair Township, Ontario
Owner: Greenfield South Power Corporation,
Eastern Power
• Greenfield South Power Corporation,
Eastern Power: $400 million
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Credit: SNC-Lavalin
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The purpose is to support the refurbishment of the
four operating nuclear reactors at the Darlington
Nuclear facility. The definition phase will also include
the development of a budget, scope, and schedule for
the execution phase.
The Vancouver Island Health
Authority will replace the
aging Campbell River District
General Hospital and St.
Joseph’s General Hospital
with two new facilities. As
of late 2012, proposals were
being received for the renewed
Campbell River District
General Hospital and the
replaced (and renamed) Comox
Valley General Hospital.
The former is planned to
have 95 beds, while the latter
will have 153. Both of the
hospitals will serve the local
population, with an emphasis
on improved service, including
a greater number of private
rooms and washrooms. Both
facilities are aiming for LEEDGold certification, as well as
maximizing the exterior use of
wood, in keeping with British
Columbia’s Wood First Act.
Construction is expected to
begin by early 2014, and be
complete by 2017.
Increased production of energy from wind farms in southern
Alberta has led to a demand for additional transmission capacity.
The Southern Alberta Transmission Reinforcement (SATR) project
stems from a formal application put forward to the Alberta Utilities
Commission (AUC) in 2008 by the Alberta Electric Systems Operator
(AESO), and approved in 2009.
Altalink is completing the project is a number of stages, which
consist of individual substations and transmission line segments. A
private company that owns much of the energy transmission network
in southern and central Alberta, Altalink operates around the cities
of Calgary, Edmonton, Red Deer, Medicine Hat, and Lethbridge.
This controversial 280 MW generator was originally proposed for Mississauga,
but was relocated nearby Sarnia in 2012. Opposition parties accused the
provincial government of cancelling the Mississauga project in order to save
Liberal members’ seats in the 2011 election, while the government argued that
they were appropriately responding to the citizens’ demands.
The cancellation is also proving to be costly. Relocating the plant—
which was already partially constructed—is estimated to cost $180 million,
including a court settlement with the original project financiers. This adds
substantially to the original $400-million price tag.
The new site, currently occupied by the coal-powered Lambton Generating
Station, is convenient in that it already has a transmission network in place.
A 20-year contract has been secured to sell energy to OPA. The plant is
expected to be operational by 2017.
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Southeast Collector Trunk Sewer
$654 million
2012 Rank: 56
Location: Durham
and York Regions,
Ontario
Owner: York Region
Manager: A joint
venture of Hatch
Mott MacDonald and
AECOM (detailed
design and construction
management)
Contractor:
Zublin/Strabag
(prime contractor,
tunnel contractor)
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Suppliers: Armtec Holdings
(pre-cast concrete tunnel lining);
Caterpillar, formerly Lovat (tunnel boring
machines); Salit Steel, Schoek (pipes)
Other: AECOM (integrated EA);
LVM (geotechnical engineer,
materials testing, quality assurance)
Funding: Public
• Municipal York Region: $564 million
This project has been in development since
2002—though the EA was not approved until
early 2010. The earth pressure balance TBMs,
which avoid requirements for dewatering and
impacting the aquifers, and the segmental precast
concrete tunnel lining, have both been procured.
Construction began in 2011 and is scheduled
for completion in 2015.
Armow Wind Farm
Owner: Pattern Energy
$550 million
NEW
Location: Kincardine, Ontario
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Northwest
Transmission Line
$525 million
NEW
Location: Terrace to Bob Quinn
Lake, British Columbia
Owner: BC Hydro
Manager: Hatch (construction
program management)
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Credit: AECOM
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Shields Health and
Education Centre
$520 million
2012 Rank: 58 (formerly
Peace Country Regional
Health Centre)
Location: Grande
Prairie, Alberta
Owner: Peace Country Health
Engineer: Stantec, MMM Group
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Funding: Private
• Pattern Energy:
$550 million
Other: Golder
Associates
(environmental
program management)
• Provincial
BC Hydro: $215 million
• Federal
Green Infrastructure
Fund: $130 million
• AltaGas:
$180 million
Architect: DIALOG (prime
consultants); Stantec with
HOK (design); Stantec
(landscape architecture)
Contractor: Graham Group
Other: Stantec
(transportation and
helicopter consulting)
Funding: Public
• Provincial Alberta Health
Services: $520 million
The Armow Wind Farm will use 92 turbines to
produce 180 MW of energy. With the Renewable
Energy Approvals process expected to be
complete in late 2012, construction was set to
begin as early as 2013. (The approvals process
was still underway at press time.)
The 344 km, 287 kV Northwest Transmission Line
connects the Skeena Substation, near Terrace, to a
new substation at Bob Quinn Lake. Its aim is to supply
power to upcoming industrial developments and remote
communities currently off the grid, as well as to transmit
power from local generation projects.
In particular, the line will connect Altagas’s Forrest Kerr
Run-of-River Hydroelectric Project into the wider grid. Altagas,
which recently entered into a purchase agreement with BC
Hydro, is helping to fund the transmission line and has also
reached an impact benefit agreement with the Tahltan Nation.
Clearing and road access work began in 2012. The
project is expected to be complete by spring of 2014.
Originally called the Peace Country Regional Health
Centre and the Grande Prairie Regional Health Centre,
the completed project is now to be called the Shields
Health and Education Centre. Some controversy arose
over the new name—chosen in honour of Tom Shields,
a local realtor and Progressive Conservative party
organizer—by those who felt naming rights should have
been reserved for a donor.
The regional hospital and cancer care centre is
expected to provide 200 beds and a training facility.
Although delayed, construction began in September
2011 and is ongoing. Completion is estimated for 2016.
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Surrey Memorial
Hospital Expansion
$512 million
2012 Rank: 59
Location: Surrey,
British Columbia
Owner: Fraser Health
Engineer: Enermodal
Engineering, a member
of MMM Group
(consulting engineer)
Architect: CEI
Architecture Planning
Interiors, Parkin Architects
Contractor: EllisDon
Facilities Manager:
Honeywell
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Wilson Facility
Enhancement and
Yard Expansion
$500 million
2012 Rank: 61
Owner: TTC
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Gordon M. Shrum
Generating Station
Refurbishment
$500 million
2012 Rank: NEW
Location: Peace River,
British Columbia
Owner: BC Hydro
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DBFM Team: Integrated Team
Solutions (ITS)—CEI Architecture
Planning Interiors, EllisDon,
Fengate Capital Management,
Honeywell, Parkin Architects
Funding: Public
• Provincial: $512 million
Financing
This project is being
delivered as a P3, with ITS
winning the DBFM contract.
A LEED-Gold-certified eight-storey tower which will contain the new emergency
department is being constructed at Surrey Memorial Hospital. It will add 151 beds, 48
private rooms for neonatal services, an expanded laboratory, a rooftop helipad, 440 new
parking stalls, and space for the hospital’s clinical academic campus.
Construction began in 2011 and completion is scheduled for 2014. According to Fraser
Health, this project is the largest capital health expense in British Columbia’s history.
Engineer: AECOM
(consulting engineer, design)
Manager: AECOM
(project manager)
Funding: Public
• Municipal
TTC: $500 million
Supplier:
Voith Hydro
(turbines);
Andritz Hydro
(rotor poles)
Funding:
Public
• Provincial
BC Hydro:
$500 million
2012 Rank: 63
Location: Mississauga, Ontario
Owner: Region of Peel
Engineer: CH2M HILL
(south section); MMM Group
(detailed design consultants);
The Municipal Infrastructure
Group (value engineering for
preliminary design)
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Work at Wilson Yard includes expansion of the Wilson
Carhouse to the north and south to fully convert it
for the maintenance of fixed six-car Toronto Rocket
(TR) subway trains, construction of an overhaul
shop for heavy maintenance of TR subway train
trucks and air conditioning units, additional tracks
and connections to facilitate efficient train storage
and movement in the yard and a new access roadway
into the expanded Wilson Yard.
This project consists of a major
refurbishment of eight of the ten
generating units at the facility,
located at the W.A.C. Bennett
Dam. Turbine rehabilitation will
take place on units one through
five, which could potentially
add an additional 20 per cent
generation capacity to each unit.
Units one through four will have
their generator stators replaced
Hanlan Feedermain
$480 million
Credit: Fraser Health
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Other: AECOM
(EA, preliminary
design report)
Funding: Public
• Municipal
Peel Region:
$140 million
• Municipal
York Region:
$340 million
and six, seven, and eight will
have their rotor poles replaced.
The transformer will also be
replaced, along with the gantry
crane and station service system.
Constructed in 1968, the Gordon
M. Shrum Hydroelectric Station
is the largest in British Columbia
and supplies 24 per cent of BC
Hydro’s power. The refurbishment
is expected to be complete in 2017.
The 2,400-millimetre (mm)-diameter Hanlan Feedermain
will run approximately 14.5 km from the Lakeview Water
Treatment Plant on Lake Ontario to the Hanlan Reservoir
and Pumping Station at Tomken Road and Britannia Road
East. Part of the same project, the 1,500-mm-wide Mississauga
City Centre Subtransmission Main will run approximately
six km from the Hanlan Reservoir and Pumping Station to
the intersection of Cawthra Road and Burnhamthorpe Road.
The York-Peel Water Agreement insures that Peel Region
will provide water to York Region. In exchange, York Region
will provide $340 million to update Peel Region’s water
infrastructure.
Construction began in 2011, and is expected to finish by 2016.
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Waypoint Centre for
Mental Health Care
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$474 million
2012 Rank: 65
Location: Penetanguishene, Ontario
Owner: Mental Health Centre Penetanguishene
Engineer: Hidi Rae Consulting Engineers,
Morrison Hershfield (engineering consultant, LEED
consultant, durability consultant, energy modeller);
Univex (electrical); Mulvey & Banani International
(electrical); Stephenson Engineering (structural
engineering for inpatient building and parking garage)
Architect: Cannon Design
Contractor: EllisDon
DBFM Team: Integrated Team Solutions—
Cannon Design, EllisDon Corporation,
Fengate Capital Management, Geo. A. Kelson
Company, Hidi Rae Consulting Engineers, Honeywell,
Mulvey & Banani International, National Bank
Financial, Stephenson Engineering, Univex
Financing
This project is being delivered through a DBFM P3. Shortterm financing is provided by National Bank of Canada and
the Toronto-Dominion Bank. Equity is being provided by
Fengate Capital Management on behalf of LPF Infrastructure
Fund and OE Infrastructure Fund and EllisDon Corporation.
Supplier: CleanEnergy Developments
(geothermal system)
Other: Infrastructure Ontario (procurement
Funding: Public
•P
rovincial: $474 million
Women’s
College Hospital
Redevelopment
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The new hospital will replace the existing 160-bed Oak Ridge Facility and
the 20-bed Brebeuf Facility, and will consolidate mental health services
into a more efficient and integrated complex. Under construction,
completion is scheduled for 2014 and the building is expected to achieve
LEED-Gold certification. The Oak Ridge building was constructed in
1933, and the Brebeuf in 1967. The site had previously held a variety of
other mental health, corrections, and military facilities.
$460 million
2012 Rank: 66
Owner: Women’s College Hospital
Architect: Perkins Eastman
Black/IBI Architects
Contractor: Bondfield
Construction, Black & McDonald
DBFM Team: Women’s College
Partnership—Bilfinger Berger Project
Investments, Black & McDonald/HSG
Zander, IBI Architects, The Walsh
Group/Bondfield Construction
Other: Infrastructure Ontario
(procurement manager and
project development)
Funding: Public
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Financing
This project is being delivered through
a DBFM P3. Construction and longterm financing for the Women’s
College Hospital project is being
provided by Banco Espirito Santo
de Investimento, Credit Agricole
Corporate and Investment Bank, ING
Capital, and Société Générale.
Women’s College Hospital traces
its history to 1883, and the current
Grenville Street complex was built in
the 1930s. The new facility is being
built on the current Grenville Street
site. The redeveloped Women’s
College Hospital is targeting LEEDSilver certification and will replace
all existing buildings and consolidate
most hospital services into one
location. Construction is underway,
with completion scheduled for 2016.
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Extension of
Autoroute 35
$460 million
NEW
Location: MRC du Haut-Richelieu and
MRC de Brome-Missisquoi, Quebec
Contractor: Neilson-EBC
consortium, L.A. Hébert, DJL
Other: LVM (quality assurance)
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Repairs to Route 389
$489 million
NEW
Location: Baie-Comeau/
Fermont, Quebec
Owner: Transports Quebec
Manager: AECOM
• Federal: $44
million from the
Canada Strategic
Infrastructure
Fund (CSIF)
and $13 million
from the Border
Infrastructure
Fund (BIF)
• Provincial:
$403 million
A 37.5 km extension of Autoroute 35 is being added from
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu to the Vermont border. This gap
is the only part of the busy Montreal-Boston corridor not
currently served by a limited-access highway system. At
present, motorists must switch onto local road 133, which is
ill-suited for large volumes of through-traffic. At the border,
it will link to Interstate 89 which follows the east side of
Lake Champlain through Burlington, Vermont.
The first of four construction segments is to open in 2013,
and the last in 2017. The relatively long completion time
for the project is due to the number of land acquisitions,
studies, and utility relocations that must happen before
construction can begin.
Engineering:
Dessau (transportation
engineering,
design and
specification)
Funding: Public
• Provincial
Transports Québec:
$459 million
The 570 km Route 389 extends north from BaieComeau to Fermont at the Labrador border, passing
the Manicougan Reservoir. It is significant not only
as the primary land route to Labrador, but also to
access the hydroelectric dams and power stations
along the Manicougan River.
The project calls for resurfacing and other
improvements to the highway. Currently in the
study phase, construction is expected to begin in
2015 and extend until 2021.
Edmonton
Arena
Credit: City of Edmonton
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Funding: Public
$450 million
NEW
Contractor: PCL (construction)
Architect: 360 Architecture
DBFOM Team: Katz Group
(developer/operator)
• Municipal
City of Edmonton
• Private Katz Group
Financing
In May 2012, Edmonton’s city
council voted to pursue a P3 option
to fund the $1.8 billion cost for the
Southeast to Downtown segment of
the 27 km line. The City has since
applied for federal funding through
the P3 Canada fund, along with a
request for provincial funding to
support its delivery as a P3 project.
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The new downtown Edmonton arena
will be the centre point of the new Arena
District and home to the Edmonton Oilers.
Its unique shape was designed by 360
Architecture to resemble a drop of oil.
The new downtown Edmonton
arena will be the centre point of the
new Arena District and home to the
Edmonton Oilers. Its unique shape
was designed by 360 Architecture to
resemble a drop of oil.
The schematic design was approved
by Council in July 2012 and the budget
reaffirmed, moving the project into the
detailed design phase. However, by late
2012, tensions over funding had turned
into a public dispute, with the Katz
Group not only threatening to abandon
the project, but to move the Edmonton
Oilers to Seattle, unless the City agreed
to their terms. City Council responded
by voting to cease all negotiations with
the Katz Group and consider other
options for the project, including direct
public management of the arena.
Bradley Leeman, acting director
of the City’s Office of Infrastructure
and Funding Strategy, cautioned that,
while it has the potential to be an
exceptional infrastructure project,
it’s still contingent on securing the
appropriate funding from the other
two orders of government.
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Grand Renewable
Energy Park
$450 million
NEW
Location: Haldimand County, Ontario
Owner: Samsung C&T,
Pattern Energy
Funding: Private
• Samsung, Pattern
Energy: $450 million
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The Grand Renewable Energy Park is
set to produce 148.6 MW of wind power
through 67 turbines, as well as 100 MW
of solar power. Turbines and solar panels
will be dispersed across southeastern
Haldimand County, which borders on
Lake Erie and the Grand River.
In a move unprecedented in the region,
Samsung has negotiated a profit-sharing
settlement with Six Nations of the Grand
River, Canada’s most populous First
Nation. While the development does not
fall on reserve lands, it does fall within
Pointe Du Bois Spillway
Replacement Project
Owner: Manitoba Hydro
Other: MMM Group, North
South Consultants (EA)
$400 million
Funding: Public
• Provincial Manitoba
Hydro: $400 million
2012 Rank: 71
Location: Pointe Du Bois, Manitoba
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Sydney Tar
Ponds Cleanup
$400 million
2012 Rank: 69
Location: Sydney, Nova Scotia
Owner: Sydney Tar Ponds Agency
Engineer: AECOM, CBCL (design), LVM
(materials engineering and design services)
Contractor: HAZCO Environmental Services
(builder—protective cap); L.P. (S/S remediation);
MB2 Excavating and Construction and Beaver
Marine in a joint venture (groundwater
collection system, water treatment plant)
Other: exp Services,
AMEC Earth and
Environmental
(environmental
impact statement);
Mikjikj Enterprises
(plant operations,
maintenance); Stantec
(environmental
consultant)
Funding: Public
• Federal
$280 million
• Provincial
$120 million
the larger Haldimand Tract claimed by
Six Nations.
However, like most rural wind
farm projects, the Grand Renewable
Energy Park has drawn complaints
from local residents and landowners
who fear negative environmental and
social impacts. The project received
environmental approval last year,
but was subsequently appealed to the
Environmental Review Tribunal. That
body was expected to make a ruling by
the end of 2012.
Manitoba Hydro is replacing and upgrading
various components of its Pointe du Bois
Generating Station, a 77 MW hydroelectric
dam. Replacing the spillway will improve dam
safety for the public and workers.
The plan was revised in 2012 and Manitoba
Hydro is seeking new regulatory approval.
Proposed since the 1980s, the Sydney Tar
Ponds cleanup is Canada’s most prominent
environmental remediation. It aims to convert
one of the country’s most polluted sites, the
Sydney Tar Ponds and coke ovens, into a public
park that includes sports and cultural facilities,
a golf course, road and bridge infrastructure
and landscaped and naturalized areas. That
site had been used for the manufacturing of
steel between 1901 and 2000.
Work began in 2009 and to date, the south
tar pond has been remediated. The north pond,
from Ferry Street to the north pond narrows, was
treated in fall 2012. The final phase is scheduled
for remediation in 2013, with the park opening
at the end of that year.
Top 100 Timeline: Sydney Tar Ponds Cleanup
1986:
Original remediation
plan to dredge tar
ponds and incinerate
sludge announced
2005:
Full panel review of cleanup
plan, the most rigorous
form of environmental
assessment, announced by
federal government
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1988:
Coke ovens
close
1995:
Original remediation
plan abandoned
due to engineering
problems
2006:
Barrier built at mouth
of Muggah Creek
to prevent further
contamination of
Sydney Harbour
2000:
Steel mill closes. Serious
pollution-related health problems,
including cancer, documented in
surrounding community
2007:
Panel issues report,
which is approved by
federal government,
allowing plan to
proceed
2008:
Joins the
Top 100 as
number 29
2004:
Canada and Nova
Scotia announce new
joint $400-million
cleanup plan
2009:
Work begins on the new
remediation process,
using a solidification and
stabilization approach
rather than incineration
2013:
Remediation
is expected to
finish and the site
will reopen as a
public park
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Des Moulins
Wind Farm
$400 million
NEW
Location:
Thetford Mines/
Kinnear’s Mills/
Saint-Jean-de-Brébeuf, Quebec
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Engineer: LVM
(geotechnical and materials)
Supplier: ENERCON
Canada (turbines)
Funding: Private
• Énergie Éolienne
Des Moulins: $400 million
Lions Gate
Secondary Wastewater
Treatment Plant
$400 million
NEW
Location: North Vancouver,
British Columbia
Owner: Metro Vancouver
Engineer: AECOM
Architect: Miller Hull
Other: KPMG (business
advisor); BTY Group (cost
consultant); Maple Reinders
(compatibility advisor); 7group
(integrated design facilitator)
Funding: Public
• Details not yet available
Financing
Currently in the
project definition
phase, it’s not yet
been decided whether
the project will be
delivered traditionally
or through a P3. That
is to be decided by the
end of 2013.
This wind farm project will eventually
produce 156 MW of energy. The project cost
includes 40 km of new roads on private land
in order to access the 77 turbines. The first
phase was completed in 2011, and the entire
project is expected to be constructed by 2015.
The original project developer, 3Ci, sold
the farm to Chicago-based Invenergy in 2011.
A 20-year contract has been secured to sell
electricity to Hydro-Québec.
The proposed Lions Gate Secondary Wastewater
Treatment Plant will replace an existing primary
treatment plant. New federal and provincial regulations
require that all primary treatment plants be upgraded or
replaced with secondary treatment facilities.
The existing primary plant is only capable of
removing 40 to 60 per cent of materials in the
wastewater, which is then pumped directly into
the ocean—a long-time matter of concern for some
environmentalists—and is located on land leased
from the Squamish Nation. The new plant will be
able to remove over 90 per cent of materials, and will
be located on a site two km east.
Design and construction will take place between
2014 and 2020—federal/province/municipal cost
sharing arrangements will also be developed during
that time. Decommissioning and demolition of the
existing plant will take place shortly thereafter.
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Owner: Énergie Éolienne Des Moulins
S.E.C. (a subsidiary of Invenergy)
$400 million
NEW
Location: Quebec City, Quebec
Owner: Quebec City
Architect: ABCP Architecture
Engineer: LVM (materials testing
and environmental monitoring)
Contractor:
Charles-Auguste Fortier
• Provincial Approximately
half of the costs
• Municipal Approximately
half of the costs
• Private $33 million by
Quebecor for naming rights
(to be increased to $63.5 million
if an NHL team is secured)
• Sales $50 million raised
through advanced seat sales
• Philanthropy $1 million
in donations
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Quebec City’s New Colisée will replace the aging Colisée Pepsi, in which the
Nordiques played, although that building will continue to stand adjacent to the
new one. The architecture of the new building is designed to recall Quebec City’s
maritime past, and it will include an adjacent outdoor wading pool / skating rink.
Since the loss of the Nordiques, Quebec City has dreamed about attracting a new
hockey franchise. As a league requirement—although no team has yet been secured—a
modern, 18,000-seat NHL-quality arena is under construction. While it may also host
minor league play, the financial success of the building clearly depends on the NHL.
Quebec-based media firm Quebecor has purchased the naming rights to the arena, which
is still tentatively being referred to as Le Nouveau Colisée or L’Amphithéâtre de Québec.
Construction began in the fall of 2012. During the 2012 provincial election, the
building became a political issue, visited by several leading politicians. Former Premier
Jean Charest threatened that electing a PQ government would jeopardize Quebec City’s
chances of winning an NHL team.
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