$380 million

2012 Rank: 74

2011 Rank: 68

Sector: Wind

Location: Halkirk, Alberta

Owner: Greengate Power Corporation

Key players:

Engineer: GL-Garrad Hassan

Supplier: Vestas-Canadian Wind Technology Inc. (turbines)

Other: Stantec (environmental assessment)

Funding: Private

Description:

Capital Power purchased the Halkirk project from Greengate Power for $290,000 per MW. In addition to selling the generated energy to the Alberta electricity grid, Capital Power has an agreement with California’s Pacific Gas & Electric. Under the 20-year agreement, Capital Power will sell the Renewable Energy Credits created by the project to PG&E to offset the utility’s requirement to purchase 20 percent of its power from renewable sources. All regulatory approvals and permits are in place. Construction is imminent and should be completed near the end of 2012.

$400 million

2012 Rank: 69

2011 Rank: 67

Sector: Highway

Location: Fort McMurray, Alberta

Owner: Province of Alberta

Key Players:

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

Description:

This major highway project in the rapidly growing Fort McMurray area includes construction of a new Franklin Avenue Tunnel to direct the Grant MacEwan traffic. Due to compressible clays and layers of tar sands in the subsurface, the design will involve building large extensive retaining structures to mitigate slope failures to enable the realignment of Highway 63 into the valley slope. Construction is underway, with completion estimated for 2015.

$400 million

2012 Rank: 71

2011 Rank: 66

Sector: Health Care

Location: Toronto, Ontario

Owner: The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids)

Key Players:

Engineer: H.H. Angus (mechanical, electrical); Halcrow Yolles, part of the Halcrow Group (structural);

Architect: Diamond+Schmitt Architects with HDR Architecture

Contractor: EllisDon Corp. (general contractor)

Other: Cobalt Engineering (sustainability, LEED consultant); Hanscomb (cost consultant); Leber Rubes (code consultant)

Funding: Public

Description:

Currently, SickKids research teams are scattered across six different locations in downtown Toronto. This project brings them together in what will be the largest high-rise research facility in Canada. Construction is progressing, with the Tower crane being raised to a height of 43 metres above street level in the summer of 2011. Completion of the facility, which is expected to achieve LEED Gold certification, is estimated to be 2013.

LEED Target: Gold

$400 million

2012 Rank: 70

2011 Rank: 65

Sector: Environment

Location: Sydney, Nova Scotia

Owner: Sydney Tar Ponds Agency

Key Players:

Engineer: AECOM, CBCL (design)

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: ADI Limited, a Trow Global Company, AMEC Earth and Environmental (environmental impact statement); Mikjikj Enterprises (plant operations, maintenance); Stantec (environmental consultant)

Funding: Public

Status: Under construction, with expected completion in 2014.

Description:

To date, the south tar pond has been remediated. The north pond, from Ferry Street to the north pond narrows, is scheduled to be treated by fall 2012 and the last section in 2013.The project has been on the list since. Under construction, completion is expected in 2014.

$445 million

2012 Rank: 67

2011 Rank: 63

Sector: Education

Location: Calgary, Alberta

Owner: SAIT Polytechnic

Key Players:

Engineer: Enermodal Engineering, a member of MMM Group (LEED, energy, commissioning consultant); Morrison Hershfield (consulting engineer)

Architect: Gibbs Gage Architects

Contractor: Carma Developers (builder); PCL (general contractor)

Funding: Public/Private

Description:

Over the past five years, SAIT has had to turn away an average of 4,000 qualified applicants each autumn due to capacity issues. Once complete, the new complex is expected to allow for 8,100 more apprenticeship and full-time students each year for hands-on, career-oriented training. The Province of Alberta is contributing $300 million to the project; SAIT is hoping to raise the remainder through philanthropic partnerships.

LEED Target: Silver

$460 million

2012 Rank: 66

2011 Rank: 61

Sector: Health Care

Location: Toronto, Ontario

Owner: Women’s College Hospital

Key Players:

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: P3 (DBFM)

Financing: Construction and long-term financing for the Women’s College Hospital project is being provided by Banco Espirito Santo de Investimento, S.A., New York branch; Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank; ING Capital LLC; and Société Générale.

Description:

The new facility is being built on the current Grenville Street site. The redeveloped Women’s College Hospital is targeting LEED certification and will replace all existing buildings and consolidate most hospital services into one location. Construction is underway, with completion scheduled for 2016.

LEED Target: Certification