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Off the Rails

The Windsor-Detroit crossing will make the Top 100 list in 2011 for the fourth year running. Is there light at the end of the “jobs tunnel?”

What Makes a Project “Top?”

We asked a varied group to review this year’s 
Top 100 and, using their own criteria, 
to choose their own top-ranking Canadian projects.

Juneau chose his number-one project because, like many projects on the Top 100, it shows that we can actually complete big undertakings. His top pick is the Red River Floodway Expansion (#29). “This [brownfield] project would have been very difficult to start without the Canada Strategic Infrastructure Fund (CSIF) impetus.”

He ranks Quebec’s Autoroute 30 (#11) second for similar reasons. Also started, or restarted, with the support of the CSIF, this project has had its share of roadblocks. “Many were skeptical,” says Juneau. But it’s a top project in his estimation because it represents the work of a project champion, in this case at the federal level. “Serge Marcil, a former federal…

The Top 10

In this year’s Top 100 list, our first ten projects represent $26.49 billion in infrastructure investment—in the game of infrastructure development, that puts them at the top.
When construction officially began in May 2009 on Hydro-Québec’s renewable energy project along Northern Quebec’s Romaine River, Quebec Premier Jean Charest said, “Today, we are launching the biggest construction [...]

Welcome to Top100Projects.ca

This year’s Top 100 Infrastructure Projects list represents over $68-billion in infrastructure investments in Canada. The fact that 46 of those projects are new to the list is an indication of just how robust the infrastructure industry in Canada was in 2009.

International Top Tens Part One

From “bluefield development”  to record-breaking solar fields, Canada’s not the only country showcasing some top-ten-worthy projects. Some noteworthy North American projects were highlighted at a recent conference.
Sunrise Powerlink Transmission Project
US$1.9 billion
There is enormous potential for solar, geothermal and wind energy that remains untapped in San Diego County and the sunny Imperial Valley. According to the [...]

International Top Tens Part Two

ARC Project – Trans-Hudson Passenger Rail Tunnel
US$7.6 billion
The project entails the construction of a new two-track tunnel and an expansion of Penn Station New York—currently using a century-old rail system—to accommodate the region’s growing number of commuters. The commuter rail tunnel would more than double its capacity. US$110 million is being invested in this project [...]