West LRT Line $35 million over budget
May 21st, 2012
Calgary’s city council has learned that the West LRT, 30 on the Top 100 list, is currently $35 million over budget and that figure is expected to climb. The projected cost of the project was $1 billion, but the revised cost is expected to be closer to $1.3 billion. Primarily, the cost overruns are being [...]
Port Hope Area Initiative Project to Release RFPs for Major Projects
May 1st, 2012
Speaking at the Real Property Institute of Canada conference, Walter van Veen, project manager for the Port Hope section of the PHAI, released preliminary details about the types of construction contracts that will be tendered in the coming two years for work related to the overall project. The PHAI consists of a massive clean up [...]
Swan Hills Synfuels In-Situ Coal Gasification and Power Project
August 5th, 2011
The project by Swan Hills Synfuels represents a $1.5 billion investment in coal gasification, power generation and carbon capture and storage technology. Expected to come online in 2015 this project taps into deep coal beds that are not considered practical to mine traditionally. Instead, the coal is turned directly into a synthetic gas while remaining [...]
Making (Great) Places – Canadian Brownfields 2011
June 22nd, 2011
This year’s Canadian Brownfields conference is being held through October 3rd and 4th at the Allstream Centre in Toronto. The event will bring together stakeholders from governments, technology companies, architects law firms, engineers, environmental companies and the financial sector to network and discuss new trends and regulations in brownfield development.
