Sector: Energy

Location: Merritt to Coquitlam, British Columbia

Key Players: BC Transmission Corporation

Owner: BC Hydro

Financing: Public

Status: Construction is scheduled to start in 2010.

Project Details: The new 255-kilometre, 500-kilovolt overhead transmission line will be the largest upgrade to British Columbia.’s transmission system in over 30 years. The EA took the challenging terrain, protected habitats for Spotted Owl, Class A provincial parks, and over 500 watercourses into consideration. The project corridor also passes through the traditional territories of 67 First Nations and tribal councils. A second legal challenge to the EA certificate will be filed shortly by the Nlaka’pamux Nation Tribal Council.

Sector: Energy

Location: Havre-Saint-Pierre, Quebec

Key Players: Thirau ltée – a subsidiary of CVTech Group Inc. (builder)

Owner: Hydro-Québec

Financing: Public

Status: Construction began in mid-2009 and is scheduled for completion in 2020. The first Romaine commissioning is planned for 2014.

Project Details: Hydro-Québec Production has obtained the necessary approvals to build its 1,550-megawatt (MW) hydroelectric complex on the shores of the Rivière Romaine, north of the municipality of Havre-Saint-Pierre on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River. The complex will consist of four hydropower generating stations with annual output of eight terawatt hours (TWh).

Sector: Education

Location: Edmonton, Alberta

Key Players: PCL (construction manager)

Owner: University of Alberta

Financing: Public

Status: Scheduled for completion in 2010.

Project Details: Phase 2 is designed to work as an educational and research facility for nearly 3,800 occupants. Serving as a campus crossroads for science students and faculty members, the C.C.I.S. Phase 2 building will be an interactive centre for educational and interdisciplinary science program functions. The total gross building area of 52,220 m2 will consist of two distinct components. The main building will consist of a series of multi-storey structures commonly linked and a Lecture Theatre building which will be located immediately to the east of the existing Bio-Science building. The main building will encompass office, office support, institutional facilities, research laboratories, supporting laboratories and building support area. As much as 40 per cent of the area will be below grade as a means of reducing the visual impact on the surrounding campus.

Sector: Transportation

Location: Brake Check to Yoho National Park (Phase 3 East) and Golden Hill to West Portal (Phase 3 West), British Columbia

Key Players: The Focus Corporation (owner’s engineer); Ledcor CMI Ltd. (contractor, Phase 3 East)

Owner: BC Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure

Financing: Public – While Phase 2 was a DBFO with private partner Trans-Park Highway Group, Phase 3 is being funded through a federal-provincial cost-share under Building Canada Fund.

Status: Phase 3 East is scheduled for completion in 2011; Phase 3 West is to be completed in 2012. Design and construction proposals for this segment are due in early October, and the contract will be awarded in November. The Hill-to-Portal section of Phase 3 is scheduled for completion in 2012.

Project Details: The Kicking Horse Canyon Project involves the improvement of 26 kilometres of the Trans-Canada Highway from Highway 95 in Golden to the western boundary of Yoho National Park to a modern four lane standard with a design speed of 100 kilometres per hour to move traffic more safely and efficiently. Sharp curves and steep grades are being reduced, and narrow bridges are being replaced to increase capacity, improve traffic operations and reduce hazards. The third of four phases involves reconstruction and widening of 8.8 kilometres of highway between the 10 Mile Hill commercial vehicle brake check and Yoho Park, including a new crossing of Mount Hunter Creek (Phase 3 East), and 3.5 kilometres of improvements from Golden Hill to the “West Portal,” the location of a possible future highway tunnel in the Canyon (Phase 3 West).

Sector: Transportation

Location: Windsor, Ontario

Key Players: Dillon Consulting (Environmental Assessment)

Owner: Ontario Ministry of Transportation

Financing: Public – Federal, provincial and municipal contributions.

Status: Ontario is committed to a new river crossing, access road and inspection plaza by 2013. Recently completed projects include intersection improvements and a pedestrian bridge on Huron Church Road and installation of a camera-monitoring system. Under construction are a grade separation at Walker Road and the CPR rail line and improvements to Manning Road.

Project Details: The Windsor-Detroit border is one of the busiest connections between Canada and the United States, but the infrastructure on the Canadian side leads to constant delays. The entrance to the Detroit-Windsor tunnel is located in a congested area in downtown Windsor while access to the Ambassador Bridge is by a non-controlled access arterial road.

Sector: Transportation

Location: Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario

Key Players: Aecon Group Inc. (construction contract); CRH Build (project management)

Owner: Niagara Falls Bridge Commission (NFBC) Financing: Public – $62 million from the Government of Canada and $12.9 million from the NFBC.

Status: Under construction.

Project Details: Phase Two improvements to the Queenston Plaza will consist of additional passenger primary inspection lanes, commercial warehouse inspection facilities and commercial toll booths that will allow for more efficient processing of vehicles. Improved efficiency will reduce traffic congestion at this key border crossing and will help reduce air pollution from idling vehicles.

Sector: Health Care

Location: Ottawa, Ontario

Key Players: PCL Constructors Canada Ltd. (constructor)

Owner: Ottawa Hospital/Queensway Carleton Hospital

Sector: Health Care

Location: Ottawa, Ontario

Key Players: PCL Constructors Canada Ltd. (constructor)

Owner: Ottawa

Financing: P3 – Facilitated by Infrastructure Ontario, this contract is for the Ottawa Hospital ($61.4 million) and the Queensway Carleton Hospital ($66.3 million).

Status: The Ottawa Hospital is scheduled for completion in early 2011, while the Queensway Carleton Hospital was completed in fall 2009.

Project Details: The project will include renovations and expansion of the existing cancer centre at the Ottawa Hospital’s General Campus and the addition of a new satellite cancer centre and parking structure at the Queensway Carleton Hospital. A three-storey vertical addition for research labs at the Ottawa Hospital was added to the plans later.

Sector: Transportation

Location: Fort Providence, Northwest Territories

Key Players: Atcon Construction Inc. (general contractor); Deh Cho Bridge Corporation (conceptual design)

Owner: Government of the NWT

Financing: P3 – This DBFOM contract is unusual for the government of the Northwest Territories. The government will pay the corporation for the bridge over a 35-year period largely from toll revenues collected from the traffic crossing the bridge and savings from discontinuing the ferry operations and the winter ice crossing.

Status: Scheduled for completion in 2010.

Project Details: The Deh Cho Bridge will be a two-lane structure totaling 1,045 metres in length and will be built at the current ferry-crossing site. It will allow year-round access from the mainland to the community of Fort Providence, replacing the current ferry and ice bridge services.

Sector: Health Care

Location: Toronto, Ontario

Key Players: Vanbots Construction (contractor); Trow Associates Inc., H.H. Angus (mechanical & electrical engineering consultants)

Owner: Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Financing: P3 – Facilitated by Infrastructure Ontario, Vanbots Construction Corporation is committed to a maximum price contract for the project.

Status: Completion is scheduled for 2010.

Project Details: The Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre expansion project will create four additional floors above the existing clinical services wing. A state-of-the-art Neonatal Intensive Care Unit will also be located in the new facilities.

Sector: Education

Location: Toronto, Ontario

Key Players: Stantec Architecture and KPMB Architect in a joint venture (lead design consultants) consultants); ADI Intl. (contractor); ADI Ltd.(architect); Cannon Design (design-build)

Owner: George Brown College; Waterfront Toronto

Financing: Public/Private – the Provincial Government has agreed to provide a portion of the funding required and George Brown College has committed another portion, with balance of construction costs to be supported by a fundraising campaign. George Brown is also open to an alternative financing procurement approach. One building has secured funded while the other has not. This was listed as a $90-million project on last year’s list.

Status: Scheduled for completion in 2012.

Project Details: The new campus will be home to George Brown’s Centre for Health Sciences. The Centre’s expansion is aligned with HealthForce Ontario’s Blueprint for Action on Interprofessional Care. The College will be able to train more health science workers to respond to critical skills shortages, and accommodate an additional 1,300 new students in the Centre for Health Sciences by 2015. The waterfront campus will be located on a 0.83-hectare parcel of land located on the south side of Queens Quay Boulevard between Lower Jarvis and Lower Sherbourne Streets. Toronto is committed to bringing in district energy, and the project is aiming for LEED-Gold.