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Costs Double for Bipole III Project

In 2007 Manitoba Hydro announced plans to construct a new hydroelectric transmission line at a cost of $2.2 billion. Now, in a document leaked to the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, that estimate has almost doubled to $4.1 billion. Manitoba Hydro President Bob Brennan acknowledged that the price of the project has risen due to increased converter station construction [...]

Lower Churchill Hydro Project

$6.2 billion 2012 Ranking: 4 2011 Ranking: 2 Sector: Hydroelectric Location: Central Labrador (generating facility), Muskrat Falls to Churchill Falls, Labrador to the  island of Newfoundland, and Newfoundland to Nova Scotia (transmission systems) Owner: Emera (49 per cent of transmission assets); Nalcor Energy (Muskrat Falls and Generating Facility); Project/Construction Manager: SNC-Lavalin (engineering procurement and construction [...]

Eastmain-1-A/ Sarcelle/Rupert Project

$5 billion 2012 Rank: 5 2011 Rank: 3 Sector: Hydroelectric Location: James Bay Territory, Quebec Owner: Hydro-Québec Engineer: AECOM (detailed engineering—Rupert River Diversion and La Sarcelle Power Plant, engineering and mechanical consultant); SNC-Lavalin (complete engineering—Rupert diversion and Eastmain-1-A power plant, construction support) Project/Construction Manager: Société d’énergie de la Baie James (project manager) Other: AECOM (environmental consultant) [...]

Eglinton-Scarborough Crosstown Light Rail Transit (LRT) Project

$8.2 billion 2012 Ranking: 1 2011 Ranking: 4 Sector: LRT Location: Toronto, Ontario Owner: Metrolinx/GO Transit Project/Construction Manager: Toronto Transit Commission (project manager); Delcan, in a joint venture with Hatch Mott MacDonald, MMM Group, and McCormick Rankin Corporation (project management consultants)  Engineer: AECOM (consulting engineer, preliminary planning/ study, design); Arup (fire vent, Keele and Caledonia [...]

Turcot Interchange

$3 billion 2012 Rank: 7 2011 Rank: 5 Sector: Highway Location: Montreal, Quebec Owner: Province of Quebec, Ministère des Transports du Québec 2007. Project/Construction Manager: AECOM (project manager) Engineer: SNC-Lavalin, CIMA+ (feasibility study) Contractor: MTQ (principal contractor) Funding: Public Provincial MTQ: $3 billion Description: In November 2010, Quebec Transport Minister Sam Hamad released the final [...]

Spadina Subway Extension

$2.63 billion 2012 Rank: 8 2011 Rank: 6 Sector: Subway Location: Toronto, Ontario 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 [...]

Lower Mattagami Hydroelectric Complex

$2.6 billion 2012 Rank: 9 2011 Rank: 7 Sector: Hydroelectric Location: 70 kms northeast of Kapuskasing, Ontario Owner: Ontario Power Generation (OPG), Moose Cree First Nation Architect: AECOM; Engineer: AECOM (civil, mechanical, electrical); Aecon (design) Contractor: The Kiewit Alarie Partnership—Kiewit, Leo Alarie and Sons Construction, a subsidiary of Aecon (construction); SNC-Lavalin (designer for Kiewit); Supplier: [...]

CHUM (Centre hospitalier de l’université de Montréal) Redevelopment

$2.5 billion 2012 Rank: 10 2011 Rank: 8 Sector: Health Care Location: Montreal, Quebec Owner: CHUM Engineer: AECOM (consulting engineer) Architect: BPYA—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 [...]

Port Mann/Highway 1 Project

$2.46 billion 2012 Rank: 12 2011 Rank: 9 Sector: Highway, Bridge Location: About 37 kms from Vancouver to Langley, British Columbia Owner: Province of British Columbia (Transportation Investment Corporation) Key Players: Engineer: Delcan (program engineer); H5M—a joint venture of Hatch Mott MacDonald and MMM Group (prime design consultants—onshore works); Golder Associates, CH2M HILL (subconsultants to [...]

Ottawa Light Rail Project Phase 1

$2.1 billion 2012 Rank: 14 2011 Rank: 10 Sector: LRT Location: Ottawa, Ontario Owner: City of Ottawa Key Players: 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: Public [...]