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Ledcor/DIALOG + Lundholm Win Design-Build Contract for Royal Alberta Museum

A team consisting of Ledcor/DIALOG + Lundholm has been awarded the design and build contract for the $260 million Royal Alberta Museum in Edmonton. The museum will be twice the size of the current museum and the design will include state-of-the-art technology and multipurpose outdoor space. The other bidders for the contract were Richard Meier/IBI [...]

Keephills 3 Coal Power Plant Up and Running

On September 1st, Capital Power Corporation and TransAlta Corporation announced that the 495 megawatt Keephills 3 coal power generation station is now operational.  Capital Power Corp and TransAlta Corp equally split the estimated $1.98 billion cost of constructing the facility. Capital Power led the construction of the plant, while TransAlta will be responsible for operations. The [...]

Interior to Lower Mainland Transmission Line Receives Support of First Nations Groups

Three First Nations bands living in the path of the $725-million Interior to Lower Mainland Transmission Line have agreed to support the project. In February, BC Hydro was ordered to return to the negotiating table with thirteen First Nations groups after a judge ruled that BC Hydro had failed to adequately consult with the groups. [...]

Panel Suggests Nalcor’s Lower Churchill Analysis “Inadequate”

A panel that was assigned to review Nalcor Energy’s project analysis for the $6.2-billion, 2250-MW Lower Churchill hydroelectric project has suggested that the economic, energy and environmental considerations were not adequately examined. The Joint Review Panel, which consists of representatives from the provincial and federal government, concluded that “t the project would have several significant [...]

Construction Begins on Controversial Energy from Waste Facility in Durham Region

The new $272 million Durham York Energy Centre is now under construction and is expected to be operational by the fall of 2014. Covanta Energy Corporation is the company responsible for designing and operating the facility under contract from Durham and York Regions, which maintain ownership of the facility. Opposition to this project has been [...]

Construction Begins on Windsor-Essex Parkway Project

Construction has officially begun on the Windsor-Essex Parkway in Ontario. The 11 kilometre long extension to highway 401 is designed to reduce traffic in residential areas and provide improved access to the United States border. Windsor-Essex Mobility Group is the consortium selected by Infrastructure Ontario to undertake this design, build, finance and maintain project. The [...]

Progress Report Released for Ontario’s Places to Grow Strategy

Created through the Places to Grow Act in 2006 the first phase of the strategy was focused on the Greater Golden Horseshoe area. The intention of the plan was to design policies that assist communities to become more attractive and sustainable. The strategy identified 25 downtown centres and promoted these areas as urban growth centres [...]

Site Assessment Begins on International Power Canada’s Cape Scott Wind Farm

International Power Canada is in the preliminary stages of preparing for construction of the Cape Scott Wind Farm on the northeast coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia. The 99 megawatt (MW) facility, formerly the Knob Hill Wind Farm before International Power Canada purchased the project from Sea Breeze Power Corp in June 2011, is [...]

Canada Pressed to Protect Boreal Forests from New Hydro Projects

On Wednesday the International Boreal Conservation Science Panel directed an open letter to Prime Minister Harper to ensure the protection of the largest freshwater ecosystem on the planet. A 76 page report entitled A Forest of Blue: Canada’s Boreal Forest, the World’s Waterkeeper was published by Pew Environmental Group, a non-profit based in the United [...]

Port Mann Bridge Hits Milestone

The first phase of the new deck of the Port Mann Bridge is complete on the Surrey side with preparations under way for the construction of the bridge deck on the Coquitlam side. The bridge project made this year’s Top 100 list with a cost of $2.46 billion. This was announced by BC Minister for [...]