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The Top 100Canada’s Biggest Infrastructure Projects

#11 – Work on the structural steel portion of the $615-million expansion of the Vancouver Convention Centre is well under way.

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An Annual Supplement to

This special supplement to the January/February 2007 issue (available

to paid subscribers only) contains our annual

Top 10 infrastructure projects list appearing

in the regular edition in addition to profiles of

the Top 100 projects in Canada. As with the Top 10, the list is ranked according the cost.

As could be expected, energy plants,

highway and transit projects all figure

prominently in the Top 100 projects.

Health care and educational facilities also have a major presence –

combined, they make up 40 of the top 100. Hundreds of interviews

went into compiling the most accurate information possible, and the

most complete list possible. But what our writer found was that the

more research he did, the more projects he uncovered. This list of 100

represents a fraction of the work being done across Canada. If you are

involved in, or know of a project you feel is top-100 worthy, give us a

call – we’re working on the 2008 edition already. At ReNew Canada,

our mission is to bring these projects to the foreground and encourage

more infrastructure renewal in communities across the country.

We are, after all, the infrastructure renewal magazine.

Abbotsford Regional Hospital and Cancer Centre ........................... 7Acadia University Redevelopment ............................................... 19Anothony Henday Drive Southeast Leg Ring Road ......................... 7Argentia Remediation Project ..................................................... 14Art Gallery of Ontario ................................................................. 14Baie-des-Sables Wind Farm ........................................................ 11Big White Supply Project ............................................................ 22Brilliant Dam Expansion ............................................................... 9British Columbia Border Connector Program ................................. 9Bruce A Restart .......................................................................... 3Calgary Court Centre ................................................................... 8Calgary Ring Road ...................................................................... 7Camosun College Sports Training Centre .................................... 20Canada Line ............................................................................... 3Canadian Museum of Nature Renovation ..................................... 11Canaport LNG Project ................................................................. 4Cariboo Connector Highway Improvements ................................... 9Charles Jago Northern Sports Centre ......................................... 19Douglas College ........................................................................ 19Eastmain-1 Hydroelectric Project .................................................. 3Edmonton International Airport ................................................... 11Elective Surgery Centre ............................................................. 16Expertech ................................................................................. 17Foothills Medical Centre, McCaig Tower ........................................ 8Golden Ears Bridge project .......................................................... 3Greater Niagara General Hospital Emergency .............................. 21Halifax Harbour Cleanup .............................................................. 7Health on 12th ........................................................................... 16Highway 3 Reconstruction ......................................................... 22Highway 401 Expansion .............................................................. 8Highway 407ETR lane additions ................................................. 11IWK Health Care Centre, Children’s Site ...................................... 18Jean Canfield Government of Canada Building ............................. 17Joseph and Wolf Lebovic Jewish Community Centre .................... 15Kettle Valley Project .................................................................. 21Kicking Horse Canyon Phase 2 .................................................. 12Manitoba Hydro Downtown Office Building .................................... 8Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute ........................................... 10McGill University Life Sciences Complex ..................................... 15McMaster University David Braley Athletic Centre ........................ 20Montfort Hospital Redevelopment ............................................... 10

Montreal Metro Expansion ............................................................ 4Mount Pleasant Civic Centre ...................................................... 18National Ballet School ................................................................ 14New Brunswick Twinning of the Trans-Canada Highway .................. 6Niagara Tunnel Project ................................................................. 4Northwest LRT Extension, Calgary ................................................ 9Northeast LRT Extension, Calgary ................................................ 9Nova Scotia Community College ................................................ 13Oliver Bowen LRT Maintenance Facility ....................................... 19Ontario Ministry of Health, 81 Resources Road ........................... 21Ottawa Hospital, General Campus Redevelopment ....................... 14Pier F at Lester B. Pearson International Airport ............................ 5Peterborough Regional Health Centre ......................................... 10Pierre Elliott Trudeau Airport Hotel and Relocation ....................... 13Portlands Energy Centre .............................................................. 4Queen Elizabeth Way/Red Hill Creek Expressway Interchange ....... 16Queen’s Park Whitney Block Systems Upgrade ............................ 19Ravensview Water Pollution Control Plant .................................... 13Red River Floodway Expansion ..................................................... 5Richmond Road Diagnostic and Treatment Centre ........................ 18Royal Alberta Museum ............................................................... 10Royal Alexandra Hospital Expansion, Robbins Pavilion .................. 10Royal Military College ................................................................ 18Royal Ontario Museum Redevelopment ......................................... 9St. Clair Streetcar Line Imrpovements ........................................ 18St. John’s Harbour Cleanup ........................................................ 15St. Mary’s University Science Building Renewal Project ................ 20Scarborough Hospital Emergency Critical Care Centre ................. 17Sea-to-Sky Highway Project .......................................................... 5Seymour Capilano Water Treatment Plant ...................................... 7Sixteenth Avenue Trunk Sewer Line ............................................ 15Sydney Tar Ponds Detoxification .................................................. 7Toronto Police Training Facility ................................................... 16Union Gas Alliance ..................................................................... 20University of Alberta Centennial Centre for Interdisciplinary Science ......................................................... 8University of Alberta Health Research Innovation Facility .............. 11University of Alberta Utility Upgrades .......................................... 16University of British Columbia Applied Science and Management Building .......................................................... 17University of British Columbia Arts and Science Building Extension ........................................................ 18University of British Columbia Beaty Biodiversity Building ............. 17University of British Columbia Irving K. Barber Learning Centre ................................................ 15University of British Columbia Okanogan Charles Fipke Centre for Innovative Research .............................. 19University of British Columbia Okanogan Student Residences Phase 2 ..................................................... 22University of British Columbia Okanogan University Centre ........... 21University of Calgary Child Development Centre .......................... 21University of Guelph Science Complex ........................................ 12University of Ottawa Expansion .................................................. 12University of Toronto Centre for Biological Timing and Cognition .................................................. 22University of Toronto Max Gluskin House ...................................... 22University of Toronto Mississauga Oscar Peterson Hall ................ 19University of Toronto Scarborough Science Building .................... 19University of Toronto Varsity Centre ............................................ 22Vancouver Convention Centre ....................................................... 5Vancouver General Hospital Energy Centre .................................. 20Vancouver International Airport ..................................................... 6William Osler Health Centre .......................................................... 6William R. Bennett Bridge ........................................................... 12Windsor Gateway Project ........................................................... 13Winnipeg International Airport Authority Site Redevelopment Program ....................................................... 6

Index

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Eastmain-1 Hydroelectric Development, Value: $2 billionLocation: About 150 kilometres east of the lower tip of James Bay in Northern Quebec

Owner: Hydro-Québec

Project Details: The project included construction of a dam across the Eastmain River, construction of a powerhouse, building a 315-kilovolt transmission line to the Nemiscau substation and an 80-kilometre permanent access road.

Status: More than 99 per cent of the project is completed. The powerhouse is fully commissioned and is capable of delivering its installed capacity of 480 megawatts. Work left to be completed in 2007 includes mechanical and electrical work that will go on until the summer and cleaning the interior of the powerhouse.

Major Players: SNC-Lavalin, Groupe RSW, Tecsult Inc., Aecon Group, EBC Inc., Neilson Inc.

The Top 100 — Canada’s Biggest Infrastructure Projects

1Bruce A Nuclear Generating Station Restart, Value: $4.25 billionLocation: Kincardine, Ontario

Owner: Bruce Power (TransCanada Corporation, BPC Generation Infrastructure Trust – an investment entity of OMERS, the Power Workers’ Union and the Society of Energy Professionals.)

Project Details: Bruce A units 1 and 2 were originally brought into service in 1977 and were taken out of service in 1995 (Unit 2) and 1997 (Unit 1) by Ontario Hydro. Bruce Power Limited, which took over operation of the plant in 2001, is refurbishing and carrying out major maintenance on Units 1 and 2 with the goal of allowing them to operate through 2043.

Status: Units 1 and 2 scheduled to return to service in 2009.

Major Players: Amec NCL, Atomic Energy Canada Limited, SNC-Lavalin, Babcock & Wilcox Canada, Siemens, E.S. Fox Ltd., ASLF, RCM-Fox, Aecon Group Inc.

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Piling work for the Golden Ears Bridge project going on in the Fraser River in September 2006.

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Canada Line, Value: $1.8 billionLocation: Vancouver, British Columbia.

Owner: Canada Line Rapid Transit Inc. and the Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority (TransLink)

Financing: Governments of Canada and British Columbia, the Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority (TransLink) and Vancouver International Airport Authority.

Project Details: This 19.5-kilometre, north-south rapid transit line will link downtown Vancouver, Richmond City Centre and the Vancouver International Airport.

Status: The line has been under construction for more than a year. The full project is expected to be completed by November 2009. A section at the airport will be completed first and used for testing.

Major Players: Canada Line Rapid Transit Inc. (a subsidiary of TransLink), project management; InTransit BC (a joint venture company owned by SNC-Lavalin, the Investment Management Corporation of BC, and the Caisse de Dépot et Placement du Québec).

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Golden Ears Bridge Project, Value: $1.1 billionLocation: Vancouver, British Columbia Owner: Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority

Financing: Design, build, finance and operate by Golden Crossing General Partnership (a special purpose vehicle set up by Bilfinger Berger BOT Inc., Canadian subsidiary of Bilfinger Berger GmbH). Lenders Depfa Bank PLC and Dexia Credit Local and Computershare Trust Company of Canada as security trustee.

Project Details: A north-south crossing of the Fraser River, east of Vancouver. The project includes a six-lane bridge and connecting access arterial roads. In total, about 13 kilometres of infrastructure.

Status: Financial closing March 2006. Construction under way. Completion scheduled for the spring of 2009.

Major Players: Golden Crossing Constructors (joint venture of Bilfinger Berger (Canada) Inc. and CH2M Hill Canada Limited), design builders; Capilano Highway Services Company, operator.

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6Montreal Metro Expansion, Value: $803.6 millionLocation: Laval, Quebec

Owner: Agence métropolitaine de transport (AMT)

Project Details: 5.2 kilometres of track, three stations – Cartier, Concorde and Montmorency.

Status: Scheduled to open in July 2007. Construction moving ahead well but there has been some squabbling among municipalities about who will be paying the additional cost not covered by increased fair revenues.

Major Players: Groupement SGTM (SNC-Lavalin, Tecsult, Municonsult) engineering, procurement, construction management; Bisson, Fortin & Associés, Glasson et Farregut, Architects and Martin, Morris, Marcotte Architectes, architects; EBC Inc., Neilson Inc., Neilson-EBC s.e.n.c., Simard-Beaudry Construction Inc., Hervé Pomerleau Inc., Opron Inc., Constructions Louisbourg Ltée, Construction Garnier Ltée, principal contractors for the excavation of tunnels, concrete, construction of stations and outdoor works.

Construction at the de la Concorde station of the expansion of the Montréal Métro.

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7An artist rendering of the site of the Canaport LNG receiving terminal in Saint John, N.B.

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Portlands Energy Centre, Value: $730 millionLocation: Toronto, Ontario

Owner: Ontario Power Generation and TransCanada Energy Ltd. (a subsidiary of TransCanada Corporation)

Project Details: A 550-megawatt, state-of-the-art, natural-gas-fired plant adjacent to the former R.L. Hearn Generating Station on Toronto’s waterfront. The combined-cycle plant will operate at a 56 per cent efficiency rating compared to the 35 per cent efficiency rating of a conventional single-cycle plant. The plant is designed to keep noise to a minimum and take up less space than the Hearn plant.

Status: Under construction. The dispute with the City of Toronto and Toronto Hydro over the location has been resolved and site clearing is well under way. The first 250 megawatts are scheduled to be in service by June 1, 2008 and the final 300 megawatts by 2009.

Major Players: SNC-Lavalin, Aecon.

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Work is under way at the $730-million Portlands Energy Centre project in Toronto.

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Niagara Tunnel Project, Value: $985 millionLocation: Niagara Falls, Ontario

Owner: Ontario Power Generation

Project Details: A 10.4-kilometre tunnel under the City of Niagara Falls, Ont. that will bring an additional 500 cubic metres of water per second to the Sir Adam Beck Generating Complex, allowing the plant to generate an additional 1.6 billion kilowatts annually, enough to power a city twice the size of Niagara Falls.

Status: The tunnel boring machine, known as Big Becky, had gone about 180 metres in its two-year journey as 2007 began. The tunnel is expected to be operational by late 2009.

Major Players: Strabag AG, design-build contractor; ILF Beratende Ingenieure of Austria, Morrison Hershfield of Toronto and Dufferin Construction of Oakville, Ont., major subcontractors; The Robbins Company of Solon, Ohio, tunnel boring machine supplier.

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Niagara Tunnel Boring Machine began digging in September 2006.

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Canaport LNG Terminal, Value: $750 millionLocation: Saint John, New Brunswick

Owner: Canaport LNG (Irving Oil and Repsol YPF)

Financing: Private. City of Saint John voted to freeze property taxes for the terminal site at $500,000 for 25 years.

Project Details: The project includes three 160,000-cubic-metre storage tanks, a 350-metre off-loading jetty with mooring facilities for LNG carriers with up to 200,000-cubic-metre capacity and a closed loop unloading system.

Status: Under construction, scheduled to go into operation in 2008.

Major Players: SNC-CENMC G.P. (SNC- Lavalin Inc. and CENMC Canada Inc., an affiliate of Saipem SpA); Kiewit-Weeks-Sandwell Partnership, a consortium of Peter Kiewit Sons Co. of St. John’s, N.L. and Labrador; Weeks Marine of Cranford, New Jersey; and Sandwell Engineering of Vancouver, B.C., offshore facilities, including the receiving pier.

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11Vancouver Convention Centre Expansion, Value: $615 millionLocation: Vancouver, British Columbia Owner: Province of British Columbia

Financing: Government of Canada, $222.5 million; Province of British Columbia, $272.5 million; Tourism Vancouver, $90 million; commercial revenues from the site, $30 million.

Project Details: A 1.1-million-square-foot addition to the existing convention centre. Slated to be the media and broadcast centre for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Status: Under construction. Scheduled for completion in late 2008. Structural steel work is well under way.

Major Players: Musson Cattell Makey Partnership, Downs/Archambault & Partners LMN, architects; RTP 2000 Ltd., Stantec Consulting, project management; JJM Construction Ltd., civil work; PCL Constructors Westcoast Inc., construction management services; The Erection Company, structural steel erection planning; Canron Western Constructors Ltd., structural steel.

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Pier F at Lester B. Pearson International Airport,

Value: This is a portion of the $4.5 billion Airport Redevelopment ProjectLocation: Toronto, Ontario

Owner: Greater Toronto Airports Authority

Project Details: The new construction includes 25 new gates for international traffic, a total area of new construction of 84,500 square metres, 44 additional baggage sortation areas, 682 linear metres of moving walkways and 56 additional check-in counters f or transborder passengers.

Status: Construction began in April 2004 and the building officially opens at the end of January 2007.

Major Players: Airport Architects Inc., prime consultant; PCL/Aecon, A Joint Venture, construction manager.

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Red River Floodway Expansion, Value: $690 millionLocation: Winnipeg, Manitoba

Owner: Manitoba Floodway Authority

Project Details: Work includes excavation of the floodway embankment east of Grande Pointe, excavation of the floodway channel, replacement and upgrading of the PTH 59 South Bridge, replacement and upgrade of the Trans-Canada Highway East Bridge, Construction of the Sprague Railway Bridge, relocation of the City of Winnipeg Aqueduct and extension of the West Dike.

Status: About 64 per cent of the floodway channel has been excavated. By the spring, the floodway will be able to withstand a 1-in-700-year flood.

Major Players: Dillon Consulting Limited, KGS Group, Earth Engineering Inc., First Canadian Engineers, SNC-Lavalin, Barnes & Duncan, Strikiwshi Contracting, Nelson House Forest Industries, PCL Constructors Ltd,Erickson Construction, MD Steele, Lafarge Canada Inc., Barkman Concrete Ltd.

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A CN Train crosses the existing CN Sprague Railway Line as temporary detour structures were established prior to the operation of the Red River Floodway in the spring of 2006.

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Sea-to-Sky Highway Improvement, Value: $625 millionLocation: Vancouver, British Columbia

Owner: British Columbia Ministry of Transportation

Project Details: Upgrades include: Four lanes from Horseshoe Bay to Lions Bay; two-, three- and four-lane sections from north of Lions Bay to Murrin Park; four lanes from north of Murrin Park through Squamish; three lanes from Squamish to Whistler.

Status: The 7-kilometre Culliton to Cheakmus section was completed in 2004. Another 7-kilometre section from Ansell Place to Lions Bay was competed more than a year ahead of schedule. Work delayed by protests earlier in 2006 has begun on the Eagleridge Bluffs and Black Mountain sections.

Major Players: S2S Transportation Group (Macquarie North America Ltd., Peter Kiewit Sons Co., JJM Group, Hatch Mott MacDonald, ND Lea Consultants Ltd., Miller Paving, Capilano Highway Services).

10 The S2S Highway Improvement Project is being carried out under a 25-year design, build, finance and operate agreement.

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13Winnipeg International Airport Redevelopment, Value: $572 millionLocation: Winnipeg, Manitoba Owner: Winnipeg Airports Authority

Financing: CIBC World Markets, RBC Capital Markets, TD Securities, Macquarie North America.

Project Details: Airport Terminal Builder, 51,000 square metres; Parking Structure, four-level parking facility, 1,559 stalls; airside construction, additional aircraft parking apron; groundside site services.

Status: 2005-06 roadways/site services; 2005-06 parkade; 2006-09 airport terminal building (phase 1); 2007-08 airside. Later work will include a second phase for the airport terminal building.

Major Players: Parsons, Wardrop Engineering, program management support; Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, Stantec Architecture, Marshall Macklin Monaghan, Unison-Maximus, Apple Designs, Earth Tech Canada, design groups; Man-Shield Construction, PCL Constructors Canada, Nelson River Construction, Mulder Construction, contactors.

Vancouver International Airport Expansion, Value: $562.4 million (to date)Location: Vancouver, British Columbia

Owner: Vancouver International Airport Authority

Project Details: Ongoing are three major projects – a $200-million expansion of the International Terminal with completion in the spring 2007; a $117-million building linking domestic and international terminals and a connection to the Canada Line rapid transit project. The overall project cost will be $1 billion by 2010.

Status: Phase 1 of the Airport Terminal expansion scheduled for completion in spring 2007.

Major Players: International Terminal Expansion: Stantec Architecture, architect; PCL Constructors Westcoast Inc., general contractor. Link Project: Kasian Architecture, architect; Keen Engineering, mechanical engineer; Duff Engineering, electrical engineer; Ledcor Industries, general contractor. Domestic Terminal Expansion: Kasian Architecture, architect; MCW Consultants, mechanical and electrical engineer; Vanbots Construction, general contractor. C-Pier: Studio One Architects, architects; MCW Consultants, mechanical and electrical engineer; Ledcor Industries, general contractor.

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William Osler Health Centre, Value: $550 millionLocation: Brampton, Ontario Owner: William Osler Healthcare Group

Financing: Finance, design, build and operate non-clinical services for 25 years. Equity partners Borealis Capital, Carillion plc, EllisDon.

Project Details: The new facility will be 1.3 million-square-feet, will have 608 acute-care beds, 18 operating rooms and will accommodate 90,000 emergency visits, 160,000 ambulatory care visits and 4,250 births each year. The building will also have a seven-storey, 475,000-squre-foot parking garage to hold 1,100 cars.

Status: Opening Fall 2007. Construction is about 85 per cent complete. Doors, light fixtures and plumbing are being installed. Roads have been paved and hydro, natural gas and water to the site are functional.

Major Players: Parkin Group, Adamson Associates Architects in joint venture, architect.

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TransCanada Highway Twinning in New Brunswick, Value: $543.8 million (capital cost)Location: Edmunston to Longs Creek, New Brunswick

Owner: Trans-Canada Highway Project Company Inc. (a subsidiary of New Brunswick Highway Corporation.

Financing: Design, build, finance, operate and maintain, 28-year contract.

16Project Details: This is a 275-kilometre section of the Trans-Canada Highway running from Edmunston to Longs Creek with a section of Route 95 running from Woodstock, N.B. to the United States border.

Status: Construction began in 2005 and the highway is expected to be open by November 2007.

Major Players: Brun-Way Group Joint Venture (Brun-Way Construction Inc., developer; Brun-Way Highway Operations, operator; SNC-Lavalin Inc., guarantor; Atcon Construction Inc., guarantor)


Abbotsford Regional Hospital and Cancer Centre, Value: $424 millionLocation: Abbotsford, British Columbia

Owner: British Columbia Ministry of Health (on behalf of Fraser Health Authority and Provincial Health Services Authority)

Financing: The Fraser Valley Regional Hospital District is contributing $71.3 million and the Macquarie Group and ABN AMRO are financing the rest of the project through equity investment and fixed-rate amortizing bonds. The proponents receive a fixed-rate annual service payment and variable repair and replacement payments to cover major maintenance.


Seymour-Capilano Water Utility Projects, Value: $450 millionLocation: Vancouver, British Columbia

Owner: Greater Vancouver Regional District

Project Details: New drinking water filtration plant, twin tunnels linking the Seymour and Capilano watersheds, a new communications tower at the Seymour Falls Dam, a seismic upgrade to the Seymour Falls Dam, a new water main twinning the existing main linking the Seymour plant to Burrard Inlet.

Status: The project is about 60-65 per cent complete with completion of most aspects of the project expected by the end of 2008.

Major Players: Seymour Capilano Filtration Plant – SSBV Consultants Inc. (joint venture of Stantec, Amec and Black & Veatch), NAC Constructors Ltd., Graham Industrial Services Ltd. Capilano Pumping Station – SSBV Consultants Inc., Kingston Construction Ltd. Twin Tunnels – Hatch Mott MacDonald, Bilfinger Berger Canada. Energy Recover Facility/Break Head Tank – Knight Piesold Consulting, Kingston Construction Ltd.

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The Seymour-Capilano Drinking Water Filtration plant is located near the shores of Rice Lake. When completed in 2007, it will filter up to 1.8 billion litres of water per day.

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Calgary Ring Road, Stoney Trail NW, Value: $425 millionLocation: Calgary, Alberta

Owner: Alberta Infrastructure and Transportation

Financing: Province of Alberta

Project Details: The Stoney Trail Expansion Project will connect Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway) to Highway 2 (Deerfoot Trail) with a four-lane divided highway. It will extend the Calgary Ring Road from Country Hills Boulevard to Deerfoot Trail through intersections of Sarcee Trail, Shaganappi Trail, Beddington Trail, Panorama Hills Boulevard, Harvest Hills Boulevard and 11 Street NE.

Status: Under construction. Began in spring of 2005. Scheduled completion fall of 2008.

Major Players: UMA Engineering Ltd., design and construction management; PCL-Maxam, a joint venture, CH2M Hill Canada Limited.

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Construction is currently under way on the Stoney Trail NW ring road in Calgary. This photo shows Country Hills Boulevard to Sarcee Trail looking eastward.

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Sydney Tar Ponds Cleanup, Value: $400 millionLocation: Sydney, Nova Scotia

Owner: Sydney Tar Ponds Agency

Financing: Governments of Canada and Nova Scotia

Project Details: The project involves cleanup of contamination left behind on four sites as the result of 100 years of steel and coke production – the tar ponds, the former coke ovens property, the old dump and the stream that carried contaminants from the coke ovens to the tar ponds. More than a million tonnes of material requires cleanup.

Status: In 2006, a barrier in Sydney’s north end was completed to prevent pollution escaping to the harbour and the realignment of Coke Ovens Brock was completed. Cleanup of cooling pond and major cleanup begins in 2007. The target completion date for overall cleanup is 2014.

Major Players: Earth Tech, CBCL Ltd., Jacques Whitford Ltd., ADI Limited, AMEC Ltd.

20Edmonton Ring Road, Anthony Henday Drive Southwest, Value: $365 million (capital cost)

Location: Edmonton, Alberta

Owner: Alberta Transportation and Infrastructure

Financing: Design, build, finance and operate

Project Details: The project includes 11 kilometres of divided highway with four-to-six lanes, auxiliary lanes, cross roads and property access roads; 24 bridges, five interchanges and four flyovers.

Status: Construction is expected to be complete in the fall of 2007.

Major Players: Access Roads Edmonton Ltd.; ABN AMRO Bank, N.V.; Macquarie North America; PCL Construction Management Ltd.; Lafarge Canada Inc.; Marshall Macklin Monaghan; Stantec Consulting; Transportation Systems Management Inc.; Sureway Construction.

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William Osler Health Centre, Value: $550 millionLocation: Brampton, Ontario Owner: William Osler Healthcare Group

Financing: Finance, design, build and operate non-clinical services for 25 years. Equity partners Borealis Capital, Carillion plc, EllisDon.

Project Details: The new facility will be 1.3 million-square-feet, will have 608 acute-care beds, 18 operating rooms and will accommodate 90,000 emergency visits, 160,000 ambulatory care visits and 4,250 births each year. The building will also have a seven-storey, 475,000-squre-foot parking garage to hold 1,100 cars.

Status: Opening Fall 2007. Construction is about 85 per cent complete. Doors, light fixtures and plumbing are being installed. Roads have been paved and hydro, natural gas and water to the site are functional.

Major Players: Parkin Group, Adamson Associates Architects in joint venture, architect.

Project Details: The project will create a 300-bed acute care regional hospital and cancer centre.

Status: Scheduled to open in May 2008.

Major Players: Access Health Abbotsford (Macquarie North America, finance; ABN AMRO N.V., finance; PCL Constructors Westcoast Inc., construction; Musson, Catell Mackey/Silver Thomas Hanley, design; Johnson Controls, facility management; Sodexho Inc., facility management.



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Halifax Harbour Cleanup,Value: $330 millionLocation: Halifax, Nova Scotia Owner: Halifax Regional Municipality

Financing: Federal government $60 million, Nova Scotia $30 million plus $2 million in donated land; Halifax Regional Municipality, balance of cost

Project Details: Three treatment plants in Halifax, Dartmouth and Herring Cove as well as collection systems throughout the regional municipality.

Status: The treatment plant and the collection system in Halifax is complete. Dartmouth is expected to be complete later in 2007 and Herring Cove in 2008.

Major Players: Dexter Construction Company Limited, sewage collection; D&D Water Solutions Inc. (Dexter Construction Company Limited and Degrèmont SA), treatment plants; SGE Acres Limited, biosolids treatment plant.

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Calgary Courts Centre, Value: $300 millionLocation: Calgary, Alberta

Owner: Government of Alberta

Financing: 30-year design, build, operate and finance agreement.

Project Details: The one-million-square- foot building will be the largest of its kind in Canada and the third largest in North America. It will occupy nearly two city blocks in downtown Calgary and feature two towers joined by a 25-storey glazed atrium. There will be 73 courtrooms in the facility.

Status: The project is scheduled for completion in June 2007.

Major Players: GCK Consortium (GWL Realty Advisors Inc., development manager; CANA Management Ltd. with Kasian Architecture Interior Design and Planning (design builder); SNC-Lavalin ProFac Inc., operator; RGO Furnishings Ltd., furniture).

25Highway 401 Expansion, Value: $285 millionLocation: Greater Toronto Area Owner: Ontario Ministry of Transportation

Project Details: During 2006, the province added 14 kilometres of new highways, repaved 191 kilometres, repaired nine bridges and carried out a number of safety improvements across the Greater Toronto Area.

Status and Major Players: Because of the number of projects and contracts involved and the way they are handled internally, the Ontario Ministry of Transportation was unable to provide the information.

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Manitoba Hydro Downtown Office Building, Value: $258 millionLocation: Winnipeg, Manitoba Owner: Manitoba Hydro

Project Details: The new building will accommodate about 1,800 employees in about 600,000 square feet of space. The building is designed for energy efficiency and sustainability aiming for LEED gold certification. It is designed for a 60 per cent reduction in energy usage compared to the Model National Energy Code for Buildings.

Status: Scheduled for completion in 2007

Major Players: Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects, design architect; Smith Carter Architects and Engineers Inc., architect of record; PCL Constructors Canada Inc., construction manager; Earth Tech (Canada) Inc., electrical/mechanical consultant; Crosier Kilgour & Partners Ltd./Halcrow Yolles, structural consultant; Wardrop Engineering Inc., civil consultant; UMA Engineering Ltd./Dyregrov Consultants, geotechnical engineering.

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Centennial Centre for Interdisciplinary Science, University of Alberta, Value: $312 million


Owner: University of Alberta

Project Details: Phase 1 is a 4,373-square-metre, two-storey, basement structure while Phase 2 is a 52,227-square-metre, multi-storied building that will replace the existing Physics Building and V-Wing at the north end of the university’s quad and serve as the central focus for the Faculty of Science.

Status: The $17-million Phase 1 is complete. Phase 2 is scheduled for completion in November 2009.

Major Players: Stantec Consulting Ltd., project manager; PCL Construction Management, Hazco, Canem Systems Ltd., DMI Services, contractors; Stantec Consulting, Hemisphere Engineering, Read Jones Christofferson, Theakston Environmental, consultants.

23Foothills Medical Centre, McCaig Tower, Value: $300 millionLocation: Calgary, Alberta

Owner: Calgary Health Region

Project Details: The new tower, part of an extensive renovation of existing facilities, will provide a new west entrance to the hospital complex and will house an all-new intensive care unit, new medical laboratories and inpatient units. New construction will include a 615-space underground parkade. Renovations and additions to existing buildings will include emergency department renovations and expansion; alterations to admissions, the blood gas lab and the rehabilitation department; new waste handling and loading docks; power plant and pump house additions; and a new grounds maintenance building.

Status: Under construction.

Major Players: Cohos Evamy Integrated Design, architect; EllisDon, construction manager.



Northwest LRT Extension, Value: $230 millionLocation: Calgary, Alberta

Owner: City of Calgary

Project Details: The NW extension involves the construction of two interchanges, a station and parking facilities.

Status: Completion is expected by late 2008.

Major Players: PCL, contractor; PNR Railworks, track; Enmax, electrical; Lafarge, interchanges.

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Northeast LRT Extension, Value: $200 millionLocation: Calgary, Alberta

Owner: City of Calgary

Project Details: The project involved adding three kilometres of track to the existing line, including an interchange and a new station with parking for about 950 vehicles

Status: Completion expected by late 2007.

Major Players: Amec NCL, Atomic Energy Canada Limited, SNC-Lavalin, BabGraham Construction, contractor; PNR Railworks, track; Enmax, electrical.

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Royal Ontario Museum, Value: $211 millionLocation: Toronto, Ontario

Owner: Province of Ontario

Project Details: The project includes 220,000 square feet of the new “Crystal” form addition and 280,000 square feet of renovation of existing facilities.

Status: The project has experienced delays with the curtain wall for the Crystal addition but the rest of the project was completed on time. Completion date for the curtain wall has been extended to June 2007.

Major Players: Studio Daniel Libeskind, Bregman + Hamann Architects, architects; Haley Sharpe Design, exhibit space; Vanbots Construction Corporation, construction management.

29Brilliant Dam Expansion Project, Value: $207 millionLocation: Castlegar, British Columbia

Owner: Brilliant Expansion Power Corporation, a subsidiary of Columbia Power Corporation and Columbia Basin Trust.

Project Details: Construction of a short intake channel and powerhouse as well as excavations for a power and access tunnel on the left bank of the Kootenay River just below the Brilliant Dam. In addition, improvements were made to the existing tailrace and a new one-kilometre access road was constructed through the Kootenay Quarry.

Status: Under construction. Scheduled to begin commercial operation at the end of May 2007.

Major Players: Brilliant Expansion Consortium (SNC-Lavalin, Chant Construction, Skanska Civil Engineering AB); Alstom Canada, turbine generator and controls.

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Cariboo Connector Highway Improvements, Value: $200 millionLocation: Prince George, British Columbia


Project Details: The first five-year phase of this program to widen the 460-kilometre section of Highway 97 from Cache Creek to Prince George got under way in 2005. The eventual cost of the total program will be $2 billion.

Status: Simon Fraser Bridge four-laning, contract issued in 2007 with completion in spring 2009; four-laning from the bridge to Sintich Road will begin in 2008 with completion in fall 2009; Prince George weigh-scale relocation and associated four-laning will be tendered in February 2007 with completion in late 2007; Horse Lake Road intersection improvement is under design; Fletchers four laning was completed in 2005 and Plett Road was completed in fall 2006.

Major Players: Peter’s Bros. Construction Ltd. (Fletchers); Integrated Contractors Ltd. (Plett Road).

32B.C. Border Infrastructure Program, Value: $210 million

Location: Lower Mainland of British Columbia


Financing: Joint federal-provincial program.

Project Details: Upgrading of Highway 10, 11, 15 and 91 corridors to ease the movement of the more than 1.3 million trucks that cross the B.C./U.S. border each year.

Status: Work on Highway 10 is expected to be complete in fall 2008. Highway 15 construction is expected to be finished in winter 2007/2008. The first phase of Highway 91 work has been completed and phases 2 and 3 will start in early 2007.

Major Players: B & B Contracting Ltd. (Highway 10); West Shore Constructors Limited (Highway 15); Kingsdon Construction Ltd. (Queensborough Interchange Highway 91); West Shore Constructors (Howe Street Interchange Highway 91).

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36Robbins Pavilion, Royal Alexandra Hospital, Value: $190 millionLocation: Edmonton, Alberta

Owner: Capital Health

Project Details: The project will have two medical-surgical floors, a women’s health centre and a teaching facility for the University of Alberta’s Faculty of Medicine and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology contained in the 33,450 square metres of the building. There will be a total of 254 beds.

Status: The project is about 30 per cent complete and is scheduled for completion in the fall of 2008.

Major Players: The Cohos Evamy Partners, architect; EllisDon, general contractor.

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Royal Alberta Museum, Value: $180 millionLocation: Edmonton, Alberta Owner: Government of Alberta

Financing: $170 million, Government of Alberta; $30 million, federal government; $50,000, City of Edmonton.

Project Details: Phase I of the project will include a 250,000-square-foot addition to accommodate new galleries, collections storage, offices and lab spaces, a number of new galleries, underground parking for 300 vehicles and modifications to the existing building to ensure it can support museum operations in the future.

Status: Ground breaking for construction early in 2007, phase I completed in 2011.

Major Players: Cohos Evamy + Lundholm Associates Architects, architect; Reich + Petch Design International, exhibit master plan.

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Montfort Hospital Redevelopment, Value: $173 millionLocation: Ottawa, Ontario

Owner: Montfort Hospital

Project Details: The project will more than double the size of the existing hospital, adding 420,000 square feet. The new hospital will have 289 acute care beds. Two new wings will be added on the west side of the existing hospital, a new main and emergency entrance will be added and a new six-storey tower will be added on the east side which will provide a new location for the Canadian Forces Health Services Group.

Status: Construction got under way in May 2006. Completion of the new addition is scheduled for July 2007 and renovation of the existing space will be done by October 2009.

Major Players: Stantec/Murphy Hilgers Architects, architect; EllisDon, contractor.

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Peterborough Regional Health Centre, Value: $197 million

Location: Peterborough Ontario

Owner: Peterborough Regional Health Centre

Project Details: The 750,000-square-foot, seven-storey structure will accommodate up to 494 beds and a number of additional medical services. The new building will consolidate two local hospitals into one site and, once the new facility is completed, the existing facilities will be demolished.

Status: The new centre is scheduled to be completed in 2008 and demolition of the existing facilities will begin then.

Major Players: Stantec Architecture Ltd., architect; EllisDon, contractor.

34Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, Value: $194 millionLocation: Edmonton, Alberta


Project Details: The Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute is a 350,000-square-foot addition to the existing Walter C. Mackenzie Health Sciences Centre in Edmonton, Alberta. It is a state-of-the-art facility which will offer complete cardiac care to both adult and pediatric patients and will act as a referral centre offering high end complex cardiac care to people from across Alberta, the Prairies and the Canadian North.

Status: The project is 75 per cent complete with substantial completion expected in late August 2007.

Major Players: Stantec Architecture Ltd., architect; EllisDon, construction manager; Stantec Consulting Ltd., mechanical/electrical consultants.

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407ETR Lane Additions, Value: $150 millionLocation: Toronto, Ontario

Owner: 407 International Inc. (Cintra Concesiones de Infraestructuras de Transport (a subsidiary of Grupo Ferrovial, Macquarie Infrastructure Group and SNC-Lavalin Inc.)

Project Details: During 2006, 407ETR spent $60 million adding 50 kilometres of new lanes to the highway between Highways 404 and 427, $3.5 million adding four kilometres of new lanes between Markham Road and McCowan Road and $30 million to widen bridges between Highways 410 and 427. In 2007, $60 million will be spent adding lanes between Highway 427 and Highway 401 in Milton.

Status: The work for 2006 has been completed and the work for 2007, which has been awarded, will begin in the spring.

Major Players: For 2006, the major contractors were Aecon and Dufferin. For 2007, the main contractor is Belor Construction Ltd.

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Baie-des-Sables Wind Farm, Value: $164 millionLocation: Baie-des-Sables, Quebec

Owner: Cartier Wind Energy (TransCanada and Innergex II)

Project Details: The 73 turbines in this 5,200-hectare park will produce 109.5 megawatts of electricity, enough to service more than 21,000 households on an annual basis.

Status: This project, the first of six along the coast of the Gaspé Peninsula, was completed on schedule at the end of 2006. Combined with the other projects – Anse à Valleau (now under construction), Carleton, Les Méchins, Montagne-Séche and Gros-Morne I and II will eventually produce a total of 740 megawatts (with a total investment of $1.1 billion). That would meet the annual energy needs of 150,000 households.

Major Players: On Baie-des-Sables, EBC Inc., general contractor; Transelec Common Inc., substation contractor; General Electric, wind turbines.

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Health Research Innovation Facility, University of Alberta, Value: $168 million



Project Details: The project includes a west and an east building with a total of 68,324 square metres. Each building will be seven storeys with a functioning basement. The facility will house biomedical research for the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, the Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry and Home Economics and the Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation.

Status: The East Building was completed in the fall of 2006 and the west building is scheduled for completion in summer 2007.

Major Players: Health Research Architects 2 (Hamilton Filipowicz Architects Ltd. and O’Neill O’Neill Procinsky Architects Ltd.), architects; PCL Construction Ltd., contractor.

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Edmonton International Airport, Value: $150 millionLocation: Edmonton, Alberta Owner: Edmonton Airports

Project Details: Edmonton’s most recent expansion, costing $280 million, was expected to provide enough capacity until 2015 when it was completed two years ago but passenger volumes have soared, moving the need for expansion ahead significantly. The airport now plans to spend $200 million in the next five years in order to meet the airport’s needs until sometime between 2015 and 2020. Among the improvements will be an expansion to 21 gates from the current 17, enhancement of the transborder area, adding a new concourse and expanding aprons and constructing new deicing pads.

Status: Work is already under way on the expansion of the airport parkade, adding 1,000 stalls. Operations are scheduled to begin in December 2007 and project completion is scheduled for 2008.

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Canadian Museum of Nature, Value: $152 million

Location: Ottawa, Ontario

Owner: Government of Canada

Financing: Government of Canada and museum fundraising.

Project Details: Renovation of the Victoria Memorial Museum Building.

Status: Scheduled completion in 2009; renovated west wing reopened in October 2006.

Major Players: Barry Padolsky Associates Inc., Architects; Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects, Gagnon, Letellier, Cyr, Architects, architects in a joint-venture consortium; PCL Constructors Canada Inc., contractor.

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46Kicking Horse Canyon Phase 2, Value: $130 millionLocation: Golden to Yoho National Park, British Columbia


Financing: Design, build, finance, operate, maintain

Project Details: This is a 26-kilometre segment of the Trans-Canada Highway running from Highway 95 in Golden to the western boundary of Yoho National Park. The second phase involves replacement of the Park Bridge and upgrading and reconfiguration of 5.8 kilometres of highway approaches to the new bridge.

Status: Scheduled for completion in 2007.

Major Players: Trans-Pak Highway Group (Bilfinger Berger BOT Inc.; Flatiron Constructors Canada; Parsons Overseas Company of Canada; HMC Services Inc.).

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The southwest corner of the $76-million Desmarais Building at the University of Ottawa.

University of Guelph Science Complex, Value: $140 millionLocation: Guelph, Ontario Owner: University of Guelph

Financing: In part through grants from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation and Ontario Innovation Trust.

Project Details: The project will provide 390,000 square feet of new space with 40 teaching labs, 38 research labs, four computer labs, 18 equipment and prep rooms, 233 offices, 23 meeting rooms, a 12,000-square-foot atrium, information technology infrastructure and a 19,000-square-foot Advanced Analysis Centre.

Status: Phase 1 complete, Phase 2A completed in 2006, Phase 2B scheduled for completion in March 2007.

Major Players: Robbie Young + Wright Architects Inc., architects; Aecon Buildings, general contractor; Sutherland-Shultz Inc., electrical; Sayres and Associates Limited, mechanical; Walters Inc., structural steel; Swan and Associates, concrete.

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William R. Bennett Bridge, Value: $144 millionLocation: Okanagan Lake, British Columbia


Financing: Design, build, finance and operate.

Project Details: The five-lane pontoon bridge will replace the existing bridge linking Kelowna and Westbank, across Lake Okanagan.

Status: Expected completion, summer 2008.

Major Players: Okanagan Lake Concession Limited Partnership (SNC-Lavalin Constructors (Pacific) Inc. and CMIR OKB Holdings Ltd.).

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University of Ottawa Expansion, Value: $130 million Location: Ottawa, Ontario

Owner: University of Ottawa

Project Details: Desmarais Building ($76 million), housing the School of Management and parts of the Faculty of Social Sciences, including the new School of Political Studies; 12-storey, 23,000-square-metre building. Roger Guindon West Wing Addition ($54 million), a four-storey, 14,120-square-metre addition to the existing building will house a Bio-Safety Level 3 lab, Kidney Research Department and general wet labs.

Status: The Desmarais Building is scheduled to be complete in the fall 2007. New construction for the Guindon addition was scheduled to be completed by the end of 2006 with renovations in the existing building going on until June 2007.

Major Players: Desmarais Building – Moriyama and Associates, architects; Guindon addition – Edward J. Cuhaci & Associates Architects Inc., architect; Ron Engineering and Construction (Eastern) Limited, construction manager.


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51Ravensview Water Pollution Control Plant upgrade, Value: $115 millionLocation: Kingston, Ontario Owner: City of Kingston

Financing: Federal government $25 million, provincial government $25 million.

Project Details: Upgrade capacity of plant to 95,000 cubic metres per day from 72,800 cubic metres per day.

Status: Under construction, scheduled completion 2009.

Major Players: Hervé Pomerleau Ontario Inc., prime contractor; J.L. Richards & Associates Limited, engineer; Utilities Kingston, operating authority; John Meunier Inc., BAF supplier; XCG Consultants Ltd., process specialists.

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Nova Scotia Community College, Value: $123 millionLocation: Various locations in Nova Scotia

Owner: Nova Scotia Community College

Project Details: The college has 14 individual projects at various stages of development. The largest of these, a new campus on the Dartmouth waterfront, is divided into two phases, the first $50 million and the second $29 million. Phase One will accommodate about 1800 students in a 267,000-square-foot, LEED-designated building.

Status: Phase One will be completed in January 2007. Detailed design for Phase Two is expected by fall 2007 with construction scheduled for completion in 2009.

Major Players: Barrie & Langille Architects Ltd., Moriyama and Teshima Architects and William & Associates Limited, architects; Eastin Projects Ltd., project manager; Costello Fitt Consulting and Fairwyn Developments Ltd, development consultants; EllisDon Corporation, construction managers.

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Windsor Gateway Project, Value: $128 millionLocation: Windsor, Ontario

Owner: Ontario Ministry of Transportation (with contributions from both federal and municipal levels of government)

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.

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.

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Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport Expansion, Value: $120 millionLocation: Montreal, Quebec

Owner: Aéroports de Montréal

Financing: Finance, design, build and operate.

Project Details: Relocate the airport’s transborder departure area and build a high-end, 275-room hotel with one floor accommodating the airport authority’s head office. The consortium for the hotel and ADM’s head office provided $60 million dollars, as did the ADM for the transborder departure area.

Major Players: Asociété en commandite Adamax Immobilier (Groupe Axor, Marriott International), institutional investor.

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Art Gallery of Ontario, Value: $110 millionLocation: Toronto, Ontario

Owner: Province of Ontario

Financing: Government of Canada $48 million, Province of Ontario $63 million.

Project Details: The addition will increase the gallery’s viewing space for art by 47 per cent. There will be a new entrance, a new, glass-enclosed sculpture gallery, a Centre for Contemporary Art and a new meeting space which will include a two-level gift and book shop, a fine-dining restaurant, a casual café, the members lounge, a lecture/film theatre and a free space for contemporary art projects accessible from the street.

Status: Under construction, completion planned for 2008.

Major Players: Gehry International, Architects, Inc., architectural design; Yolles Engineering Solutions, structural engineering; H.H. Angues & Associates, mechanical engineering; Mulvey + Banani International Inc., electrical engineering; Trow Associates Inc., geotechnical engineering; EllisDon, pre-construction manager.


National Ballet School, Value: $100 million Location: Toronto, Ontario

Owner: National Ballet School

Financing: $20 million each from the federal and Ontario governments.

Project Details: Stage 1 included creation of the Jarvis Street campus, the easterly portion of the former Canadian Broadcasting Corporation lands south of Maitland Street. Work included the Margaret McCain Academic Building (formerly the Havergal Ladies College 1898 and 1902), the new Celia Franca Centre (including the restored Northfield House – the former home of Sir Oliver Mowat) and the existing R.A. Laidlaw Centre which includes the Betty Oliphant Theatre and Ivey House. Stage II involves redevelopment of existing Maitland Street properties into an expanded student residence.

Status: Stage I was completed in 2006 and Stage II is scheduled for completion in 2007.

Major Players: Stage II: Goldsmith Borgal and Company Architects; Eastern Construction, construction managers; RJC, structural engineers; Crossey, electrical and mechanical engineers.

Ottawa Hospital, General Campus Redevelopment, Value: $105 millionLocation: Ottawa, Ontario

Owner: The Ottawa Hospital

Project Details: The project involved 372,000 square feet of new additions and 95,000 square feet of renovations. These include a two-storey critical care addition and renovation (including an upgrade to the chiller and boiler); the Eastern Ontario Regional Laboratory, the Stem and Gene Therapy unit; the Vision Research Institute, a 74-bed fitout to the existing 5th Floor patient tower and an expansion of parking facilities.

Status: EllisDon said the project is still under way but could not say when work would be concluded.

Major Players: Lowry Otto Erskine Williams Architects Inc., architect; EllisDon, contractor.

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Argentia Environmental Remediation Project, Value: $106 millionLocation: Argentia, Newfoundland


Project Details: The 10-year project is intended to clean up problems with hydrocarbons, heavy metals, organic and PCB concentrations on the former U.S. navy base. Public Works and Government Services Canada has been the custodian of the site since the navy left in 1994. A 10-storey, concrete building was imploded in 1999; 16 underground concrete and steel tanks from a fuel farm were removed and the power plant was taken down. A secure landfill was created for hazardous materials and a seawall was built to address leachate concerns.

Status: The project is 90 per cent complete and is expected to be finished by November 2007.

Major Players: Edward Collins Contracting is completing the current work on the site.

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Life Sciences Complex, McGill University, Value: $73 millionLocation: Montreal, Quebec

Owner: McGill University

Project Details: The complex consists of two linked pavilions, the Bellini Building, which is five storeys, four of which are dedicated to research groups under the Faculty of Science and Medicine (the fifth will house mechanical systems) and the Cancer Building, which is seven storeys, three of which will have an Animal Facility Centre to support the research on campus. The next three floors will be devoted to the Centre for Cancer Research and the final floor will also house mechanical systems.


Major Players: Diamond Schmitt & Provencher Roy Architects, architect; Pageau Morel & Associates, mechanical and electrical engineers; Saia Deslauriers Kadanoff, structural engineers; Decarel Consultants Inc., project manager.

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McGill University’s $73-milion Dr. Francesco Bellini Life Sciences Complex is under construction and expected to be completed in the Spring of 2008.

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Sixteenth Avenue Trunk Sewer Tunnel, Value: $65 millionLocation: Markham, Ontario Owner: Regional Municipality of York

Project Details: Construction of a 7.2- kilometre, 3.5-metre diameter trunk sewer line.

Status: Construction began in November 2004 and is expected to be completed by the end of 2008.

Major Players: Marshall Macklin Monaghan, MacViro, engineering; Aecon Constructors and McNally International Inc., joint-venture contractors.

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St. John’s Harbour Cleanup, Value: $93 millionLocation: St. John’s, Newfoundland.

Owner: City of St. John’s

Financing: Federal government $31 million; Newfoundland and Labrador government $31 million; City of St. John’s, City of Mount Pearl and Town of Paradise, $31 million (Phase II)

Project Details: Phase I, including collection, redirection and screening of sewage flows from the Waterford Valley drainage basin, construction of a diffused outfall on the south side of the harbour and construction of a pumping station, has been completed. Phase II includes construction of a primary treatment plant, expansion of the pumping station, construction of a harbour interceptor sewer and additions to the existing diffused outfall.

Status: Phase I complete. Phase II under construction. Scheduled for completion in the fall 2008.

Major Players: Olympic Construction Ltd., G.J. Cahill & Co. 1979 Ltd., Modern Paving Ltd.

56Joseph and Wolf Lebovic Jewish Community Campus, Value: $80 millionLocation: Vaughan, Ontario

Owner: UJA Federation

Project Details: The overall project will include a theatre/lecture hall, children’s education centre, swimming pool, cafe and food court, banquet facilities, arts discovery centre and health and wellness centre. The Community Hebrew Academy is the portion of the project currently under way.

Status: The Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto, valued at $28.9 million and the anchor of the current phase of the project is under way.

Major Players: Petroff Partnership/Carruthers Shaw in joint venture, architect; Vanbots Construction, contractor.

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The Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia, Value: $73.5 millionLocation: Vancouver, British Columbia

Owner: University of British Columbia

Project Details: The project involves about 200,000 square-feet of new space and more than 46,000 square-feet of renovated floor space. Highlights from phase II include innovative learning spaces, new homes for the university archives and rare books and special collections, a map digitization area, a wide range of seminar and study rooms and classrooms, a café and gift shop and office space.

Status: Phase I of the project opened in October 2005. Phase II is scheduled to open in late 2007

Major Players: Downs Archambault & Partners Architects/Planners, Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates LLP, architects; Jones Kwong Kishi Consulting Engineers, structural consultants; Ledcor, general contractor.

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QEW/Red Hill Creek Expressway Interchange, Value: $60 millionLocation: Hamilton, Ontario

Owner: Ontario Ministry of Transportation

Project Details: The project consists of the construction of seven new structures, three retaining walls, four culverts crossing the Queen Elizabeth Way and modifications to the Trans Northern Pipe Line.

Status: Construction began in September 2005 and is expected to be completed in June 2009.

Major Players: UMA-Aecom, engineer; Aecon Construction and Materials Limited, contractor.

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Toronto Police Training Facility, Value: $65 millionLocation: Toronto, Ontario

Owner: Toronto Police Service

Project Details: The new facility will have about 280,000 square feet of new building space and parking for 700 vehicles on 16 acres of land in Etobicoke. It will have a new college with classrooms, office and administrative support space, officer safety training, firearms and tactical training, gymnasium/fitness and parade/auditorium space. There will also be a substation for 22 Division.

Status: Site work began in the summer 2006 and completion is expected in 2009.

Major Players: Shore Tilbe Irwin & Partners, architect; Eastern Construction, construction management.

61Health on 12th (Sheldon M. Chumir Centre), Value: $65 millionLocation: Calgary, Alberta

Owner: The Calgary Health Region

Project Details: The eight-storey, 285,000-square-foot Community Health Services Building includes a 180,000-square-foot underground parkade for 438 vehicles. Phase I of the project involved temporarily relocating services from an existing facility which was then demolished (Phase II) to allow construction of the new facility. The new building will provide treatment for urgent/primary care, chronic disease, mental health and also provide clinical and non-clinical support. The exterior of the building is a unitized curtainwall system with high-efficiency glass.

Status: Phases I and II were completed on time and on budget and Phase III got under way in April 2006, two weeks ahead of schedule.

Major Players: Gibbs Gage Partnership, architect; EllisDon, construction management.

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Elective Surgery Centre, Value: $60 millionLocation: Edmonton, Alberta


Project Details: The 7,350-square-metre, six-storey building will specialize in orthopedic surgery. It will have four operating rooms, 14 pre- and post-operative recovery beds and 56 in-patient rooms and will have the capacity to carry out 3,600 surgeries a year.

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Utility Upgrades, University of Alberta, Value: $63 millionLocation: Edmonton, Alberta


Project Details: The project includes a high-pressure boiler, chilled water storage system, expansion to the power system, expansion of the deep sewer system, addition of chillers in the cooling plant, a new cooling plant and expansion of the mechanical systems.

Status: Scheduled completion date December 2007.

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Status: Construction gets under way in May and is expected to be completed in early 2009.

Major Players: Eckert Wordell LLC/HIP Architects, architects; Read Jones Christofferson, Ltd, structural consultant; Hemisphere Engineering, mechanical consultant; ISL Engineering and Land Services Ltd., civil consultant; Stuart Olson, construction managers.



Beaty Biodiversity Building, University of British Columbia, Value: $50 millionLocation: Vancouver, British Columbia

Owner: UBC Properties Trust

Project Details: This five-storey, 12,600-square-metre building will house more than 30 UBC scientists working in disciplines ranging from genomics to oceanography. The building will also house the Beaty Museum of Natural History, which will be the only natural history museum in Canada associated with a major research centre.

Status: Currently under construction, the building is scheduled to open in November 2007.

Major Players: Patkau Architects, project architect; Maples Argo Architects, laboratory consultant; Scott Construction Group, contractor; Read Jones Christofferson, Ltd., structural consultant; Cobalt Engineering, mechanical consultant; Robert Freundlich & Associates Ltd., electrical consultant; Earth Tech Canada Inc., civil consultant.

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The $50-million Beaty Biodiversity Research Centre is under way at the University of British Columbia.

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Applied Science and Management Building, University of British Columbia Okanagan, Value: $50 millionLocation: Kelowna, British Columbia Owner: University of British Columbia

Project Details: This 185,000-square-foot building on the University of British Columbia’s Okanagan campus will house both the Faculty of Applied Science (Engineering) and the Faculty of Management.

Status: Construction is expected to get under way in the summer of 2007 and continue for a 24-month construction period.

Major Players: Bunting Coady Architects, architect; Stuart Olson, construction manager.

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Expertech General Contract, Value: $55 million (annually)

Location: Southern Ontario

Owner: Expertech

Project Details: The project is in the form of a general contract for installing and replacing telecommunication networks, including both copper and fibre optic networks. The contract represents about 95 per cent of the work that Expertech outsources.

Status: Contract tendered periodically.

Major Players: Aecon Utilities.

66Jean Canfield Government of Canada Building, Value: $50 millionLocation: Charlottetown, P.E.I.


Project Details: This 12,305-square-metre project is designed to be the most environmentally-friendly building ever constructed by Public Works and Government Services Canada. It includes a reflective roof, use of natural light and shade to moderate temperature and recycling of rainwater to reduce water consumption. It will house 500 federal employees from several departments, led by Veterans Affairs Canada. It is aiming for LEED gold certification.

Status: Scheduled to open in the summer of 2007.

Major Players: Bergmark Guimond Hammarlund Jones Architects in collaboration with Urbana Architects, architect; Hervé Pomerleau, contractor.

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Scarborough Hospital Emergency Critical Care Centre, Value: $50 millionLocation: Toronto, Ontario

Owner: Scarborough Hospital

Project Details: The four-storey structure will include a 14-bed intensive care unit, an eight-bed coronary care unit and a diagnostic imaging department. The project also includes a below-grade concourse, a new emergency entrance, limited alterations to the existing facility, renovations to the existing parking garage, demolition of an existing link building and other site improvements.

Status: The project is scheduled for completion by October 2008.

Major Players: Bregman & Hamann Architects, architect; EllisDon, contractor.

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Arts and Science Building, University of British Columbia Okanagan, Value: $42.26 millionLocation: Kelowna, British Columbia Owner: University of British Columbia

Project Details: This 100,000-square-foot building is still in the design stages with construction expected to start in 2007.

Status: Scheduled completion date is the fall of 2008.

Major Players: Kasian Architecture Interior Design and Planning Ltd., HMA Architects, architects.

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IWK Health Centre, Children’s Site Redevelopment, Value: $48 million Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia Owner: IWK Health Centre

Project Details: A number of individual projects, including construction of research and foundation offices, research laboratories, backup power systems, operating rooms, clinical laboratory, occupational therapy and an inpatient unit, all constructed while the existing facility is in operation. The project involved the renovation and retrofit if 160,000 square feet of space.

Status: Construction is continuing on the exterior building envelope and roof. Mechanical and electrical rough-in is complete and most of the new mechanical equipment has been installed. Renovation of the pediatric perioperative facilities will begin in the summer of 2007 and the third phase, renovation and relocation of some pediatric ambulatory clinics, will get under way in 2009.

Major Players: Duffus Romans Kundzin Roundefell, architects; Aecon, contractor.

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The $8-million IWK Health Centre Children’s Site Redevelopment project is expected to enter is second phase in 2007 and the third phase of the redevelopment will get under way in 2009.

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St. Clair Streetcar Line Improvements, Value: $50 millionLocation: Toronto, Ontario

Owner: Toronto Transit Commission

Project Details: Reconstruction of 6.7 kilometres of streetcar line on St. Clair Avenue West creating a dedicated right-of-way.

Status: Under construction. Plans for the dedicated right-of-way were controversial in the neighbourhood and the project was delayed several times as a result but the defeat of several candidates opposed to the line in the municipal election meant the project was able to move ahead.

Major Players: The Toronto Transit Commission would not provide those details.

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Mount Pleasant Civic Centre, Value: $36 millionLocation: Vancouver, British Columbia Owner: City of Vancouver

Project Details: The project is a 10-storey, 280,000-square-foot, multi-use facility. Levels one-to-three include apartments, fitness facilities and a daycare facility. Levels four-to-10 are apartments.

Major Players: Busby Perkins + Will, architect; Vanbots, contractor.

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Richmond Road Diagnostic and Treatment Centre, Value: $44 million

Location: Calgary, Alberta

Owner: Calgary Health Region

Project Details: The project involves the conversion of the existing Alberta Children’s Hospital into a diagnostic and treatment centre. The 410,000-square-foot project will require architectural upgrades and mechanical/electrical infrastructure upgrades to meet current code requirements. The new building will accommodate various specialized outpatient clinics and healthcare programs.

Status: Construction got under way in September 2006 after the relocation of services to the new Alberta Children’s Hospital.

Major Players: Sahuri Hutchinson Brzezinski Architects Inc., architects; EllisDon, construction management.

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Royal Military College, Value: $40 millionLocation: Kingston, Ontario

Owner: Department of National Defence

Project Details: The project includes the complete upgrade of the mechanical systems for six buildings, which include both classrooms and laboratories, as well as exterior cladding. Dealing with the nuclear reactor located at the school is a major challenge.

Status: Construction under way. Project will continue until 2013.

Major Players: J.L. Richards, architect; EllisDon, construction manager.

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Science Building, University of Toronto Scarborough, Value: $33 million

Location: Toronto, Ontario

Owner: University of Toronto

Project Details: The 5,712 square-metre, four-storey laboratory building will include a 240-seat lecture theatre, open concept lab floors and growth chamber facility.

Status: Scheduled for completion in spring 2008.

Major Players: Moriyama and Teshima Architects, architect.

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Acadia University Redevelopment, Value: $30 millionLocation: Wolfeville, Nova Scotia

Owner: Acadia University

Financing: Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) $1.5 million.

Project Details: Construction of a 45,000-square-foot Biology Building and redevelopment of the 37,000-square-foot Patterson Hall, built in the 1920s.

Status: Under construction. The Biology Building is scheduled for completion in December 2007 and redevelopment of Patterson Hall will begin after that. The scheduled completion is the summer of 2008.

Major Players: Barrie and Langille Architects Ltd., Moriyama & Teshima Architects, William Nycum & Associate Ltd, and KWC Architects Inc., architects; EllisDon, construction managers.

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Douglas College – David Lam Expansion, Value: $26 million

Location: Coquitlam, British Columbia

Owner: Douglas College

Project Details: The project involves a three-storey, 105,000-square-foot expansion to the David Lam building. There will be 30 new classrooms on Levels 1 and 2, and offices on Level 3. The project connects to existing underground parking and creates new parking spaces for 120 cars as well as adding 5,000 square feet to the existing bookstore.

Major Players: CJP Architects Ltd., architects; Vanbots, contractor.

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Oscar Peterson Hall, University of Toronto Mississauga, Value: $26 millionLocation: Mississauga, Ontario Owner: University of Toronto

Project Details: The 11,000-square-metre project will accommodate up to 418 undergraduate students plus common dining facilities for all TTM residences.

Status: Phase VIII of student residences at the Mississauga campus. Scheduled to be completed in the fall 2007.

Major Players: Cannon Design, architect.

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Oliver Bowen LRT Maintenance Facility, Value: $30 millionLocation: Calgary, Alberta Owner: The City of Calgary

Project Details: The facility will be 20,449 square metres on a 19.5-hectare site. It will provide light maintenance and storage capacity to supplement facilities at Anderson and Haysborough. It will be able to inspect, maintain, service, store and dispatch 60 light rail vehicles. A future expansion will increase capacity to 108 vehicles. The project is targeted for a LEED silver rating.

Major Players: Stantec Consulting, architect; EllisDon, construction management.

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Whitney Block Systems Upgrade, Value: $30 millionLocation: Toronto, Ontario Owner: Province of Ontario

Project Details: The project involves upgrading the direct digital controls for the building, upgrading fire alarm systems, sprinkler systems and replacing HVAC piping. Exterior masonry on two sides of the building is being restored and the roofing is being replaced.

Major Players: L.E. Glazer Architect Limited/Atria Architects Inc., architect; Vanbots, contractor.

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Charles Jago Northern Sports Centre, Value: $30.75 millionLocation: Prince George, British Columbia

Owner: Northern Sports Centre Limited (University of Northern British Columbia and the City of Prince George)

Project Details: The project will include a three-court gymnasium with seating for 200, two indoor fields, an elevated 280-metre indoor track, an expanded fitness centre, two squash courts, 10 offices for coaches, a seminar room for coaching clinics, physiotherapy and strength training facilities and a connection to the trail network on Cranbrook Hill.

Status: Completion scheduled for September 2007.

Major Players: Consortium includes Giffels Design and Construction, NORR Ltd., Chernoff Thompson Architects and Western Industrial Contractors.

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Charles Fipke Centre for Innovative Research, University of British Columbia Okanagan, Value: $26 million

Location: Kelowna, British Columbia Owner: University of British Columbia

Project Details: The 6,500-square-metre facility will include a leading-edge computer lab, 300-seat theatre, classrooms and lecture theatres of varying sizes and both wet and dry labs.

Status: Scheduled for completion in early 2008.

Major Players: Kasian Architects and HMA Architects, architects; Stuart Olson, construction management.

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Pacific Sports Institute, Camosun College, Value: $23 millionLocation: Victoria, British Columbia Owner: Camosun College and Pacific Sport Victoria

Financing: Province of British Columbia $18.5 million; federal government, $11 million; capital campaign, $7 million.

Project Details: The first phase of the 13,000-square-metre facility will include a double gymnasium; human performance, sports science and technology and sports medicine facilities; fitness/wellness facilities; lighted, all-weather playing field; classrooms, meeting rooms and ancillary spaces.


Major Players: Cannon Design, architect; Farmer Construction, construction manager.

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St. Mary’s University Science Building Renewal Project, Value: $25.5 millionLocation: Halifax, Nova Scotia Owner: St. Mary’s University

Project Details: Modernization of 71,500-square-feet of research space, construction of 22,500-square-feet of new teaching space, office space and research labs.

Status: Under construction. Units 1 and 2 scheduled to return to service in 2009.

Major Players: Davison Seamone Rickard Adams Architects Inc., architect; Aecon, contractor.

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David Braley Athletic Centre, McMaster University, Value: $26 million

Location: Hamilton, Ontario

Owner: McMaster University

Project Details: The three-level, 130,000- square-foot building includes a double gymnasium, an indoor running track, four new squash courts, a fitness facility, high performance training area, sports medicine, academic space, meeting rooms and change rooms.

Status: Just completed.

Major Players: Garwood-Jones Hanham Architects, architect; Vanbots, construction management.

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Vancouver General Hospital Energy Centre, Value: $25 million

Location: Vancouver, British Columbia

Owner: Vancouver Coastal Health Authority

Project Details: The project involves construction of a three-storey, 40,000-square-foot Energy Centre at Vancouver General Hospital. The underground building will house a steam generating facility and related operational facilities to supply steam to buildings across the Vancouver General Hospital, BC Children’s and Women’s Hospital campuses.

Major Players: Bunting Coady Architects, architects; Vanbots, contractor.

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Union Gas Alliance, Value: $25 million (annually)

Location: Parts of Southern Ontario

Owner: Union Gas Limited

Project Details: Union Gas reduced the number of contractors it was using for installing its distribution network to create greater efficiencies and a closer working relationship with the contractor so they would perform in accordance with the company’s goals. Aecon was one of two contractors selected in 1999 and was awarded 75 per cent of the work available. It has added two new districts since.

Status: Ongoing contract.

Major Players: Aecon Utilities.

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Child Development Centre, University of Calgary, Value: $20.9 millionLocation: Calgary, Alberta

Owner: University of Calgary

Project Details: The 128,000-square-foot building will offer multiple child development opportunities with a

University Child Care Centre, Interdisciplinary Research, Family and Community Research and Clinical Services. The project will meet or exceed the LEED Platinum standard in design and operation.

Status: The project was completed at the end of 2006.

Major Players: Kasian Architecture Interior Design and Planning Ltd., architect; EllisDon, construction manager.

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University Centre, University of British Columbia Okanagan Campus, Value: $22 millionLocation: Kelowna, British Columbia

Owner: UBC Properties Trust

Project Details: This 75,000-square-foot building will become the student centre on campus with a cafeteria, multi-purpose room, theatre, pub and offices.

Status: Currently in the design-development stage. Completion is scheduled for January 2009.

Major Players: Stantec, architect and mechanical consultants; Bush, Bohlman & Partners, structural consultants; Falcon Engineering, electrical consultants; Sawchuk Developments Co. Ltd., construction manager, pre-construction services.

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Greater Niagara General Hospital Emergency and Ambulatory Care Services, Value: $21.4 millionLocation: Niagara Falls, Ontario Owner: Niagara Health System

Financing: Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care and Niagara Health System, $13.9 million each and Greater Niagara Hospital Foundation $7.1 million.

Project Details: Redevelopment includes a new 18,000-square-foot emergency department and a 17,000-square-foot ambulatory care centre. The new emergency department will be able to accommodate 65,000 patients a year.

Status: Completed in January 2007.

Major Players: Murphy Hilgers, architect; Dineen Construction Corporation, general contractor.

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Ontario Ministry of Health, 81 Resources Road, Value: $21 million


Owner: Ontario Realty Corporation

Project Details: The project involves construction of a new CL3 lab, the tenant fitup of CL2 lab and asbestos abatement. The base building will be receiving upgrades and a new exterior curtainwall will be constructed.

Major Players: NORR Limited, architect; Vanbots, contractor.

92Kettle Valley Distribution and Source Project, Value: $21 millionLocation: Kettle Valley, British Columbia

Owner: FortisBC

Project Details: The project involves the construction of a new substation in Kettle Valley, upgrades to the distribution system and installation of high-speed communication system. The system will improve system reliability in the boundary area by upgrading aged infrastructure. It will also address load growth and meet the capacity requirements in the area.

Status: The project will be completed in the fall 2008.

Major Players: FortisBC

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Student Residences Phase 2, University of British Columbia Okanagan, Value: $17 millionLocation: Kelowna, British Columbia

Owner: University of British Columbia

Status: Scheduled for completion in the fall of 2007.

Major Players: Raymond Letkeman Architects Inc., architect; JDL Construction, construction management.

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Big White Supply Project, Value: $20 millionLocation: Big White Village, British Columbia

Owner: FortisBC

Project Details: The project involves construction of a new substation at Big White Village and a transmission line that has been partially constructed along Highway 33. Additional improvements will also be made to the distribution lines at Big White Village, a ski resort near Kelowna.

Status: The project is scheduled for completion in December 2008.

Major Players: FortisBC

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The Max Gluskin House Expansion and Renovation, University of Toronto, Value: $15 millionLocation: Toronto, Ontario Owner: University of Toronto

Project Details: This 2,620-square-metre project will involve renovation to an existing Victorian house and construction of a new three-storey addition. It will involve a new entrance lobby,

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Highway 3 Reconstruction, Value: $16.3 millionLocation: Yellowknife, Northwest Territories

Project Details: Design and construction of a section of Highway 3 between Rae and Yellowknife, N.W.T.

Major Players: DRDC Construction Ltd. (Dogrib Resources Development Corporation and Ledcor Civil Group), design and construction.

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Centre for Biological Timing and Cognition, University of Toronto, Value: $15 million



Project Details: The 2,000-square-metre, three-storey building has laboratory and research facilities. Psychological research, primarily in the area of sleep cycles and circadian rhythms and their effect on learning, physical and mental health, will be the major focus.

Status: Scheduled for completion in summer 2007.

Major Players: Stantec Architects, architect.

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Varsity Centre for Physical Activity and Health, Value: $17.5 millionLocation: Toronto, Ontario


Project Details: Phase I included a 5,000-seat grandstand, a state-of-the-art artificially-surfaced playing field, an eight-lane track, change rooms, lighting and an electronic scoreboard. Later phases will include an air-supported bubble over the playing field for winter months, a four-storey building with teaching and training facilities and improvements to Varsity Arena. The total project is expected to cost about $75 million.

Status: The first phase was completed in November 2006 and the bubble will be installed in the spring of 2007.

Major Players: Diamond and Schmitt Architects Incorporated, architect; EllisDon, construction management.

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faculty and student offices and support space. Renovations to the original house will provide for new windows, wiring, lighting, heating and air-conditioning systems. The building will be used by the Department of Economics.

Status: Scheduled to open in spring 2008.

Major Players: Hariri Pontarini Architects.

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