RC125 JulyAug 2026 - Magazine - Page 14
PROJECT DELIVERY
CANADA’S FLEETS
ARE COMING HOME
Federal marine projects are a different class of infrastructure by Douglas McNeill
ANADA IS INVESTING at scale in new vessels for the
Royal Canadian Navy, the Canadian Coast Guard,
and the federal port system. As those 昀氀eets
approach delivery, attention is increasingly turning
to the shore infrastructure that will support them.
In many cases, the cost planning frameworks used
to estimate that infrastructure, were developed for landbased assets, not marine works—and the implications of
that mismatch are now emerging across federal programs.
C
Douglas McNeill
is a Director with
Turner & Townsend.
14—RENEW CANADA – JULY/AUGUST 2026
Generational 昀氀eet renewal is underway across Canada’s
federal marine estate. Through the National Shipbuilding
Strategy, new Arctic and O昀昀shore Patrol Ships are already
in service, with Joint Support Ships and Canadian Surface
Combatants to follow. The Canadian Coast Guard is
renewing its own 昀氀eet, while federal ports are being recapitalized on both coasts and in the Arctic. Each of these
programs carries its own mandate, business case, Treasury
Board submission, and political context.
MCPL CHRIS WARD, IMAGING SERVICES, CFB
ESQUIMALT (DND-MND CANADA)
A jetty estimate (CFB Esquimalt pictured) is not simply an
estimate of a structure; it is an estimate of infrastructure
configured to support a defined set of vessels.
