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RAIL
GO Expansion
– Off-Corridor
$619 MILLION
The Off-Corridor Works package is one of the three packages of work through
which the GO Rail Expansion program is being delivered. The Existing Stations Renovations project forms the majority of the Off-Corridor Works package and will involve
improvements at existing multi-modal stations along the Lakeshore West, Milton,
Barrie, Kitchener, Lakeshore East, Stouffville, and Richmond Hill GO Rail Corridors. The
comprehensive goal of the Off-Corridor program is to improve multi-modal station
access across GO Transit to support forecasted ridership growth, as well as provide
more local service integration with subways, streetcars, LRTs, buses, etc.
HYDRO-QUÉBEC
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HYDROELECTRIC
Rapide-Blanc Generating Station
Refurbishment Project
$613 MILLION
The Rapide-Blanc generation station is located on
the Saint-Maurice River, 66 kilometres north of La Tuque,
Québec. The station’s initial construction began in 1930 and
was completed in 1934. All of the six units will be replaced.
Four of the existing turbines were installed in 1934, which
means by the time the project is complete those units will
have been in service for 90 years. The contract for the new
units calls for a complete replacement of removable turbine
and generator parts, the refurbishment of all embedded
components and installation of digitally controlled governor
units. The new units will also be more efficient and allow
production of approximately 10 per cent more energy with
the same amount of water. The components will be designed
to last at least 70 years. The site work and assembly will
begin in 2021 and, after commissioning, the contract is
expected to be completed by the end of 2025.
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2023 Rank: 87
Location: Rapide-Blanc, Que.
Owner: Hydro-Québec
Contractor: Voith (installation of new turbines, generators, and digital governors,
as well as the refurbishment of embedded turbine components)
Engineer: WSP (design); EXP (design); AECOM
Other Key Players: Englobe; HKA (management consultant)
Funding: Public
Substantial Completion: 2026
WATER/WASTEWATER
Lake Manitoba and Lake St. Martin
Outlet Channels Project
$600 MILLION
In 2011, southern Manitoba experienced widespread flooding and Lake Manitoba experienced excessively high inflows through the Waterhen River, Whitemud
River, and the Portage Diversion. Construction of the Lake Manitoba and Lake
St. Martin Outlet Channels Project (Outlet Channels Project) will enhance flood
protection to the surrounding area and help to strengthen Manitoba’s existing
network of flood mitigation infrastructure. The $600 million flood protection
Project consists of a 24.6 kilometre long channel from Lake Manitoba and a
23.6 kilometre long channel from Lake St. Martin. The Lake Manitoba outlet
channel includes an inlet at Lake Manitoba and outlet at Lake St. Martin, a
new water control structure with a bridge and three new bridge crossings over
the outlet channel. The Lake St. Martin outlet channel includes an inlet at Lake
TOP100PROJECTS.CA
2023 Rank: 86
Location: Greater Toronto-Hamilton Area, Ont.
Owner: Metrolinx
Concept Design: 4TRANSIT JV (Parsons, WSP & Hatch)
Other Key Players: Parsons (systems work); Golder-a WSP company
(geotechnical services); Deloitte, Comtech (project management services);
AECOM (engineer-technical); Wood E&I (WSP) (environmental engineer);
Arcadis-IBI Group; LEA Consulting (engineer-consulting & structural);
R.V. Anderson Associates Ltd.; Turner & Townsend (project controls);
E.S. Fox; Morrison Hershfield (design services); AGAT Labs; A.W. Hooker
(cost consultant)
Legal: Borden Ladner Gervais (for the owner); Dentons; Torys
Funding: Public
Substantial Completion: 2025
2023 Rank: 88
Location: Interlake, Man.
Owner: Government of Manitoba
Contractor: Multiple (TBD)
Engineer: Hatch; KGS Group; Tetra Tech
Environmental Services: Stantec; North/South Consultants Inc.; WSP Global
Inc.; and Magellanicum Ecological Services
Other Key Players: Dillon Consulting (preliminary design and construction
inspection services)
Funding: Public
• Federal: $247.5 million
• Provincial: $352.5 million
Substantial Completion: 2028
St. Martin and outlet at Lake Winnipeg, a new water control structure with a
bridge, as well as the necessary Manitoba Hydro infrastructure to power the
control structure.
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