TOP100 2023 Report - Report - Page 66
2023
73 Ontario Public Safety Radio Network $765 million
2022 Rank: 69
Location: Province of Ont.
Owner: Government of Ontario
Project/Construction Manager: Bell Mobility
Other Key Players: Motorola Solutions Canada; Williams Communications; Cartel Communications, Inc.; CIMA+; Entuitive
Funding: Public
Substantial Completion: 2023
The project aims to renew a radio network used by 38,000 frontline
and emergency responders over 750,000 square kilometres. The
contract to build the system’s land mobile radio network—which
includes core infrastructure, support antennas, servers, and data
centre equipment—was awarded to Bell Mobility Radio. It will also
provide first responders, as well as their dispatchers, with new radio equipment and consoles and provide network and radio equipment maintenance services for 15 years.
74 Great Plains Power Station $760 million
2022 Rank: 70
Location: Moose Jaw, Sask.
Owner: SaskPower
EPC Contractor: Burns & McDonnell
Other Key Players: PCL Industrial;
KMS Construction Ltd.;
Allan Construction; Soletanche Bacy Canada;
Quorex Construction; Innovative Piling Solutions;
Inland Concrete; Supreme Steel
Funding: Public
Substantial Completion: 2024
The Great Plains Power Station is the latest natural gas power
plant being constructed in Saskatchewan, following the successful completion of the Chinook Power Station in 2019. The
Great Plains Power Station is being constructed as a 350-Megawatt combined cycle plant, very similar to specifications of the
Chinook project.
In 2022, construction of the pilings, foundations, and underground installations was completed. As well, the steam turbine
and generator arrived, and the erection and insulation installations continued to support enclosing the building. Powerhouse
mechanical and electrical installations are also in progress.
75 Corner Brook Acute Care Hospital $750 million
2021 Rank: 71
Location: Corner Brook, N.L.
Owner: Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
(to be turned over upon completion to the Western Health
Regional Health Authority)
Project/Construction Manager: Corner Brook Care
Team—B+H Architects, Montgomery Sisam Architects,
Marco Construction
DBFM Team: Corner Brook Health Partnership—Developer
and equity member: Plenary Group, Equity member:
PCL Investments Canada Inc., Design-builder: PCL
Constructors Canada Inc., MarcoMechanical-electrical
Contractor: Cahill Group, Plan Group
Architect: B+H Architects, Parkin
Facilities Management: Johnson Controls
Contractor: Marine Contractors of Pasadena
(site excavation and grading); Brook Construction
(underground concrete water reservoir)
Engineer: WSP (structural & civil)
Other Key Players: Hanscomb (functional
programmer’s cost consultant); INTECH Risk
Management; EY (financial advisor); AGAT Labs;
Aon (risk advisor)
Legal: Torys (owner); Borden Ladner Gervais
Funding: P3
Substantial Completion: 2023
The new acute care hospital is a seven-story, 600,000 sq. ft. facility, which will be connected to the 145-bed long-term care
home, which was recently constructed.
76 Carillon Generating Station Refurbishment Project $750 million
2022 Rank: 72
Location: Saint-André-d’Argenteuil, Que.
Owner: Hydro-Québec
Design: WSP
Supplier: Andritz (turbines)
Funding: Public
Substantial Completion: 2027
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Hydro-Québec will invest $750 million to refurbish its Carillon
generating station, mainly to replace six generating units. Carillon generating station is a run-of-river power plant consisting of
14 generating units with a total installed capacity of 753 MW. Built
in the early 1960s, it is a key part of Hydro-Québec’s hydroelectric
generating fleet. The station is close to the greater Montréal area
and feeds power into the grid during peak consumption periods.
