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Cape Breton Regional
Hospital Expansion
$700 MILLION
The project—a major component of the CBRM
Healthcare Redevelopment Project—a new Clinical
Services Building that will house a new, larger
emergency department, critical care department,
more inpatient beds, surgical suites, maternal/
newborn services, and a cardiac catheterization
lab, and a new Energy Centre. Construction is
underway on the Energy Centre and Cape Breton
Cancer Centre.
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2025 Rank: 94
Location: Sydney, NS
Owner: Build Nova Scotia
Project/Construction Manager:
Pomerleau Lindsay Health Care Partners
Other Key Players: Cannon Design;
EXP, H.H. Angus & Associates Limited
Consulting Engineers; ERA Architects, Kazian
(planning design & compliance services); A.W.
Hooker Associates Ltd. (independent certifier);
Aon (insurance advisor); Hanscomb (cost
consultant); Colliers Project Leaders
Funding: Public
Substantial Completion: 2028
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HEALTHCARE
HIGHWAY
Route 138
$696 MILLION
MTMD
The purpose of the Route 138
extension project is to link the
Basse-Côte-Nord communities together and with the rest of Québec.
The work is carried out in an area
featuring complex geographical,
physical, and environmental
conditions. Between Kegaska and
Vieux-Fort, about 400 kilometres
are not connected to route 138
and, consequently, to the rest of
the province.
2025 Rank: 95
Location: Kegaska to Vieux-Fort, Que.
Owner: Ministère des Transports et de la Mobilité
durable (MTMD)
Construction Phase I: Unamen Shipu (Innu
Meskanau)
Contractor: Tree clearing phases I and II: Unamen
Shipu Tree clearing Phase III: Gazon Savard
Other Key Players: Groupe Mobilité BasseCôte-Nord (Stantec and Tetra Tech); Englobe;
Norda Stelo; FNX Innov/Tetra Tech; AGAT Labs
(environmental assessment)
Funding: Public
Federal: $184.8 million
Provincial: $511 million
Substantial Completion: TBD
NEW
NL Adult Corrections Facility
Replacement Project
$693 MILLION
The new 395-bed facility will enhance
and expand the scope of correctional services currently provided by Her Majesty’s
Penitentiary and the St. John’s lockup;
include services for female residents as
well as a Health Services Unit and expanded Resident Program and Recreation
Services; and will include modern training
and wellness space for support staff and
correctional officers. In June 2025, ground
was broken on East White Hills Road at
the site of the new facility.
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Location: St. John’s, NL
Owner: Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
Consortium: New Avalon Corrections Partners
(NACP)
Developer and Equity Investors: Plenary Americas
and PCL Investments Inc. (Equity Investor)
Design-Builder: PCL/Marco, A Joint Venture (PCL
Constructors Canada Inc. and Marco Group)
Architect: Parkin
Service: Johnson Controls Inc.
Other Key Players: EY (advisory services);
Hanscomb (cost consultant); Entuitive
Legal: Fasken (lenders)
Funding: Public
Substantial Completion: 2029
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