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Site C Clean
Energy Project
$16 BILLION
The Peace River already has two large hydroelectric facilities (W.A.C. Bennett
Dam and Peace Canyon Dam) that rely primarily on the Williston Reservoir for
water storage. As the third project on the Peace River, Site C will rely on water
already stored in the Williston Reservoir. This means that Site C will generate
about 35 per cent of the energy produced at W.A.C. Bennett Dam, with only five
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Location: Near Fort St. John, B.C.
Owner: BC Hydro
DB(F)OM Team (Site C accommodation lodge): ATCO Two Rivers Lodging Group—
ATCO Structures & Logistics Ltd. and Bird Design Build Construction Inc.
Contractor: Peace River Hydro Partners—ACCIONA Infrastructure Canada, and
Samsung C&T Canada (main civil works construction)
AFDE Partnership—Aecon, Dragados, Flatiron, EBC (spillways civil works)
Allteck Line Contractors Inc. (transmission line, Site C to Peace Canyon generating
station)
F&M Installations Ltd. (substation construction, balance of plant-electrical)
Mitchell Installations Ltd. (balance of plant-mechanical)
Engineer: Klohn Crippen Berger and AtkinsRéalis (engineering and design - dam
and reservoir); Tetra Tech; BGC Engineering; WSP; R.F. Binnie & Associates; Lasalle
| NHC (engineering and design-other); Associated Engineering (owner’s teamdesign); Wood (WSP) (environmental & materials tester)
Environmental Services: Golder (WSP) (EA and permitting, archaeology,
agriculture, fisheries and aquatics, socio economics); Pathfinder Endeavours Ltd.;
Keystone Wildlife Research Ltd.; McMillen; RWDI Air Inc.; Knight Piésold; Industrial
Forestry Service Ltd. (environmental and regulatory work); Stantec (project review
for EA authority); Hemmera
Other Key Players: WSP (Hwy. 29 bridge-design), Wood (WSP) (Hwy. 29 bridgegeotechnical design); AL Sims and Sons (road improvements); Aon, INTECH (risk
advisor); BTY Group (cost consultant); Hatch (environmental permitting); KPMG
(lead commercial advisor); McElhanney (engineer, materials testing, environment,
and survey); McMillen Jacobs Associates (dam/tunnel analyses: design of tunnel
support); Morgan Construction and Environmental (north bank); Paul Paquette &
Son’s Contracting (south bank); Kasian Architecture Interior Design and Planning
Ltd.; ATCO Two Rivers Lodging Group (worker accommodation lodge); Paul
Paquette and Son’s Contracting Ltd. (south bank clearing); Morgan Construction
and Environmental Ltd. (north bank site preparation); Englobe (quality assurance
services); Colliers Project Leaders; AGAT Labs; Hanscomb (cost consultant);
Deloitte (risk advisor); HKA; EY (management consultant); Accenture (project
manager); E.S. Fox
Suppliers: Voith Hydro (turbine and generator); ATB Riva Calzoni Hydro Canada Inc.
(hydromechanical equipment); Advanced Precast
Legal: Dentons (owner’s counsel); Borden Ladner Gervais (legal advisor); Bennett
Jones (acted for successful proponent); Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel LLP
Substantial Completion: 2025
Funding: Public
per cent of the reservoir area. Construction on Site C began in July 2015. The
project remains on-track to have all six generating units in-service by 2025. In
2024, the first of six generating units on the project came into operation, and the
reservoir was safely filled, with the water level at the dam site increasing by about
43 metres.
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