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A $289 million contract for the Wuskwatim Generating Station’s general civil construction work has been awarded to the O’Connell-Neilson-EBC Partnership.
WINNIPEG
A $289 million contract for the Wuskwatim Generating Station’s general civil construction work has been awarded to the O’Connell-Neilson-EBC Partnership.
A Letter of Intent to award the contract was issued by Manitoba Hydro at the end of September and the contract was officially concluded recently.
The consortium consists of managing partner H.J. O’Connell Construction Ltd., whose project office is in St. John’s, Newfoundland; Neilson Inc. from Saint-Nicholas, Quebec; and EBC Inc. from L’Ancienne-Lorette, Quebec. Under the Wuskwatim Power Limited Partnership (WPLP), Manitoba Hydro manages the project, including the tendering process.
The general civil work remaining at Wuskwatim entails building the earth dams and dykes, the concrete structures that comprise the generating station itself, as well as rock excavation, maintaining roads and cofferdams.
In addition, the consortium will be responsible for supplying and installing the powerhouse walls, roof, and superstructure steel. A key feature of the contract is a schedule that advances the in-service date of the generating station to 2011.
Since the start of construction at Wuskwatim in 2006, a 48 km access road has been constructed. The upstream containment dyke and the stage one upstream and downstream cofferdams have been completed.
Starting at the end of 2007, 600,000 cubic metres of overburden and 450,000 cubic metres of rock have been excavated to date for the powerhouse and spillway structures and channels. The site’s infrastructure—including power line, communications, camp, offices, and associated sewer and water—are complete.
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