Keeyask hydroelectric station project contract awarded

BBE Hydro Constructors LP (BBE) has been awarded a contract worth approximately $1.4 billion by Manitoba Hydro to build the Keeyask Hydroelectric Generating Station on the lower Nelson River in northern Manitoba.

MISSISSAUGA, ONT.

BBE Hydro Constructors LP (BBE) has been awarded a contract worth approximately $1.4 billion by Manitoba Hydro to build the Keeyask Hydroelectric Generating Station on the lower Nelson River in northern Manitoba.

BBE, consisting of Bechtel, Barnard Construction and EllisDon, is set to start construction later in 2014, subject to regulatory approvals, with the first power from the plant expected as early as 2019, with a target completion date of 2020. The station will include a seven-unit powerhouse complex, concrete spillway, approximately 2.2 kilometres of earth dam structures and 23 kilometres of earth dyke structures. The station will provide approximately 695 megawatts of capacity and produce an average of 4,400 gigawatt hours of electricity each year.