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TORONTO—Burns & McDonnell was recently awarded a contract for Hydro One to provide construction program management services during the next five to seven years.
Burns & McDonnell, a professional engineering, procurement, and construction management services firm, will focus on enhancing Hydro One’s construction management tools and processes required to effectively oversee investments to the transmission grid throughout the province.
The program management will consist of a comprehensive suite of services, including project controls, scheduling, budgeting, estimating and quality assurance. More efficient planning and project management tools will improve the project delivery and ultimately benefit all Ontario ratepayers.
"We are pleased to have selected Burns & McDonnell to work with us to optimize our construction project delivery," said Brad Bowness, Hydro One construction services vice-president. "Ultimately every ratepayer in Ontario benefits when we can deliver additional value through more efficient planning, project management and overall capital work execution."
"Burns & McDonnell has maintained a solid reputation as a trusted and reliable partner to major North American utility companies and throughout the world. We are thrilled at the opportunity to utilize our expertise to further expand our profile in Canada," said Greg Graves, Burns & McDonnell chairman and CEO.
With an office in Calgary and dozens of project sites across the country, Burns & McDonnell is expanding its presence in Canada with a new office opening in Toronto. Within just the last five years, the firm has grown extensively throughout Canada, executing infrastructure projects totalling more than $5 billion.
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