TORONTO — Aecon Group has announced it has been awarded three contracts, in Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia, worth an aggregate value of $690 million. Aecon’s share of the projects is valued at $420 million.
In Ontario, the firm has also been awarded a contract (100 per cent share) by NOVA Chemicals for the Area 100/200 Mechanical and Piping Installation in the Sarnia-Lambton region, stated a Dec. 17 release. The scope of work includes structural steel erection and piping.
Construction is expected to commence in the first quarter of 2020, with expected completion in the third quarter of 2021.
In Alberta, SA Energy Group, a 50/50 joint venture between Aecon and Robert B. Somerville Co. Limited, has been awarded a contract by Trans Mountain Corporation to undertake pipeline construction on Spread 1 of the Trans Mountain Expansion Project. The scope of work includes construction of 49 kilometres of pipeline around Edmonton.
Construction started in the fourth quarter of 2019 and substantial completion is expected by the end of the third quarter in 2020.
SA Energy Group was also previously selected to execute pipeline construction on Spreads 4B and 6 near Clearwater, Alta. and Chilliwack, B.C.
The British Columbia contract is for the Highway 91/17 Upgrade Project.
Pacific Gateway Constructors, a consortium comprised of Ledcor (40 per cent), Aecon (35 per cent) and BEL Contracting (25 per cent), was awarded the highway contract by the British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure for work in Delta. The scope of work includes the design and construction of improvements to the existing Highway 91 at Nordel interchange, the Highway 91 Connector at Nordel Way, and the Highway 91/17 Connector.
Construction is expected to commence in the first quarter of 2020, with expected completion in 2023.
Looks like Aecon will manage to pick up many of those 9,000 workers that Trudeau claimed who were going to lose jobs.