September/October 2020 Addressing Market Capacity Securing Social License The Evolution of P3s SAFETY FIRST KEEPING WORKERS HEALTHY DURING THE PANDEMIC CELEBRATES 15 YEARS Contents SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2020 PROCUREMENT 30 The Evolution of P3s Public-private partnerships 8 Accelerated Construction continue to adapt to the ReNew Canada sits down needs of the Canadian with Infrastructure Ontario’s infrastructure market. Michael Lindsay to discuss By Mark Romoff the Government of Ontario’s Accelerated Build Pilot Program. By Andrew Macklin TRANSPORTATION 34 Traversing the Fraser GOVERNANCE One of Canada’s most controversial 10 Struggling for Funding megaproject replacements may Canada’s urban centres look finally have a resolution. for ways to fund infrastructure By Carroll McCormick as revenues plummet due to COVID-19. RESILIENCE By Andrew Macklin 18 38 Investing in Buildings Why targeted investments in public HEALTH AND SAFETY buildings could be the best bet 14 Keeping Everyone Safe for a resilient economic recovery. How the industry has come By Elliott Cappell and Ryan Ness together to share resources and best practices to keep everyone LEADERSHIP safe during the pandemic. By Andrew Macklin 42 Securing Social License How companies can take a LABOUR proactive approach to working with Indigenous communities. 18 Addressing By Ross Holden Market Capacity Understanding how labour TOP100 PROJECTS 30 trends in Canada could impact our ability to build infrastructure 46 Top100 in the years to come. Projects Update By Andrew Macklin Broadway Subway contract award, Grande Prairie 15th ANNIVERSARY Regional Hospital completion 22 The Evolution DEPARTMENTS of an Industry In celebration of our fifteenth 4 Editor’s Note anniversary, we look back Andrew Macklin on why at the biggest projects, policies, traditional rail may be making and priorities in the past a comeback in Canada. 15 years of Canadian public 5 Front sector infrastructure. Bird Construction acquisition, 14 38 By Andrew Macklin St. John’s hospital consortium 26 Cover Review 48 People & Events A celebration of all 90 issues. Appointments, announcements, 28 Fifteen Years Later company news, and event reports. Industry leaders share their 50 Closing Shot perspectives on the biggest Todd Latham reflects on changes in Canadian infrastructure 15 years of ranting and raving in the past 15 years. about Canadian infrastructure. View this year’s See photos of the Key Players Top100 report at and Owners Dinner at 22 top100projects.ca top100projects.ca/celebrate renewcanada.net September/October 2020 ReNew Canada 3 Editor’s Note THE REBIRTH OF RAIL? September/October 2020 Volume 18 Number 5 By Andrew Macklin MANAGING EDITOR Andrew Macklin t looks like traditional rail could more efficient access to the economic be making a significant comeback centres in downtown Toronto and GROUP PUBLISHER Todd Latham in Canada. the Pearson business area, while also I PUBLISHER Nick Krukowski It started with the announcement allowing regional economic hub growth ART DIRECTOR AND Donna Endacott that tens of billions of dollars would in cities like Kitchener-Waterloo and SENIOR DESIGNER be invested in the expansion and London. This is a similar scenario to ASSOCIATE EDITOR Simran Chattha modernization of the GO Rail Corridor the opportunity that presents itself with DIGITAL MARKETING serving residents of the Greater Toronto the project in the Pacific Northwest, Becky Umweni COORDINATOR area and beyond. Since then, three key improving transportation access to rail links have been discussed that could major centres while promoting economic EVENT MANAGER Natasha Mawji change the transit landscape in Canada: growth in additional stops along the CONTRIBUTORS Elliott Cappell, Ontario’s proposed high-speed rail link way. But the Toronto-Windsor project Ross Holden, Todd Latham, Carroll McCormick, from Toronto to Windsor, the new ultra- also presents an opportunity to improve Ryan Ness, Mark Romoff high-speed corridor from Vancouver housing affordability, giving people who Nick Krukowski ADVERTISING to Seattle, and the recently-announced work in Toronto the chance to potentially nick@actualmedia.ca Calgary-Banff rail project. buy housing in a less expensive market ADVISORS Nick Reid, James Sbrolla In addition, we’ve also heard from and commute to the office. VIA Rail during that time about the The Calgary-Banff project also has a potential for high-frequency service housing hook, as Banff is unable to add along the Toronto-Ottawa-Montreal- additional accommodations, making it Quebec City corridor, and the rail near impossible for service workers to ReNew Canada is published six times a year by Actual Media Inc. service leading to Churchill, Manitoba live there, but also makes a case from has been repaired. the tourism perspective. Instead of High-speed rail is already established having to rent a car to get to Banff, the 150 Eglinton Ave. E, #806, Toronto, ON M4P 1E8 Phone: 416-444-5842 in other global jurisdictions, like Europe train would allow for easier day trip Subscription/customer services: 416-444-5842 ext. 7 and Asia, but Canada has been slow to access to the community. join the party. The established links are And we have already seen the benefits providing rapid service from city centres of expedited rail access from city centre to airports, outlying communities, and to the airport with the opening of the business hubs. The business model has Union-Pearson Express a few years been established thanks to existing buy- ago. Cities with airports well away from in to rail use in many of those countries. the city centre can use rail to avoid And that’s the likely reason why automobile congestion and provide Canada, and our neighbours to the faster travel times, similar to what is south, have been slow to develop high already in use in cities like Stockholm. speed and high frequency rail assets. 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ReNew" are Trademarks of Actual Media Inc. isn’t serving a singular purpose across all proposed projects. The case for the Andrew Macklin is the managing Toronto to Windsor project in Ontario editor of ReNew Canada. centres around business, providing andrew@actualmedia.ca Join the conversation. Search “ReNew Canada” on LinkedIn. Undeliverable mail return to: For daily news and discussion, visit 150 Eglinton Ave. E, #806, Toronto, ON M4P 1E8 @ReNewCanada /ReNewCanada Canadian Publications Mail Product Sales Agreement 40854046 ISSN 1715-6734 4 ReNew Canada September/October 2020 renewcanada.net ABOUT THE COVER Front Implementing new safety measures on jobsites is crucial in order to keep construction going during the pandemic. Learn more on page 14. N.S. BREAKS GROUND ON TRANS-CANADA HIGHWAY PROJECT The Quebec Ministry of Transportation has selected a consortium to rehabilitate the 1.5-kilometre Louis-Hippolyte- Lafontaine tunnel in Montreal. The $1.143 billion design-build-finance contract has been ACCELERATED awarded to Renouveau La Fontaine, which consists of three companies: a 50-50 joint venture between France-based Vinci subsidiaries Eurovia and Dodin Campenon Bernard and Quebec- BUILDS COMING based Pomerleau. The rehabilitation work aims to improve tunnel safety, optimize TO ONTARIO traffic, and promote car-sharing and public transport. The work he Ontario government announced that a new long- will be carried out between early 2021 and July 2025 and will term care home will be built at Lakeridge Health’s include the following: Ajax Pickering Hospital site. The project is part Tunnel: Repairing the structure; installing new fire protection T of the province’s Accelerated Build Pilot Program, which facings; landscaping and architectural finishes; modernizing all will work to build new facilities like this one in months electrical, electromechanical, and supervisory infrastructure; and, rather than years. By working with Lakeridge Health and deploying new technologies to increase operator and user safety. Infrastructure Ontario, the province intends to build up to Access roads: Widening the A20 motorway with the addition of 320 new long-term care beds by 2021 at this site. a new bus and car-sharing lane, as well as rehabilitating 25 km of The pilot program is part of the government’s plan to create pavement (on the A25 and A20), and an interchange. new long-term care beds across the province that include The financing package includes a bank loan from a syndicate of features such as air conditioning and private or semi-private five Canadian banks and a Japanese bank. The federal government rooms, beginning immediately. will contribute $427 million to the project while the cities of Details about the new project were provided today by Montreal and Boucherville are contributing $3 million and $1.1 Premier Doug Ford who was joined by Dr. Merrilee Fullerton, million, respectively. Minister of Long-Term Care, Sharon Cochran, chair of the The tunnel was opened in 1967 and is the longest underwater Lakeridge Health Board of Trustees, John Henry, regional structure in Canada, covering a distance of 1.5 km beneath the chair and CEO for the Regional Municipality of Durham, and Saint-Lawrence River.
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