Project name :

Chute Allard and Rapides-des-Coeur Generating stations

Client :

Hydro-Québec

Location :

St. Maurice River, QC, Canada

Chute Allard and Rapides-des-Coeur Generating Stations

Our team has worked with Hydro-Québec on this project in many ways. First, we performed impact assessments prior to construction authorization and a sectoral study of the bank geomorphology and dynamics created by future developments. Later, we provided detailed engineering of the ancillary services for the facilities. This included preparing equipment design notes and detailed working drawings for auxiliary electrical and mechanical systems.

Project name :

Coleson Cove Refurbish

Client :

NB Power

Location :

Saint John, NB, Canada

Coleson Cove Refurbish

Coleson Cove is the largest power generating station in Atlantic Canada. To extend to 2030, our team was brought in to help with the addition of new equipment and other modifications. Before starting the upgrades, we helped our client figure out cost and risk, the schedule, technology and their contracting strategy. The services we provided for this ambitious project were project and engineering management, cost control, scheduling and procurement. Also included were engineering and technical services for the design, construction, and commissioning of the project.

Project name :

Keystone Pipeline

Client :

TransCanada Pipelines

Location :

AB, Canada to IL, United States

Keystone Pipeline

This crude oil pipeline is approximately 1,833 miles long, starts in Alberta and ends in Illinois, after crossing North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri. Our team began work on the project with route selection and execution planning. We were later chosen as prime consultant for the U.S. portion of the project, and managed all regulatory, engineering and land acquisition activities. We also put together a team of consultants to manage the project through the construction of the Keystone Pipeline System.

Project name :

Mount Miller Wind Park

Client :

Northland Power - 3Ci Énergie Éolienne

Location :

Murdochville, QC, Canada

Mount Miller Wind Park

Our team helped this client create a new wind park that generates 54 MW of electricity from 30 Vertas wind turbines. We performed an integration study for the high-tension network, provided assistance in ensuring market technical and economic clauses were respected and verifyied that technical documents were market-compliant. We also provided assistance during the construction of the park and its implementation.

Project name :

Outaouais Converter Substation

Client :

ABB / Hydro-Québec

Location :

Gatineau, QC, Canada

Outaouais Converter Substation

Transforming alternative current into direct current and back all at the same location is a first for Hydro Québec and Hydro One. The advantage is that either can buy or sell energy during times of high demand in Ontario or Quebec. Our team provided a wide range of services, including design notes relating to the building (including the civil, structural, electrical and mechanical building systems), the converter station auxiliary services, the outdoor high voltage civil, structural and electrical design and installations. The substation began full operation in June, 2009.

Project name :

Shawinigan Dam Complex

Client :

Hydro-Québec

Location :

Shawinigan, QC, Canada

Shawinigan Dam Complex

Due to the age of this facility (originally commissioned in 1914), Hydro-Québec decided to upgrade the plant. The complex has eight turbine-alternator groups, and our team was contracted to conduct preliminary project studies and provide detailed engineering services covering most aspects of the plant. This included design and production of drawings and specs for the supply, installation and construction of equipment and systems, managing engineering works and coordination with sub-contractors and between different specialties and manufacturers.

Project name :

TransGas de Occidente

Client :

TransCanada Pipelines

Location :

Mariquita to Cali, Colombia, South America

TransGas de Occidente

Part of Colombia's national gasification plan, the project consisted of 214 miles (344 kilometers) of 20-inch main transmission line to supply gas to the City of Cali, including the Thermovalle power generation facility and 335 miles (540 kilometers) of small diameter laterals to serve 47 communities in the Cauca Valley. Our team, in a strategic alliance with Fugro International, provided assistance in the development and review of issues such as route deviations, shared right-of-way concerns, crossing designs, mapping and pipe cover depth. We oversaw all right-of-way reinstatement work, and developed right-of-way reinstatement specifications using an innovative combination of traditional Colombian techniques and new technology.