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CanadIans at WORk: 

50 International 

Infrastructure Projects 

2010 

Realize a World of Opportunity

Canadians at Work: 

50 International Infrastructure Projects 

PUBLIsHER todd Latham 

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an age of Innovation 

The world is changing. Growing populations are placing a strain 

on water and energy resources; our climate is becoming less 

predictable; much our infrastructure is reaching the end of its 

service life; and an increasing reliance on information technology has created a new set 

of challenges. 

Canada is responding to these challenges with improved technologies and solutions to 

help conserve the world’s limited resources, mitigate risks and manage our natural and 

man-made assets more effectively. 

Countries have been underinvesting in infrastructure for decades, and must now make 

sizeable investments to ensure global competitiveness and maintain acceptable levels 

of service. Adding to the pressure are new entrants on global trade, combined with 

population growth—a population with an increasingly higher standard of living. These 

factors have created an unprecedented need for new infrastructure in regions such 

as Latin America, India and the Gulf Cooperation Council, providing opportunities for 

Canadians to market their innovation and know-how. 

Cities around the world are looking to invest in infrastructure that will replace aging 

assets, and help address the growing issue of capacity. In the water sector, that means 

unique technologies to aid in water reuse. The fuel economy—especially oil and gas— 

is one of Canada’s major business sectors, and it provides great testing grounds for 

applications that address the huge amount of water and energy used by these industries. 

In the energy sector, it means technologies and concepts to develop the growing smart 

grid and manage demand, and to harvest renewable sources of power. 

In the building sector, from hospitals to private developments, the challenge becomes 

integrating these cutting-edge efficiencies into the design phase. Our engineers in 

particular have taken this challenge in hand and are working on holistic approaches that 

create not just green buildings, but smart systems. 

This edition of Canadians at Work features an article on our engineering sector, 

highlighting the expertise of Canada’s consulting engineers. The work they are doing in 

the pre-construction phase of projects to create more efficient overall systems is placing 

them on the cutting edge of the industry. For that reason, we chose to feature several 

projects in this year’s listing that are still in the pre-construction, or design stage. 

Other projects highlighted this year illustrate the growing trend towards smart, 

efficient, renewable infrastructure solutions. From geothermal power generation, to 

desalination plants, to intelligent transportation systems, waste-to-energy facilities, and 

district cooling plants, we’ve highlighted our capacity to create solutions to meet this 

century’s unique environmental challenges. 

The world is headed for leaps in innovation, the likes of which have not been seen in 

at least 50 years. Canadian companies have a major role to play. As populations grow and 

resources become less available, efficiency becomes a key element of any infrastructure 

project. Canadian companies, driven by capacity challenges, are developing innovative 

design and technology solutions. 

At EDC, our role is to encourage and support that innovation. To that end we have 

established a team of knowledgeable financing and insurance specialists to support 

Canadian companies selling in up to 200 markets around the world. Our products and 

services are as innovative and flexible as the companies we serve. We can work directly 

with the Canadian supplier or the foreign company that would like to buy their goods 

and services. We can help Canadian companies market to, invest in or grow their existing 

business in new markets or help those looking to invest here. And with our on-theground 

international representatives we can help you identify sales opportunities that 

are right for your company. 

This listing is a snapshot of the capabilities that Canadian companies are bringing to 

our changing world, companies that are working toward finding solutions to some of 

the world’s most pressing infrastructure challenges. 

Sincerely, 

Françoise Faverjon-Fortin 

Vice-President, Infrastructure and Environment 

Export Development Canada (EDC) 

Companies looking for opportunities to 

invest, trade or partner in Canada or sourcing 

goods and services from Canada may also 

find the trade Commissioner’s office helpful. 

For more information, visit infoexport.gc.ca/ 

eng/services-foreign-companies/offices.jsp 

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Table of CoNTeNTs 

AUSTRALIA 

Adelaide 

Desalination Plant 5 

BANGLADESH 

Bangabandhu Bridge 

Weigh-in-Motion 

Systems and Toll 

Collection system 5 

Padma River Bridge 5 

BRAZIL 

Salvador Low-Cost 

Housing Project 6 

CHILE 

Maule Hydroelectric 

Power Plants 6 

Stock Pile 

Cover Dome 6 

CHINA 

Shiman Highway 7 

COLOMBIA 

Marina Internacional 

de Santa Marta 7 

COSTA RICA 

Daniel Oduber Quirós 

International Airport 7 

CROATIA 

Feasibility Study for 

New Passenger Terminal 

Building, Zagreb 

International Airport 10 

CYPRUS 

Cyprus Intelligent 

Transport Systems (ITS) 10 

EAST AFRICA 

Study on the 

Interconnection of the 

Electricity Networks 

of the Nile Equatorial 

Lakes Countries 10 

seCToRs 

Energy Water/ 

Wastewater 



EL SALVADOR 

Landfill Gas to Energy 

Facility, Nejapa Landfill 10 

INDIA 

Allain-Duhangan 

Hydroelectric Project 11 

Bus Queue Shelters 11 

Chhatrapati Shivaji 

International Airport 

Expansion & Renovation 11 

Highway Toll and Traffic 

Management Systems 11 

JAPAN 

Japanese Company 

Retreat 12 

KAZAKHSTAN 

Almaty Shopping Mall 12 

LESOTHO 

Rural Water 

Supply Projects 13 

MEXICO 

Belenes Tank 13 

MONGOLIA 

Wastewater Processing 

Plant for Coca-Cola 13 

NICARAGUA 

Nejapa to Izapa Highway 

Rehabilitation Project 16 

NIGERIA 

The Blue Line 16 

NORWAY 

Alcoa Mosjøen Anode 

ANS Plant Handling 

System 17 

CTour-Produced 

Water Treatment 

System 17 

transportation Private 

development 

PERU 

Loreto Railway 

Project 17 

PHILIPPINES 

Barangay Mameltac 

Sanitary Landfill 18 

QATAR 

Al Warka Hospital 18 

RUSSIA 

Four Seasons 

Hotel St. Petersburg 18 

SAUDI ARABIA 

Jenan City 18 

SOUTH AFRICA 

JRA System 

Management and 

Design of Intelligent 

Transport System (ITS) 19 

SOUTH KOREA 

Halla Energy and 

Environment Biogas 

Upgrading Plant 19 

Installation and 

commissioning of 

Mode S MSSR 19 

TUNISIA 

Tunis Bay Financial 

Harbour 22 

TURKEY 

Once-Through 

Steam Generator, 

Altek Alarko Elektrik 23 

UKRAINE 

Aquapark Terminal 23 

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 

Palm District 

Cooling Plant – 

DCP4 23 

airport/Port Hospital Community 

Planning 

UNITED KINGDOM 

Wood Wharf 23 

UNITED STATES OF 

AMERICA 

Astoria Energy 

Center Phase I & II 24 

Biomass Gasification 

System, Oak Ridge 

National Laboratory 24 

Clearwater Dam 

Major Rehabilitation 

Project Phases 1 & 1b 24 

David H. Koch Hall of 

Human Origins, 

Smithsonian’s 

National Museum of 

Natural History 25 

Harvey Transportation 

Center Transit Signal 

Priority Project 25 

Infusion 

Development 25 

Kaiser 

Anaheim Medical 

Office Building 1 26 

LED Street 

Lighting and Network 

Controls Program 26 

Positive Energy 

Smart Grid Program 26 

Soda Lake 

Geothermal Project 27 

Water Main 

Rehabilitation 27 

FEATURE STORIES 

Engenius 8-9 

Reduce, Reuse 

and Recycle 14-15 

The Digital Age 20-21 

Public 

Building 

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AUSTRALIA 

Water/ 


A rendering of 

the water plant. 

adelaide desalination Plant 

Location: Adelaide 

Description: The AdelaideAqua consortium has a contract to design, build 

and operate this desalination plant which, when complete in 2012, will 

deliver 100 billion litres of clean water to the city of Adelaide each year. 

As part of a Hatch joint venture with Snowy Mountains Engineering Corp., 

the Hatch Group is undertaking the design for the intake/outfall structures, 

all site structures and civil works, and the energy recovery outfall system. 

BANGLADESH 

transportation 

Bangabandhu Bridge 

Weigh-in-Motion systems and 

toll Collection system 

Location: Sirajganj and Tangail 

Description: Two weigh-in-motion systems, along 

with a toll collection system, will be installed on the 

Bangabandhu Bridge over the Jamuna River. This will 

create a strategic link between eastern and western 

Bangladesh. 

Company: International Road Dynamics Inc. 

Company Involvement: Supplier, installation 

Total Project Cost: $1.1 million 

Status: Under construction 


Company: The Hatch Group 

Company Involvement: Engineering, 

consultant engineering 

Total Project Cost: $1.46 billion 


Padma River Bridge 

Location: Dhaka 


Description: When the 6.15-kilometre bridge is 

completed in 2013, it will be the largest in Bangladesh. 

It will help protect approach roads, toll booths, and 

maintenance yards from the erosive effects of one of the world’s 

most unstable rivers. NHC is responsible for all hydrotechnical issues 

related to the design of the bridge including morphology, field 

surveys, hydrology, affects of climate change, hydraulics, river impact 

studies, and design of river training works. 

Company: Northwest Hydraulic Consultants 

Company Involvement: Subcontractor, hydrotechnical design services 

Total Project Cost: $1.5 billion 


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Credit: The Hatch Group

Credit: Aluma Systems Concrete 

Construction (International) 

Credit: Dessau Inc. 

Teck Resources 

BRAZIL 

Public 

Building 

One of the My House, 

My Life structures. 

CHILE 

Energy 

The Melado River in the Maule Region of Chile. 

Private 

development 

The dome covers an operating stock pile of 

coarse ore at the Andacollo Copper mine. 



salvador Low-Cost Housing Project 

Location: Salvador, Bahia 

Description: Part of the government of Brazil’s 

massive My House, My Life low-cost housing program, 

this development will consist of approximately 90 

apartment buildings. Aluma Systems International 

is supplying formwork for the residential monolithic 

concrete construction. 

Company: Aluma Systems Concrete Construction 

(International) 

Company Involvement: Manufacturer and supplier 

Total Project Cost: Over $200 million 


Maule Hydroelectric Power Plants 

Location: Maule 

Description: Dessau Ingentra, a subsidiary of Dessau, 

will carry out the preliminary design study and detailed 

design of two mini hydroelectric power plants with a total 

capacity of 10-megawatts (MW) as part of the El Melado 

hydroelectric complex. They will make use of the water 

resources of the El Melado irrigation canal. 

Company: Dessau Inc. 

Company Involvement: Engineering and consultant 

engineering 

Total Project Cost: $25 million 

Status: Pre-construction 

stock Pile Cover dome 

Location: Andacollo 

Description: Triodetic supplied a 93-meter-diameter stock pile 

cover that will contain dust from mining activities. The tubular 

structure was designed and fabricated in Canada and shipped 

to the site at the southern tip of the Atacama desert in Chile. 

Companies: Triodetic (a division of Plaintree Systems Inc.), 

Teck Resources Ltd. 

Company Involvement: Triodetic (manufacturer, supplier), 

Teck Resources Ltd. (site operator) 




CHINA 

shiman Highway 

Location: Shiyan to Manchuanguan 

Description: The 107.9-kilometre expressway starts from 

Xujiapeng in Shiyan and ends in the border between 

Hubei and Shaanxi Province. SNC-Lavalin and Trow 

Global assisted the chief supervision engineer from 

Hubei Province and the engineers representatives to 

organize, manage and carry out supervision. 

Company: A joint venture between Trow Global and 

SNC-Lavalin 

Company Involvement: Trow Global (contract 

supervision), SNC-Lavalin (lead consultant) 


Status: Completed 2008 

COLOMBIA 

Marina Internacional de santa Marta 

Location: Santa Marta 

Description: Technomarine engineered and built 

floating docks for this 256-slip marina, which opened 

to traffic in September 2010. 

Company: Technomarine Manufacturing 

Company Involvement: Engineering and consultant 

engineering, architect, design/planning services, 

manufacturer and supplier 



COSTA RICA 

daniel Oduber Quirós International airport 

Location: Liberia 

Description: The project involves the design of a new multilevel 

international passenger terminal building and associated 

landside, airside and site services to replace the aging and 

capacity-constrained building. 

Companies: MMM Group Ltd., SCOTT Associates Architects 

Company Involvement: MMM Group Ltd. (engineering, 

consultant engineering, architect, design/planning, contract 

administration), SCOTT Associates Architects Inc. (architects) 





The highway under construction in 2006. 

airport/Port 

The marina before completion. 

airport/Port 

Outside of the Costa Rican airport. 


Credit: Trow Global 

Credit: Technomarine Manufacturing 

Credit: MMM Group Ltd.

Engenius 

Canada is the fourth largest exporter of consulting 

engineering services in the world—from 

traditional structural engineering to cutting-edge 

smart buildings, Canada has built its reputation 

on a strong base of research and professionalism. 

is one of the biggest 

exports for Canada because 

“Engineering 

investors in other countries look 

for innovation, and innovation is part of 

what Canadian engineers do best,” says 

CEO of Engineers Canada, Chantal Guay. 

Canada has built up its expertise 

and international client base thanks 

to strong federal support for research 

and development, a reputation for 

professionalism, and superior client 

management skills. Now that sustainable 

design and clean technologies are 

becoming more mainstream, Canadian 

engineers are able to use a collaborative 

approach to put a new spin on an old idea. 

As Brian Guthrie, principal, environmental 

management, at Canadian engineering 

firm Stantec, says, “Sustainable design 

is just creating efficient systems and 

services.” It’s a simple idea that Canadian 

engineering firms have understood for 

decades. 

It’s this basic understanding of 

sustainability and efficient design, in 

addition to an ability to tailor their 

approach to a client’s specific needs, that 



Canadian firm, 

LEA Group, 

worked on taking 

India’s Dhaka- 

Chittagong 

Highway from 

traffic jam (left) 

to quick commute 

(right). 

puts Canadian firms in demand. There are 

also more foreign-trained professionals 

working in Canada than probably 

anywhere else. “That’s another reason 

we do well,” says Peter Halsall, president 

of Canadian engineering services firm 

Halsall Associates Limited. 

Understanding the client 

Halsall says, “I think the firms that work 

well internationally are the ones who 

are good at client management—the 

Golders, the Hatches, they are in that 

class of engineers. They really listen to 

the client instead of just grinding out the 

same old, same old.” 

At engineering firm Read Jones 

Christopherson (RJC), contractors find 

it’s their willingness to modify designs 

to suit input from co-consultants, subcontractors, 

or other disciplines that leads 

to better constructability in the end. 

“Canadian firms also employ 

people from all over the world, which 

differentiates us from most countries,” 

says Halsall. “This allows us to develop 

connections outside of Canada, which 

means we are more likely to hear about 

opportunities outside of the country.” 

Halsall provides the example of the 

excellent relationship his firm has been 

able to cultivate with clients in Lebanon, 

thanks to an employee in their Toronto 

office who grew up in the country. “We 

wouldn’t have gone there without his 

experience in the culture,” he says. “It 

strengthens our client service.” 

LEA Group, a Canadian consulting 

engineering and urban planning venture, 

also utilizes its international staff to 

better serve its international clients. 

Chairman of Lea Group holdings, John 

Farrow, says his head office staff speak 

more than 40 languages and regional 

dialects between them. Farrow says one 

of the advantages to having a diverse 

staff is their willingness to relocate to 

another country for months at a time. 

“Our projects run for two years,” he 

says. “So it’s important that we’re able to 

recruit people who are willing to work in 

an international location for an extended 

period of time and are comfortable in 

that environment.” 

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Photos: Lea Group

Quality research 

The Government of Canada, through the 

National Research Council, has supported 

research and development in the 

engineering sector. Engineering giants 

such as Quebec-based SNC-Lavalin and 

Ontario’s Golder Associates were able to 

develop a high level of expertise in niche 

sectors, including hydro engineering and 

natural resources, due in large part to 

public-sector support. 

Halsall says the success of firms like 

his that export services internationally 

is based partly on federal support for 

building research. “On the building side, 

we had a pretty good research base, 

so we know a lot more about building 

performance than certain other firms, 

even in the United States. They didn’t 

have that scale of research.” 

Professionalism 

Canadian engineering firms have an 

international reputation for being really 

good at what they do. But Halsall says it’s 

not just a reputation. “The backbone of 

our industry is people who are world class 

in what they do.” He adds that the ethical 

standards to which many Canadian 

companies adhere are incomparable. 

Many Canadian firms take their 

responsibility to society and to be clientfocussed, 

but also scientifically rigorous, 

very seriously. 

Case by Case 

Disaster mitigation 

Engineers Canada’s Chantal Guay 

says, “Because Canada has so many 

different kinds of climates—up north, 

south, coastal regions—that makes us 

knowledgeable about climates around 

the world, and also capable of helping 

adapt infrastructure to the weather 

extremes we have been witnessing.” 

Beyond Canada’s experience with 

colder temperatures, its engineers 

have also dealt with the risk posed by 

earthquakes. 

Case in Point: Provincial bridge seismic 

engineer, Sharlie Huffman, was part of 

a Canadian earthquake reconnaissance 

team that travelled to Chile to assist 

with the inspection of damaged bridge 


structures as a result of an April 2010 

earthquake. At the time, Transportation 

and Infrastructure Minister Shirley Bond 

said, “The Canadian team of engineers 

will provide assistance and expertise to 

Chilean officials.” Showing the Canadian 

commitment to furthering expertise in all 

areas, Bond continued, “It will also serve 

as a critical opportunity to further expand 

our ministry’s knowledge about the 

effects of seismic activity on structures, 

and apply those best practices.” 

Canada is the chair of the World 

Federation of Engineering Organizations 

(WFEO). The WFEO has six committees, 

each one working on various issues, one 

of which is environmental sustainability. 

In line with Canada’s commitment to 

research and innovation, Engineers 

Canada and its partners have established 

the Public Infrastructure Engineering 

Vulnerability Committee (PIEVC). Cofunded 

by Natural Resources Canada 

(NRCan) and Engineers Canada, 

PIEVC is a major Canadian initiative 

looking broadly and systematically at 

infrastructure vulnerability to climate 

change from an engineering perspective. 

The Committee’s work, which has 

been internationally recognized, will 

result in the First National Engineering 

Vulnerability Assessment. 

Building Sector 

“Building research is an example of where 

we took buildings really seriously as a 

nation,” says Peter Halsall. It’s a sector in 

which Canadian engineers are building a 

strong reputation internationally. 

Case in Point: The LEA group has over 

1,000 staff operating out of India, with 

offices in 14 cities in India. Its staff in 

Bangladesh is currently supervising the 

design and construction of the Jatrabari- 

Gulistan Flyover project. It currently takes 

two hours to travel the 3.1 kilometres 

from Dhania, on the Dhaka-Chittagong 

Highway, to the capital’s Palashi’s 

Shaheed Zahir Raihan Road. 

Structural Engineering 

Canadian firms have built up capabilities 

through years of experience at home— 

experience that has built them a 

reputation that makes them attractive to 

international clients looking to replicate 

some of their successes. 

Case in Point: Last year, the Read Jones 

Christoffersen (RJC) structural engineering 

team launched an international division. 

Led by one of the firm’s principals, 

Gilbert Raynard, the team has worked 

extensively in the United States, and is 

now working in India. India is getting 

into more high-rise development, and 

Vancouver—where RJC is based—is the 

high-rise condominium capital of the 

world. “It’s not that Vancouver has the 

most high-rises,” says Raynard, “but 

the designs here are the most urbanfriendly. 

A lot of cities emulate our point 

towers (as opposed to long, rectangular 

towers).” RJC often teams up with 

Vancouver-based Rafii Architects. They’re 

currently working together on a mixeduse 

development in Mohali, a suburb 

of Chandigarh, India. RJC will do the 

preliminary design on these buildings 

and then meet with local design teams 

and explain how the detailed design 

should be done. They then stay in contact 

throughout the process, checking on 

construction at one or two critical points 

to make sure their original design is 

being carried out properly. 

Sustainable systems 

Sustainable systems, environmentallyfriendly 

infrastructure, and clean 

technologies are in demand around the 

world. Canada has one of the strongest 

consulting and planning industries in 

the world, with a particular expertise 

in building environmentally-friendly 

infrastructure and clean energy systems. 

Case in Point: Quebec-based consulting 

engineering firm GENIVAR has been 

involved in developing over one third 

of Canada’s wind energy capacity, and 

is passing that experience on to its 

numerous international clients. In 2008, 

GENIVAR worked with Investor-owned 

utility NorthWestern Energy on a study to 

simulate and assess wind power variability 

for various development scenarios in the 

State of Montana. The results include 

a projection of expected wind power 

variability resulting from various growth 

scenarios of the Montana wind energy 

industry; a demonstration of the effect 

on wind variability resulting from various 

regional dispersion scenarios; and an 

assessment of the impact on electric 

system reliability of these scenarios. 

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CROATIA 

airport/Port 

Feasibility study for 

new Passenger terminal 

Building, Zagreb 

International airport 

Location: Zagreb 

Description: This study determined the best 

means to finance and deliver upgrades to 

accommodate an annual growth rate of 10 per 

cent in passenger traffic. Potential was also 

identified to further optimize non-aeronautical 

revenue via retail and entertainment venues. 

Companies: SCOTT Associates Architects Inc., 

Patrick Martin, Airport Planning Consultant 

Company Involvement: SCOTT Associates 

Architects Inc. (master planning, environmental 

assessment, financial and economic analysis, 

development financing options), Patrick 

Martin, Airport Planning Consultant (financial 

analysis, social and environmental studies) 



EAST AFRICA 

Energy 

study on the Interconnection 

of the Electricity networks 

of the nile Equatorial 

Lakes Countries 

Locations: Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, 

Burundi, Congo DR 

Description: The pre-feasibility study, feasibility 

study, detailed design, and preparation of tender 

documents were all done for 610 kilometres of 

220-kilovolt (kV), 132 kV and 110 kV transmission 

lines and associated substations, including the 

upgrade to 260 kilometres of existing lines and 

substations, rural electrification, telecommunications 

and supervisory control and data acquisition. 

Company: RSW Inc. (through its 

subsidiary RSW International Inc.) 



Total Project Cost: Confidential 




CYPRUS 


A screen shot of the new system. 

Cyprus Intelligent transport systems (Its) 

Location: Cyprus 

Description: This will be the first national ITS system for Cyprus. 

Using a Geographic Information System (GIS) application which 

includes the Trans-European Network, part of a pan-European GIS, 

the systems will improve the capacity, efficiency and safety of the 

country’s urban and interurban transport networks. When complete, 

the roads agency will be able to manage its network in real time. 

Company: Delcan International Corp. 

Company Involvement: Engineering, consultant engineering, 

manufacturer, supplier, system integrator 



EL SALVADOR 

Landfill Gas to Energy Facility, 

nejapa Landfill 

Location: Outside of San Salvador 

Energy 

Description: This facility recovers and utilises gas 

emanating from the Nejapa landfill. Biothermica conducted 

feasibility studies at the site in April 2002 and was later responsible 

for the development, financing, construction and operation of 

the landfill gas collection system and flaring station, as well as the 

landfill gas power plant. This project made Biothermica the first 

Canadian company to generate carbon credits under the Clean 

Development Mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol. 

Company: Biothermica Energy Inc. (a subsidiary of Biothermica 

Corporation Inc.) 

Company Involvement: Development, finance, technology supplier, 

construction, operation, carbon credit monetization 


Status: Completed 2006, major interest sold April 2008 


Credit: Delcan International Corp.

INDIA 

Energy 

allain-duhangan 

Hydroelectric Project 

Location: Himachal Pradesh 

Description: This 192-MW run-ofriver 

project diverts a total flow of 

30.5 metres cubed per second (m3/s) 

from the Allain and Duhangan 

Rivers to a reservoir with a daily 

storage capacity of 310,000 cubic 

metres for peaking generation. 

Company: RSW Inc. (through its 

subsidiaries RSW International Inc. 

and ICCS) 


detailed design, construction supervision 



airport/Port 

Chhatrapati shivaji 

International 

airport Expansion 

& Renovation 

Location: Mumbai 

Description: As part of the more than 

$2-billion expansion and redevelopment 

of the Mumbai International 

Airport, redesign of the aviation fuel 

hydrant pipeline distribution system 

was required. This underground 

infrastructure system will supply aviation 

fuel to hydrants at each gate, facilitating 

the safe and efficient re-fuelling of 

aircrafts. The redesign has allowed for 

continuous system operation throughout 

demolition and new construction. 

Companies: Avi Eng International Corp., 

Jacobs Consultancy Canada Inc. 

Company Involvement: Avi Eng 

International Corp. (engineering, 

consultant engineering), Jacobs 

Consultancy Canada Inc. (lead 

consultant) 




Canadians at Work: 



Bus Queue shelters 

Location: Bangalore 

Description: This project involves the prefabrication and installation 

of 75 steel bus stop shelters. This purchase order was executed in two 

phases, prefabricated in Minaean International’s Mumbai plant and 

then shipped to and installed at the site. 

Company: Minaean International Corp. (through its wholly-owned 

subsidiary, Minaean Habitat India Pvt. Ltd.) 

Company Involvement: Design, engineering, supply, installation 

Total Project Cost: $544,000 



A new toll plaza. 

Highway toll and traffic Management systems 

Location: India 

Description: This traffic management and tolling system was 

implemented on three different highways in India: the Pochampalli 

Highway, the Farukhnagar-Jadcherla highway, the Tindivanam to 

Ulundurpet highway, and the Ambala-Chandigarh highway which has 

one of the highest traffic densities in the country. 

Company: IBI Group 

Company Involvement: Design, specification, software development, 

procurement assistance, installation supervision, integration, testing 




Credit: IBI Group

Credit: Unison Windows and Doors Inc. 

JAPAN 


development 

KAZAKHSTAN 


development 

almaty shopping Mall 

The low maintenance and strictly 

wood window and door system. 

The mall is made up of 

three retail levels. 

Location: Almaty 

Project Details: Located beneath Almaty’s Republic 

Square, the mall features glass roofs in a wave shape. 

Companies: Zeidler Partnership Architects, Jablonsky, 

Ast and Partners 



Company Involvement: Zeidler Partnership 

Architects (architecture, design), Jablonsky, 

Ast and Partners (structural engineers) 



Japanese Company Retreat 

Location: Karuizawa 

Description: Unison Windows & Doors 

worked closely with the University of 

British Columbia’s Centre for Advanced 

Wood Processing on a six-month 

research and development project 

establishing ways to successfully 

laminate high-resin ironwoods onto 

softwood components. Ipe, an extremely 

dense and durable ironwood, integrated 

with B.C. Douglas fir interiors, was used 

for exterior components, successfully 

avoiding metal or vinyl cladding. 

Company: Unison Windows & 

Doors Inc. 

Company Involvement: 

Manufacturer, supplier 




Credit: Zeidler Partnership Architects

LESOTHO 

Rural Water supply Projects 

Location: Lesotho 

Description: This large rural water 

and sanitation initiative will result 

in the implementation of 250 

water supply systems and up to 

30,000 latrines. 

Company: Cowater International Inc. 

Company Involvement: Project 

management, construction 

supervision, environmental 

management 



MEXICO 



A crew works on the water tank. 

Belenes tank 



Location: Guadalajara, Jalisco 

Description: This 10-year-old water tank in Mexico 

has never been used. In order to rehabilitate it, 

major resurfacing work will be done. 

Company: Kryton International Inc. 

Company Involvement: Manufacturer, supplier 




Credit: Kryton International Inc. 

MONGOLIA 



Outside the bottling plant. 

Outside a rural 

community in Lesotho. 

Wastewater Processing Plant for Coca-Cola 

Location: Ulaanbaatar 

Description: This new wastewater treatment plant will utilize 

the BioBatch Sequencing Batch Reactor technology. The process 

includes a two-train reactor arrangement to treat wastewaters 

from various beverages from a new bottling plant. Due to 

prolonged, severe weather conditions, the entire plant will be 

located in an insulated concrete vault to maintain optimum 

process temperatures. The plant will include built-in flexibility 

to increase the capacity from an initial flow-rate of 900 cubic 

metres/day to an eventual 1,200 cubic metres/day. 

Company: Napier-Reid Ltd. 

Company Involvement: Engineering, design, supplier 




Credit: Cowater International Inc. 

Credit: Napier-Reid Ltd.

nowhere have Canadian 

innovators made their mark 

more in recent years than in the 

area of water technology. Canada 

competes on innovation and niche 

technology that, in some cases, leads 

to lower cost solutions. Two major 

success stories are ZENON, developer 

of membrane technologies for water 

purification, wastewater treatment 

and water recycling, and Trojan 

Technologies, which specializes in 

the design, manufacture and sale 

of pressurized and open-channel, 

ultraviolet (UV) disinfection systems. 

Both companies, now owned by larger 

firms GE and Danaher, are recognized 

as global leaders in water treatment 

technologies. 

“Canada has a lot of expertise to offer 

in several areas,” says John Coburn, 

managing director at water investment 

firm XPV Capital Corporation. “When 

countries are buying Canadian, they’re 

buying world-class products.” 

Case by Case 

Water treatment 

Case in Point: Toronto-based UV Pure 

Technologies sees the global need for 

high-quality water as an opportunity. 

The company manufactures and develops 

ultraviolet drinking water systems. Its 

Crossfire technology incorporates two 

proprietary high-output ultraviolet (UV) 

lamps, with elliptical reflectors, that 

target pathogens with radiation from 

360 degrees, resulting in the highest UV 



Toronto-based Moriyama & Teshima worked on the Wadi Hanifah Restoration 

Project in Saudi Arabia—a groundbreaking naturalization that has revitalized the 

local water source. Pictured here is the Wadi Hanifah bioremediation facility. 

Reduce, Reuse and Recycle 

Canadian companies play a world-level game when it comes to water and wastewater treatment. 

dose possible to deactivate pathogens 

and provide safe drinking water. 

The Belvedere Winery in Sonoma, 

California, uses multiple Hallett 30s, 

outfitted with UV Pure’s Crossfire 

technology, to treat potable water for 

its tasting room and water used in the 

wine-making process. Another client, this 

time in Australia, uses the Hallett to treat 

greywater for irrigation. Rick Van Sant, 

UV Pure’s CEO, says Australia is its fastestgrowing 

market. The company is also 

seeing an increase in business in China, 

where the company is bringing clean 

water to the country’s hotel industry. 

UV Pure’s results are gaining attention. 

“We’re seeing more and more interest in 

strategic alliances from other significant 

global players that are looking to 

marry their distribution footprint with 

advanced technologies,” says Van Sant. 

Case in Point: Quebec-based H2O 

Innovation designs, develops, produces, 

and integrates custom-built water 

treatment systems for the production 

of drinking water, the treatment of 

wastewater, or for use in industrial 

processes. Recently, the company 

partnered with India’s Chembond 

Chemicals to create H2O India, selling 

solutions to the country’s industrial market. 

Case in Point: Ontario-based BIOREM 

designs, manufactures and distributes a 

comprehensive line of high-efficiency air 

emission control systems used to eliminate 

odours, volatile organic compounds, 

and hazardous air pollutants, especially 

in municipal and industrial wastewater 

applications. 

Case in Point: Ontario-based ENPAR 

Technologies Inc. applies its patented and 

proprietary electrochemical technologies 

to the treatment of wastewater and 

drinking water contaminated by metals 

or nutrients associated with the mining, 

metal processing, chemical, agricultural, 

municipal and waste management sectors. 

Water loss 

“By sending drinking water through 

aging infrastructure, we’re probably 

throwing away 40 per cent of the water 

we produce,” Coburn says. 

In fact, an estimated 1.7 trillion gallons 

of water are lost each year due to aging 

infrastructure in the United States at a 

national annual cost of US$2.6 billion. As 

a result, it’s estimated that over the next 

20 years, an investment of nearly US$500 

billion will be required to upgrade critical 

water infrastructure in North America. 

After going great lengths to clean and 

distribute municipal water, it seems a 

waste of money and effort to lose it. Fixing 

it, says Coburn, is a low-hanging fruit. 

Case in Point: The Pressure Pipe Inspection 

Company (PPIC), located in Mississauga, 

Ontario, has developed a technology 

that helps prolong the life of water 

infrastructure and deal with water loss. 

The company’s PipeDiver system provides 

accurate condition assessment of critical 

infrastructure, specifically detecting prestressing 

wire breaks that could lead to 

pipe ruptures. Compared to alternative 

methods of condition assessment, the 

solution offers a significant cost savings 

as the pipeline remains in service, 


Credit: Moriyama & Teshima

eliminating the need for de-watering 

and service shutdown. 

“The United States continues to be 

PPIC’s largest foreign market, but Mexico 

is growing extremely rapidly,” says Tim 

Farlow, PPIC’s controller. “We’re also 

currently working in Brazil, Hong Kong, 

the Phillipines and Saudi Arabia.” 

Design, build, manage, operate 

“Canadians know how to build and 

implement with high standards. That’s 

the key to our success,” says Brad 

Marchant, CEO of Vancouver-based 

BioteQ Environmental Technologies Inc. 

Case in Point: Stantec, headquartered 

in Edmonton, Alberta, has extensive 

experience with water supply, treatment, 

and distribution systems includes modelling, 

planning, testing, design, construction 

management, and operations consulting. 

The company has worked worldwide on 

more than 25,000 water projects involving 

supply, treatment, disinfection, residuals 

Emerging Expertise 

“One of the advantages we have in 

Canada is that we’re working with a 

changing environment. This puts us in a 

position where we have no choice but 

to have adaptable technologies and 

adaptable systems,” says Frédéric Dugré, 

president and CEO of H20 Innovation. 

The world is changing, too. Growing 

populations are placing a demand 

on water and energy resources, and 

Canada is responding with improved 

technologies to help mitigate the risk 

of overuse. The following companies 

represent some of the emerging leading 

edge solutions in the pre-commercial and 

recently commercial stages. 

Toronto-based EnviroTower provides 

a treatment solution that helps with 

demand destruction in light industrial 

markets. Instead of using chemicals to 

treat cooling tower water, EnviroTower’s 

solution employs an electrostatic 

technology to remove scale from cooling 

equipment surfaces and prevent future 

scaling, a filtration device that captures 

and discharges large particles released or 

created by the electrostatic device, and 


management, distribution, pumping, storage, 

and instrumentation and control. Stantec 

has provided water solution in countries 

including South Korea and the United States. 

Case in Point: Mississauga-based Hatch’s 

water division creates solutions to water 

supply, water and wastewater treatment, 

and water management challenges. 

The award-winning company designs, 

constructs, and commissions water 

systems, and specializes in the integration 

of the plant, its industrial processes and 

the surrounding environment. Hatch 

Water has worked in countries including 

Australia and the United States. 

Case in Point: BioteQ treats wastewater 

contaminated with dissolved heavy 

metals and sulphate, producing saleable 

by-products and clean water that can be 

discharged safely to the environment. 

The company also builds and operates 

commercial water treatment plants for 

resource companies, utility operators, 

a supplementary treatment program to 

control microbiological activity, corrosion 

and other factors. Applications have 

shown that big office buildings are 

saving about 5.5 million gallons of water 

per year. 

In Vancouver, Saltworks Technologies has 

developed its Thermo-Ionic desalination 

technology which harnesses renewable 

energy sources—dryness in the atmosphere 

and heat from the sun—to provide 

sustainable, low cost desalinated water 

with minimal environmental impact. The 

company has already seen interest from 

Australia and other water-poor countries. 

“It doesn’t take long to calculate that 

we’re going to have to reuse a lot more 

of our water,” says John Coburn, XPV. 

The fuel economy—especially oil and 

gas—is one of Canada’s major business 

sectors, and it provides great testing 

grounds for applications that address the 

huge amount of water and energy used 

by these industries. 

Calgary, Alberta’s FilterBoxx Water 

and Environmental Corporation has set 

its sights on developing a more efficient 

and regulators, working in countries such 

as Canada, the United States, Mexico, 

Chile, Australia and China. In April 2008, 

BioteQ commissioned one of its eight 

build and operate projects: a wastewater 

treatment plant at the Mt. Gordon mine 

near Queensland, Australia. In exchange 

for the capital, BioteQ receives 90 per 

cent of the recovered metals. 

Case in Point: Edmonton-based EPCOR 

Utilities Inc., named one of Canada’s 10 

Most Earth-Friendly Employers in 2008, 

builds, owns and operates water and 

wastewater treatment facilities and 

infrastructure. Recently, the company 

expanded into the United States with the 

US$35-million acquisition of the Chapparal 

City Water Company of Arizona, a public 

utility company engaged principally in the 

purchase, production, distribution, and 

sale of water to about 13,000 customers 

in the Town of Fountain Hills and a small 

portion of Scottsdale, Arizona. Regulatory 

approval is expected in 2011. 

process for steam assisted gravity 

drainage (SAGD) to remove bitumen 

deposits in Alberta’s oilsands projects. 

The company is developing a technology 

using ceramic membranes that will allow a 

high percentage of SAGD water recycling, 

but while the water is still at a high 

temperature. This will eliminate the need 

to cool the water before treatment, saving 

the energy it would require to bring it 

to steam again and reducing the carbon 

footprint of the traditional process. 

Water recycling and reuse extends 

beyond H2O recovery. Canadian 

companies such as Vancouver-based 

Ostara Nutrient Recovery Technologies 

Inc. are proving that products recovered 

from wastewater streams can be 

profitable for the economy and the 

environment. Ostara uses proprietary 

technology to remove polluting nutrients 

from wastewater and recycles these 

into a high value, environmentallysafe 

commercial fertilizer. The company 

has successfully scaled-up and recently 

commercially deployed its nutrient 

recovery technology. 

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NICARAGUA 


Location: Nicaragua 

Description: Phase I included a feasibility study, 

environmental impact assessment, and final 

design concept for 13 road segments between 

Nijapa D’Izapa and Puerto Sandino. Phase II 

involved the reconstruction of 22 kilometres of 

road between Nejapa and Santa Rita and 36 

kilometres between Sant Rita and IZapa. 

NIGERIA 


The Blue Line 

Location: Lagos 

Description: Although Lagos—African’s fastestgrowing 

city—is a mega-city (with a population of 

over 10 million), it has no rail mass transit system. 

The 37-kilometre Blue Line will be the first urban 

light rail transit line to be developed in Sub-Saharan 

Africa outside South Africa. The project is being 

developed as a public private partnership. 



nejapa to Izapa Highway Rehabilitation Project 

Company: Roche Ltd. Consulting Group 





A rendering of the light rail line. 

Company: CPCS Transcom Ltd. 

Company Involvement: Engineering, consultant 

engineering, architect, design/planning services, 

financial and economic analysis, transaction advisory 

Total Project Cost: Over $3 billion 



Credit: CPCS Transcom Ltd.

NORWAY 


development 


alcoa Mosjøen anode 

ans Plant Handling system 

Location: Oslo 

Description: The facility produces anodes for Alcoa’s Fjardaal 

smelter in Iceland and the Mosjoen smelter in Norway. Con-V-Air 

Inc. implemented a handling system allowing carbon dust to be 

moved from a different location within the plant to the storage 

silo where the anode paste is being produced. 

Companies: Con-V-Air Inc., Air-Therm Inc., Solios Environnement Inc. 

Company Involvement: Con-V-Air Inc. (manufacturer, supplier), Air-Therm 

Inc. (designer, manufacturer, and supplier of inlet air panel system and 

thermodynamic roof ventilators), Solios Environnement Inc. (supplier) 



PERU 

Loreto Railway Project 

Location: Loreto 

Description: Feasibility studies, preliminary and final engineering 

studies, as well as environmental impact studies are underway for the 

construction of a new 576-kilometre railway line that will link the 

cities of Iquitos and Yurimaguas in the north-eastern region of Peru. 

Dessau will also produce tender documents for the project. 




Ctour-Produced 

Water treatment system 

Location: North Sea 

Description: ProSep Inc. will supply a proprietary 

CTour-produced water treatment system for an 

offshore redevelopment project located in the 

Norwegian Continental Shelf. Designed to treat 

35,000 barrels of water per day, the CTour will 

retrofit an existing process to improve treatment 

capacity and remove dissolved hydrocarbons in 

produced water, allowing the producer to exceed 

strict overboard discharge regulations. 

Company: ProSep Inc. 

Company Involvement: Supplier 



A street in downtown Iquitos, Peru. 

Company: Dessau Inc. 






Credit: Dessau Inc.

PHILIPPINES 

Credit: Conestoga-Rovers & Associates QATAR 

The south cell of the landfill was made 

with a remolded clay liner system. 

Hospital 

al Warka 

Hospital 

Location: Doha 

Description: Soprema provided 

470,000 square feet of 

waterproofing materials for 

the roof of this 250-bed, 

seven-storey general hospital. 

Company: Soprema 





SAUDI ARABIA 

Jenan City 



RUSSIA 


development 

Location: Al Khobar 

Description: The design concept for this mixeduse 

development combines horizontally-massed 

low-rise buildings with seven towers, varying 

in height from 12 to 37 floors. This work/live 

environment is meant to create a model for 

future developments in the region. 

Four seasons Hotel 

st. Petersburg 

Location: St. Petersburg 

Description: The hotel occupies a building 

which local residents used to call “the 

house with lions.” The historical building 

in the centre of St. Petersburg now has 

180 guest rooms, two restaurants, a 

courtyard café, and conference halls. 

Companies: MMM Group Ltd., Four Seasons 

Company Involvement: MMM Group Ltd. 

(engineering), Four Seasons (developers) 



Company: NORR Group 

Consultants International Ltd., 

part of the Ingenium Group 


Architecture, engineering, 

interior design services 



Barangay Mameltac 

sanitary Landfill 

Location: La Union 

Description: This sanitary landfill 

was built to coincide with the 

closure of an existing dump located 

adjacent to the new landfill cell. It 

is the first fully engineered landfill 

constructed and commissioned in 

the Philippines. 

Company: Conestoga-Rovers & 

Associates 

Company Involvement: Design, 

engineering, operations (first year) 




development 

Jenan City will include 

hotel, office, and 

residential space. 


Credit: NORR Group

SOUTH AFRICA 


JRa system Management and design of 

Intelligent transport system (Its) 

Location: Johannesburg 

Description: As part of the preparations for the 2010 World Cup, a citywide 

ITS was developed. Slated for completion in late 2010, it includes 

a traffic signal management system, a traffic control and surveillance 

system for highways, and an advanced traveling information system to 

inform motorists of road conditions and other travel options. 

SOUTH KOREA 

Energy 

Halla Energy and Environment 

Biogas Upgrading Plant 

Location: Sudokwon 

Description: The plant will purify biogas produced from 

food waste, producing renewable compressed natural 

gas (CNG) to be used as vehicle fuel. Renewable CNG 

produced from the project will be used to fuel the City 

of Seoul’s fleet of low-emission CNG buses from an 

existing CNG station at the Sudokwon landfill site. 

Company: Xebec Adsorption Inc. 

Company Involvement: Designer, manufacturer 




airport/Port 

Johannesburg is using the ITS system to 

better manage its transit network. 

Company: Delcan International Corp. 

Company Involvement: Engineering 

and consultant engineering, 

manufacturer and supplier, system 

integrator 



Installation and Commissioning 

of Mode s MssR 

Location: Dong Gwang, Jeju Island 

Description: Through its subsidiary, Eldis Canada, Intelcan 

supplied, installed and commissioned the en-route 

Monopulse Secondary Surveillance Radar (MSSR) for the 

Korean Air Traffic Authority. The radar system covers air 

traffic in the south region of Jeju and provides surveillance 

data to both the Jeju and Incheon Air Traffic Control centres. 

Company: Intelcan Technosystems Inc. 





Credit: Delcan International Corp.

Smart technologies are 

redefining how city-wide systems 

operate and are managed. 

at the dawn of a new 

age of electrification,” says 

“We’re 

William Smith, VP of power 

generation at Siemens Canada. Canadian 

companies have always been at the 

frontier of new technologies—just think 

Blackberry. Now Canadian technology 

vendors are creating smarter, more 

efficient systems for urban spaces—and 

they’re excelling at managing the potential 

risks associated with this digital age. 

What is the smart grid? 

The smart grid is part of a design solution 

for energy systems. A smart grid delivers 

electricity from suppliers to consumers 

using two-way digital technology to 

control appliances at consumers’ homes 

to save energy, reduce cost, and increase 

reliability and transparency. It overlays 

the electricity distribution grid with 

information and net metering systems. 

Smith says, “Part of what’s great about 

smart grid is allowing users to connect to 

their chosen form of generation. Instead 

of generation following load, there will 

be a transformation. Load will follow 

generation.” 

Niraj Bhargava, president of Ottawabased 

Energate, says efficiencies are a top 



The Digital Age 

concern for his clients. Energate’s Home 

Energy Management Suite, including 

industry-leading smart thermostats, is 

empowering companies and consumers 

to take advantage of new technology 

to manage energy use, enhance 

convenience, and deliver comfort in an 

increasingly integrated world. (See page 

26 for details about Energate’s work in 

the United States). 

Efficiencies can be introduced at 

every point in the system. At the enduser 

stage, demand can be managed 

through automation, but electricity 

loss can also be lessened at substations 

and in the energy grid. Holger Ketterer 

with ABB Inc., a leader in power and 

automation technologies that enables 

utility and industry customers to 

improve performance while lowering 

environmental impact, says that if the 

company’s technologies are applied 

to the energy supply chain from raw 

fuel through end use, up to 30 per cent 

energy savings can be achieved. Ketterer, 

who heads up ABB’s transformer plant in 

Varennes, Quebec, says, “It’s not always 

about high-tech solutions—some of our 

solutions are very basic. But they work.” 

A 2010 report from market research 

and consulting firm Pike Research shows 

the smart grid services industry will bring 

in $4.3 billion over the next five years. 

The Canadian Electricity Association’s 

Devin McCarthy says where Canadians 

really lead the way in this new market is 

at an ideas level. Burlington, Ontario and 

Toronto have been some of the first cities 

to roll out time-of-use pricing—that’s due 

to the vision of leaders like Burlington 

Hydro Electric’s president and CEO Gerry 

Smallegange, who is leading the utility’s 

GridSmartCity initiative (gridsmartcity. 

com). “There may be opportunities to 

export knowledge,” says McCarthy. For 

example, Canadian utilities are moving 

aggressively to adopt distributed 

generation systems and demand response 

programs. 

Utilities 

Ontario’s Energy Minister Brad Duguid 

says, “We’ve been working hard to make 

Ontario a leader in smart technologies.” 

And they have. 

Hydro One is renewing Ontario’s 

electricity grid and introducing smart 

meters and time-of-use prices as 

management tools that put the power 

in the consumer’s hands. The privacy 


Credit: CUNY Sustainability Project

Commissioner of Ontario has named 

Hydro One’s smart metering program 

a gold standard in designing and 

implementing privacy standards across its 

advanced distribution system. 

Much of the technology to support 

smart grid is being developed outside 

of the utilities, with the exception of 

Hydro Québec, which is a recognized 

leader in research and development. 

The utility has developed Visilec, a tool 

to help consumers visualize their energy 

consumption. 

Water wise 

Smart grid includes more than electricity. 

Water utilities are helping manage 

energy more efficiently thanks to 

Canadian innovation. 

Case in Point: With offices in Toronto 

and Vancouver, Sempa Power is bringing 

smart grid technology—two-way 

communications systems that take place 

in real-time—to help the electricity 

market connect to the province’s water 

and wastewater treatment facilities. 

The company’s technology adjusts the 

manner in which water and wastewater 

treatment equipment (for example, 

large pumps and blowers) uses energy 

on a second-by-second basis. “Based on 

the water system’s capacity and inherent 

flexibility, adjusting the real-time 

electricity usage is achievable, without 

affecting the water treatment or the 

effective delivery of water to the enduser,” 

says Sempa’s Ron Dizy. 

Smart Tech 

The new technologies are being 

developed to help enable the smart 

grid include electric vehicle penetration, 

charging infrastructure, and meters. 

In-home technology and automation 

equipment is being developed in cities 

like Toronto and Vancouver. 

Case in Point: Vancouver-based Pulse 

Energy is developing an intelligent 

energy management platform called 

Pulse that can provide building owners 

and occupants with accurate and user 

friendly building energy and resource 

consumption information. The company 

recently announced from the Shanghai 

World Expo in China that it has partnered 

with Cisco and the City of Vancouver to 

implement technologies for buildingenergy 

management, home-energy 

management, urban carbon-footprint 

reduction and data center efficiency. The 

City will become a living lab where Pulse 

can prove its technologies, and then 

export them internationally. 

Smart Transit 

Efficiencies can be created using new 

technologies that eliminate human error 

by automating entire systems. 

Case in Point: Toronto-based Thales Rail 

Signalling Solutions Inc. is operating 

World Energy Congress Gets Smart 

The World Energy Congress for 2010 was held 

in Canada for a reason—Canadian innovators 

are at the forefront of smart technologies. 

The tone of the energy conference and 

exhibition was unified—almost every booth 

display on the trade show floor included the 

word “smart.” 

Quebec-based Vizimax had its marketready 

RightWON technology on display. A 

breakthrough in remote automation, the 

system is made to work with any equipment 

installation requiring remote management 

of data that is acquired remotely. 


ABB gave presentations at its trade show 

booth, explaining how its products can 

increase efficiencies, from generation 

to transmission to management. ABB 

recently exported three new single-phase 

autotransformers to the United States. Built 

for a tie-in between U.S. utility American 

Electric Power (AEP) and Allegheny Energy, 

they will increase electric transmission 

capabilities from AEP’s Kammer substation 

near Moundsville, West Virginia. 

Manufactured in ABB’s plant in Varennes, 

Quebec, these transformers are the largest 

and most powerful of their kind ever built. 

virtual subway systems in Beijing, 

Shanghai, Hong Kong and Dubai. The 

virtual versions of this unique system in 

Toronto is allowing Thales to test new 

features and ensure the technology is 

ready for international clients—transit 

agencies from Asia to America. The system 

manages trains in stations and along 

their routes—all remotely. Thales Rail can 

install its subway-control systems in any 

city, using radio-transmission technology 

in subway trains to control their speed 

and track the distance between trains. 

Better Buildings 

Smart systems for buildings are also 

part of the new smart grid, creating yet 

another level of efficiency. 

Case in Point: Based in Brossard, 

Quebec, Distech Controls develops 

smart technologies that help create 

efficient buildings. The company 

is working on a new Air Traffic 

Control Complex for the Abu Dhabi 

International Airport, to be complete 

in late 2010. Over 800 control points 

have been set up with Distech 

Controls LONWORKS controllers. All 

building automation systems have 

been integrated into one centralized 

interface with central monitoring of 

all building functions. All building and 

energy management functions will be 

under one central interface optimizing 

system, optimizing operating efficiency. 

Hydro Québec is at the 

forefront in the integration 

of electric vehicles into 

power distribution grids. 

Its research institute 

(IREQ) was showcasing a 

new lithium-ion battery it 

developed in conjunction 

with Korean battery 

manufacturer VK EIG. The 

battery will be used in pilot 

projects in Boucherville, 

Quebec, beginning in 

December 2010. 


TUNISIA 

Community 

Planning 

Photo caption TK 

tunis Bay Financial Harbour 

A rendering of the financial hub and community. 

Location: Tunis Bay 

Description: Tunis Bay Financial Harbour, spanning 

520 hectares, will become the new landmark 

financial hub for North Africa and is envisioned as 

a sustainable community with a commercial core 

focused on the needs of international financial 

offices, supported by a diverse range of institutional, 

residential, and recreational components. 



Companies: HOK Canada, IBI Group 

Company Involvement: HOK 

Canada (master planning, landscape 

architecture), IBI Group (transportation 

and infrastructure planning) 

Total Project Cost: $3 billion 



Credit: HOK Canada

Credit: OpenAire Inc. 

TURKEY 

Energy 

Once-through steam Generator (OtsG), altek alarko Elektrik 

Location: Kirklareli 

Description: Two OTSGs will be used to 

recover waste heat from the 81.99-MW 

Kirklareli Phase 2 combined cycle power plant. 

UKRAINE 

Community 

Planning 

aquapark terminal 

Location: Kiev 

Description: Aquapark Terminal is Kiev’s 

largest indoor water park, featuring an 

OpenAire operable skylight. 

Companies: OpenAire Inc., WhiteWater West 

Company Involvement: OpenAire Inc. 

(engineering, consultant engineering, 

manufacturer, supplier), WhiteWater West 

(designed and built waterslides) 




The water park is 

open year round. 

Company: Innovative Steam 

Technologies (a subsidiary of AECON) 

Company Involvement: Supplier 

UNITED ARAB 

EMIRATES 

Energy 

Palm district 

Cooling Plant – 

dCP4 

Location: Dubai 

Description: The plant, 

completed in August 2010, 

pumps chilled water to 

air conditioning systems 

throughout Palm Jumeirah’s 

Shoreline Apartments. After the 

main contractor had abandoned 

the site, EllisDon managed the 

appointment of new contractors 

to complete this project, 

retesting and assessing the 

original work to ensure a safe, 

speedy plant delivery. 

Company: EllisDon Corp. 


Project manager 



Altek Alarko Elektrik is a repeat customer for IST 

and have bought 2 other OTSGs from them before. 



UNITED 

KINGDOM 

Community 

Planning 

Wood Wharf 

Location: London 

Description: The proposed 

master plan will transform 

Wood Wharf into a mixed-use 

sustainable community with a 

range of homes, offices, shops 

and community facilities. RWDI’s 

U.K. office performed wind 

analysis which informed how 

building forms and orientations 

as well as functional external 

amenity spaces have been 

designed into the master plan. 

Company: Rowan Williams 

Davies & Irwin Inc. 


Engineering 




Credit: Innovative Steam Technologies

Credit: ATCO Structures & Logistics 

Credit: Nexterra Systems Corp. 

Credit: Advanced Construction Techniques 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

Energy 

The natural-gas-fired power plant will be built 

with noise management in mind. 

Energy 

The system will be part of the flagship energy research facility. 



The dam faced seepage problems 

after a high water event. 



astoria Energy Center Phase I & II 

Location: Astoria, New York 

Description: ATCO Structures & Logistics and SNC-Lavalin 

worked together on Phase 1 of the 1000-MW power 

plant. ATCO designed the acoustical treatments and 

supplied the materials required to lower noise to meet 

New York State’s stringent noise regulations for Phase II. 

Companies: ATCO Structures & Logistics, SNC-Lavalin 

Company Involvement: ATCO (engineering, consultant 

engineering, architect, design/planning service, 

manufacturer, supplier), SNC-Lavalin (lead consultant, 

engineering, procurement, construction and 

commissioning services, overall project supervision) 

Total Cost: $900 million 


Biomass Gasification system, 

Oak Ridge national Laboratory 

Location: Oak Ridge, Tennessee 

Description: In 2008, a Nexterra biomass gasification 

system was chosen to provide renewable thermal 

energy for Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), 

the U.S. Department of Energy’s largest science and 

energy laboratory. Plant commissioning and start-up 

is expected to take place in early 2011. 

Company: Nexterra Systems Corp. 




Clearwater dam Major Rehabilitation 

Project Phases 1 & 1b 

Location: Piedmont, Missouri 

Description: The Clearwater Dam developed a 10-foot 

diameter sinkhole on the upstream slope soon after a 

high water event in May 2002. ACT was awarded a series 

of contracts to investigate and remediate the damaged 

dam using drilling and grouting methods along with 

IntelliGrout ® , its real-time monitoring technology. 

Company: Advanced Construction Techniques Ltd. 

Company Involvement: Contractor 

Total Project Cost: Over $110 million 



Credit: courtesy of Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History 

Public 

Building 

The hall is the newest 

permanent gallery at 

the National Museum 

of Natural History. 


Location: Chicago, Illinois 

Description: In this era of tight funding, 

Pace Suburban Bus faces the same 

challenges as most transit operators 

and cannot continue purchasing and 

operating buses that have to be added 

to compensate for traffic congestion. 

Novax’s real time technology will allow 

Pace to improve service delivery while 

reducing travel times and operating 

costs. Based on its experience with 

the Harvey Transportation Center TSP 

Project, Pace plans to expand TransPOD 

to other areas. 

Company: Novax Industries Corp. 


Engineering, consultant engineering, 

manufacturer, supplier 




Harvey transportation 

Center transit signal 

Priority Project 


development 

Infusion development 

The redeveloped office space. 

Location: New York City, New York 

Description: DIRTT provided a customizable, 

modular interior that would also be sturdy 

and beautiful for this company’s office 

space. The pre-engineered walls were 

installed in two days. 

david H. koch Hall 

of Human Origins, 

smithsonian’s 

national Museum of 

natural History 

Location: Washington, DC 

Description: Showcasing six million 

years of human evolution, this 

15,000 square foot media-rich 

gallery immerses visitors in an 

environment dedicated to the 

discovery and understanding of 

human origins. 

Company: Reich+Petch 

Design International 

Company Involvement: Exhibit 

design, graphic design, interior 

design, wayfinding design, 

documentation, multimedia 

project management, multimedia 

art direction 



Company: DIRTT 

Environmental Solutions Ltd. 


Manufacturer 




Credit: DIRTT Environmental Solutions Ltd.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

Hospital 

kaiser anaheim Medical 

Office Building 1 

Location: Anaheim, California 

Description: The four-storey, 116,500-square-foot medical 

office building is part of Kaiser’s 27-acre master-planned 

project, which has a campus-like setting focused on 

health care services in Anaheim and Orange County. 

Credit: LED Roadway Lighting Limited 


LEd street Lighting and network Controls Program 

Location: San Francisco, California 

Description: LRL replaced 37, high-pressure sodium street lights 

in the Tenderloin District with its Satellite series fixtures. 

The installation is also part of a study to see how LED fixtures 

perform when paired with network control systems. Along with 

maintenance savings from the Satellite’s 20-year design life, energy 

savings of 64 per cent have also been achieved. 

Company: LED Roadway Lighting Ltd. 

Company Involvement: Architect, design/planning services, 

manufacturer, supplier, research and development 





Leavenworth Street after the installment. 

Company: PCL Construction Ltd. 

Company Involvement: Construction 



Energy 

Positive Energy 

smart Grid 

Program 

Location: Oklahoma 

(state-wide program) 

Description: This project 

involves the development of a 

state-wide smart grid, including 

connection to consumer homes. 

Energate’s smart thermostats 

will enable Oklahoma Gas 

and Electric Company (OG&E) 

customers to control their 

energy use in response to 

time-of-use rates. The pilot 

phase of the project includes 

the installation of 42,000 smart 

meters on customer homes in 

Norman, Oklahoma, and the 

installation of the information 

delivery infrastructure to carry 

the information to and from 

the customers and OG&E. An 

estimated 3,000 Norman 

customers are participating 

in the study in the summer of 

2010 using the in-home devices 

and/or Internet portals as a 

means to get electricity pricing 

and usage information. 

Company: Energate 



of smart programmable 

communicating thermostats 




Credit: FER-PAL Construction 

Energy 

soda Lake Geothermal Project 

Location: near Reno, Nevada 

Description: Magma Energy Corp. is doubling the production of its Soda Lake 

geothermal project from the current eight MW net to 16 MW net, using an 

array of wells up to 2,400 metres deep. Working in the Basin and Range volcanic 

environment requires a thorough understanding of fractured rock hydrogeology, 

heat and mass flow, structural geology and geomechanics. Aided by Golderowned 

FracMan Technology Group’s experience in geothermal reservoir 

modeling, Golder’s team applied its skills to help Magma carry out hydrodynamic 

characterization activities while minimizing plant disruption. 




Lane closures had to take 

into account football season 

access for tens of thousands of 

University of Michigan fans. 

In the arid land near Reno, Nevada Golder 

Associates is helping Magma Energy tap 

into energy from deep underground. 

Companies: Golder Associates, Magma 

Energy Corp. 

Company Involvement: Golder Associates 

(reservoir engineering, reservoir simulation, 

hydrodynamic data analysis, field testing 

support), Magma Energy Corp. (site 

developer, operator) 



Water Main Rehabilitation 

Location: Charter Township of 

Pittsfield, Michigan 

Description: This project involves 

the trenchless rehabilitation of 

3048 metres of watermain beneath 

a high traffic M-series highway, and 

directly below a high-pressure gas 

main, under tight time constraints. 

Companies: FER-PAL Construction 

Ltd., Sanexen Environmental Services 

Inc., Liqui-Force Services 

Company Involvement: FER-PAL 

Construction Ltd. (contractor), 

Sanexen Environmental Services Inc. 

(inventor/manufacturer/licensor of 

Aquapipe © technology), Liqui-Force 

Services (general contractor) 




Credit: Magma Energy

Advanced Construction 

Techniques Ltd. 

advancedconstructiontechniques.com 

Project: Clearwater dam Major 

Rehabilitation Project Phases 1 & 1b 

Ontario-based aCt’s primary 

focus is multifaceted geotechnical 

construction projects, providing a 

range of ground modification and 

seepage control services including 

large dam seepage cut-off curtains, 

foundation settlement controls/ 

arrestment utilizing compensation 

techniques, tunnel settlement and 

support, tunnel seepage control. 

Air-Therm Inc. 

air-therm.com 

Project: alcoa Mosjøen anode 

ans Plant handling system 

Quebec-based air-therm builds and 

installs industrial ventilation, gravity 

ventilators, ridge ventilators, and 

industrial ventilators and heaters. 

Aluma Systems Concrete 

Construction (International) 

aluma.com 

Project: salvador Low Cost 

Housing Project 

this Ontario-based company delivers 

high-efficiency forming and shoring 

equipment to global projects ranging 

from high-rise towers, airports and 

parking garages to dams, stadiums, 

bridges, transit systems and water 

treatment plants. 

ATCO Structures & Logistics 

atcosl.com 

Project: astoria Energy Center 

Phase I & II 

Calgary-based atCO offers 

infrastructure solutions 

including workforce housing, 

innovative modular facilities, 

construction, site support 

services, logistics support, 

operations management, 

catering, and noise reduction 

technologies. 

Avi Eng International Corp. 

avieng.ca 

Project: Chhatrapati shivaji 

International airport Expansion & 

Renovation Program. 

this consulting engineering firm 

specializes in the design and 

analysis of fixed infrastructure 

aviation fueling systems. 

ComPaNy INdex 

Biothermica Energy Inc., subsidiary 

of Biothermica Corporation Inc. 

biothermica.com 

Project: Landfill Gas to Energy Facility, 

nejapa Landfill site 

Montreal-based Biothermica’s mission is to 

develop, finance, build and operate projects 

which capture and destroy methane 

emitted by landfill sites and underground 

coal mines, and monetize the associated 

carbon credits on the international markets. 

Conestoga-Rovers & Associates 

craworld.com 

Project: Barangay Mameltac 

sanitary Landfill 

With offices across Canada, CRa is 

a worldwide, full-service provider 

of engineering, environmental, 

construction, and It services. 

Con-V-Air Inc. 

con-v-air.com 



this Quebec-based company 

specializes in bulk solids handling 

systems, providing turnkey systems for 

storing, screening, drying, shredding 

or handling dry bulk material. 

Cowater International Inc. 

cowater.com 

Project: Rural Water supply Projects 

this Ontario-based management 

consulting firm provides solutions to 

clients worldwide, tailored to the needs 

and challenges faced by developing 

and transitional countries. 

CPCS Transcom Ltd. 

www.cpcstrans.com 

Project: the Blue Line 

this multi-disciplinary consulting 

firm based in Ottawa specializes in 

transport infrastructure development 

advisory services. the firm provides 

management, technical, and financial 

advisory services under one roof. 

Delcan International Corp. 

delcan.com 

Projects: Cyprus Intelligent 

transport systems (Its); JRa system 

Management and design of Intelligent 

transport system (Its) 

With offices across Canada. delcan 

provides a broad range of integrated 

systems and infrastructure solutions. Its 

work in the transportation and water 

sectors is reinforced through It expertise. 

Dessau Inc. 

dessau.com 

Projects: Maule Hydroelectric Power Plants; 

Loreto Railway Project 

dessau has developed state-of-the-art 

expertise in several fields of activity related 

to engineering and construction. 

DIRTT Environmental Solutions Ltd. 

dirtt.net 

Project: Infusion development 

dIRtt or doing It Right this time is an 

alberta-based company creating responsive, 

sustainable and unique workspaces. 

EllisDon Corp. 

ellisdon.com 

Project: Palm district Cooling Plant – dCP4 

this employee-owned company with offices 

across Canada delivers construction expertise 

in a number of disciplines including building 

sciences, risk management and technology. 

Energate 

energateinc.com 

Project: Positive Energy smart Grid Program 

Energate is a provider of home 

energy management and demand 

Response solutions including software, 

communicating smart thermostats, 

switches and consumer energy displays. 

FER-PAL Construction Ltd. 

ferpalinfrastructure.com 

Project: Water Main Rehabilitation 

toronto-based FER-PaL Construction Ltd. is 

a trenchless technology company that offers 

complete water main rehabilitation solutions. 

Four Seasons 

fourseasons.com 

Project: Four seasons Hotel st. Petersburg 

Four seasons is the world’s leading 

operator of luxury hotels and resorts. 

Golder Associates 

golder.com 

Project: soda Lake Geothermal Project 

Golder associates provides comprehensive 

consulting, design, and construction services 

for earth, environment and energy to a wide 

range of industries worldwide. 

The Hatch Group 

hatch.ca 

Project: adelaide desalination Plant 

Ontario-based providers of process and 

detail engineering, technologies, business 

consulting and project and construction 

management services to the mining and 

metals, energy and infrastructure sectors. 


HOK Canada 

hokcanada.com 

Project: tunis Bay Financial Harbour 

With offices across Canada, this global design 

firm specializes in planning, architecture, 

design, and delivery solutions for sustainable 

interiors, buildings and communities. 

IBI Group 

ibigroup.com 

Projects: Highway toll and traffic Management 

systems; tunis Bay Financial Harbour 

With offices across Canada, this multidisciplinary 

organization offers services 

in four areas of practice: urban land, 

facilities, transportation, and systems. 

Innovative Steam Technologies, 

a subsidiary of AECON 

otsg.com 

Project: Once-through steam Generator 

(OtsG), altek alarko Elektrik 

Focused on helping power and energy 

producers generate more money, Ontariobased 

Ist provides OtsGs and related 

technology for power generation and 

enhanced oil field recovery applications. 

Intelcan Technosystems Inc. 

www.intelcan.com 

Project: Installation and 

Commissioning of Mode s MssR 

Intelcan manufactures, supplies and integrates 

communications, navigation, surveillance, and 

air traffic management solutions. 

International Road Dynamics Inc. 

www.irdinc.com 

Project: Bangabandhu Bridge Weigh-in- 

Motion systems and toll Collection system 

this saskatchewan-based highway 

traffic management technology company 

specializes in supplying products 

and systems to the global Intelligent 

transportation systems (Its) industry. 

Jablonsky, Ast and Partners 

astint.on.ca 

Project: almaty shopping Mall 

this Ontario-based consulting engineering 

firm has expertise in the design of 

commercial and residential structures. 

Jacobs Consultancy Canada Inc. 

www.leighfisher.com 

Project: Chhatrapati shivaji International 

airport Expansion & Renovation 

Jacobs Consultancy provides transport 

planning and management consultancy 

services in the aviation, ports and shipping, 

rail, and surface transportation sectors. 


ComPaNy INdex 

Kryton International Inc. 

kryton.com 

Project: Belenes tank 

Vancouver-based kryton develops, 

manufactures and markets a wide range 

of products designed to waterproof, repair, 

and protect concrete structures. 

LED Roadway Lighting Ltd. 

ledroadwaylighting.com 

Project: LEd street Lighting and 

network Controls Program 

nova scotia-based LEd Roadway Lighting 

Ltd. is a world leader in the development 

of energy-efficient and environmentallyfriendly 

light emitting diode based lighting. 

Liqui-Force Services 

www.liquiforce.com 


Ontario-based Liqui-Force is a 

recognized leader in mainline and 

lateral sewer rehabilitation. 

Magma Energy Corp. 

magmaenergycorp.com 

Project: soda Lake Geothermal Project 

Vancouver-based Magma Energy Corp 

operates, develops, explores and acquires 

geothermal energy projects. 

MMM Group Ltd. 

mmm.ca 

Projects: daniel Oduber Quirós 

International airport; 

Four seasons Hotel st. Petersburg 

Ontario-based MMM provides global 

clients with technical and advisory services 

to support planning and engineering 

development efforts across a wide range of 

sectors, including healthcare, transportation, 

hospitality, infrastructure and environment. 

Minaean International Corp. 

minaean.com 

Project: Bus Queue shelters 

Vancouver-based Minaean develops 

quick-build light-gauge-steel technologies 

for the construction of cost-effective 

and environmentally-friendly structures. 

Minaean Habitat India Pvt. Ltd. 

Manufactures these components. 

Napier-Reid Ltd. 

napier-reid.com 

Project: Wastewater Processing 

Plant for Coca Cola 

this toronto-based professional 

engineering company has been providing 

solutions for water and wastewater 

treatment for over 50 years. 

Nexterra Systems Corp. 

nexterra.ca 

Project: Biomass Gasification system, 

Oak Ridge national Laboratory 

B.C.-based nexterra develops, 

manufactures, and delivers 

biomass gasification systems that 

enable customers to self-generate 

renewable, low cost heat and power 

using waste fuels. 

NORR Group Consultants 

International Ltd., 

part of the Ingenium Group 

norrlimited.com 

Project: Jenan City 

the Ingenium Group is a team of 

architects, engineers, planning 

consultants, and constructors, with 

experience with a variety of building 

sectors and project delivery methods 

including design-build and P3 solutions. 

Northwest Hydraulic Consultants 

nhcweb.com 

Project: Padma River Bridge 

With offices in Edmonton and 

north Vancouver, this international 

consulting firm of engineers and 

scientists provides services for the 

development, management and 

protection of water resources. 

Novax Industries Corp. 

novax.com 

Project: Harvey transportation Center 

transit signal Priority Project 

B.C.-based novax designs and 

manufactures solid-state electronic traffic 

control products for the Its market. 

OpenAire Inc. 

openaire.com 

Project: aquapark terminal 

an Ontario-based designer, 

manufacturer, and installer of custom 

retractable roofs, operable skylights 

and retractable enclosures for aquatic 

facilities, community centers, health 

clubs, waterparks, and more. 

Patrick Martin, Airport 

Planning Consultant 

Project: Feasibility study for new 

Passenger terminal Building, Zagreb 

International airport 

Worldwide experience in airport 

planning, project development, feasibility 

and impact studies, financing, project 

management, administration and 

operation of transport infrastructure. 


PCL Construction Ltd. 

pcl.com 

Project: kaiser anaheim Medical 

Office Building 1 

PCL is Canada’s largest construction 

company. the PCL family of companies 

carries out diverse operations in the 

civil infrastructure, heavy industrial, 

and buildings markets. 

ProSep Inc. 

prosepinc.com 

Project: Ctour-Produced Water 

treatment system 

Quebec-based Prosep designs, develops, 

manufactures and commercializes 

technologies to separate oil, water and 

gas generated by oil and gas production. 

Reich+Petch Design International 

reich-petch.com 

Project: david H. koch Hall of 

Human Origins, smithsonian’s national 

Museum of natural History 

this toronto-based design firm offers 

services in architecture, exhibit, interior, 

graphic and wayfinding design. 

Roche Ltd. Consulting Group 

roche.ca 

Project: nejapa to Izapa Highway 

rehabilitation project 

this Quebec-based company provides 

expertise in building, construction, 

energy, environmental and industrial 

engineering, forestry, municipal 

infrastructure, transportation, and 

urban planning. 

Rowan Williams Davies & Irwin Inc. 

rwdi.com 

Project: Wood Wharf 

this Guelph, Ontario, consulting firm uses 

an array of engineering, computer and 

scientific capabilities to help designers 

create comfortable environments 

and high performance buildings and 

structures for all of the world’s climates. 

RSW Inc. 

rswinc.com 

Projects: allain-duhangan Hydroelectric 

Project; study on the Interconnection 

of the Electricity networks of the nile 

Equatorial Lakes Countries 

this firm of consulting engineers 

specializes in engineering and project 

management applied to the energy, 

industrial, urban infrastructure, building, 

environment, transportation, mining 

and telecommunication. 

ComPaNy INdex 

Sanexen Environmental 

Services Inc. 

sanexen.com 


Quebec-based sanexen has expertise 

in environmental management, 

specifically in the fields of PCB 

management, contaminated site 

characterisation and remediation 

and risk assessment. 

SCOTT Associates Architects Inc. 

www.saai.ca 

Projects: daniel Oduber Quirós 

International airport; Feasibility study 

for new Passenger terminal Building, 

Zagreb International airport 

With offices in toronto and Montreal, 

sCOtt provides architectural and 

interior design services for terminal 

buildings and related aviation 

facilities for a diverse range of public 

and private sector clients. 

SNC-Lavalin 

www.snclavalin.com 

Projects: shiman Highway; astoria 

Energy Center Phase I & II 

snC-Lavalin is one of the world’s 

leading engineering, procurement, 

construction and related technical 

services organizations, serving 

selected industry sectors and 

geographic markets. 

Solios Environnement Inc. 

fivesgroup.com 



solios Environnement is a supplier 

of emission control systems for 

thermal processes. 

Soprema 

soprema.ca 

Project: al Warka Hospital 

With offices across Canada, 

this manufacturer specializes 

in development and production 

of waterproofing products 

for the building and civil 

engineering sectors. 

Technomarine Manufacturing 

technomarine.ca 

Project: Marina Internacional de 

santa Marta 

this Quebec-based company 

specializes in the engineering, 

customization, manufacturing, and 

installation of marina systems. 

Teck Resources Ltd. 

teck.com 

Project: stock Pile Cover dome 

With offices in British Columbia and 

Ontario, teck is Canada’s largest 

diversified mining, mineral processing and 

metallurgical company. 

Triodetic (a division of 

Plaintree Systems Inc.) 

triodetic.com 

Project: stock Pile Cover dome 

triodetic manufactures space frames, 

space frame designs, architectural 

structures, and aluminum space frames. 

Trow Global 

trow.com 

Project: shiman Highway 

One of Canada’s largest consulting 

engineering firms, trow provides integrated 

solutions across five key markets: buildings, 

earth, environment and sustainability, 

energy, industrial and infrastructure. 

Unison Windows & Doors Inc. 

unisonwindows.com 

Project: Japanese Company Retreat 

Based in north Vancouver, Unison 

designs and manufactures solid wood 

windows and doors. 

WhiteWater West 

whitewaterwest.com 

Project: aquapark terminal 

Located in Richmond, B.C., WhiteWater 

West is a worldwide manufacturer and 

designer of water parks, specializing in 

water slides, aquaPlay interactive water 

play structures, wave pools and equipment. 

Xebec Adsorption Inc. 

xebecinc.com 

Project: Halla Energy and Environment 

Biogas Upgrading Plant 

a global provider of clean energy 

solutions to corporations and 

governments looking to reduce their 

carbon footprints, Quebec-based Xebec 

designs, engineers and manufactures 

products that transform raw gases into 

marketable sources of clean energy. 

Zeidler Partnership Architects 

zeidlerpartnership.com 

Project: almaty shopping Mall 

this architectural design firm, with 

offices across Canada, works on 

projects ranging from large, mixed-use 

complexes, to office towers, healthcare 

projects, residential and hotel buildings. 


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