Aecon Reconnected E-newsletter (ARE)

Aecon Group Inc.

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Published Jul 4, 2024

It’s been an eventful month full of milestones for the Gordie Howe International Bridge project. On June 14, Canadian and U.S. Ironworkers and operating engineers completed the installation of the final two edge girders for the Gordie Howe International Bridge deck. The bridge officially became an international crossing, connecting our two countries. Congratulations to all involved who made this possible!

At the end of last month, construction of the main bridge tower on the Pattullo Bridge Replacement project was completed!

With all 33 segments now installed, the main bridge tower stands at 167 metres tall, making it the tallest bridge tower in British Columbia. Crews are now focused on building the 530-metre cable-supported bridge deck and installing the 80 stay cables outward from the bridge tower.

Congratulations to the entire team for achieving this major milestone!

Both tunnel boring machines, Rexy and Renny, on the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension Advance Tunnel project have officially completed their 6.3-km journey. They launched from Renforth Drive to the final extraction shaft, just west of Scarlett Road and Eglinton Avenue West.

The collaborative efforts between WestEnd Connectors, Metrolinx and Infrastructure Ontario plus the many project partners, stakeholders, and subcontractors is a testament to achieving such a great milestone. Congratulations to all!

Aecon Utilities has acquired a majority interest in Xtreme Powerline Construction, an electrical distribution utility contractor headquartered in Port Huron, Michigan.

A privately-owned company founded in 2007, Xtreme is a full-service powerline constructor with approximately 300 employees. Xtreme specializes in overhead distribution line repair, maintenance and expansion services throughout the Eastern United States, and provides emergency restoration services for over 20 utility clients across the U.S. Xtreme has held a long-time overhead distribution Master Service Agreement with DTE Energy. Aecon, along with its strategic partner Oaktree, is pleased to welcome the Xtreme team to help advance continued growth across North America with a focus on the energy transition.

Read the full news release here.

Aecon has announced that it has signed a teaming agreement with ORLEN Synthos Green Energy, AtkinsRéalis, and GE Hitachi to plan the deployment of a fleet of GEH BWRX-300 Small Modular Reactors (“SMRs”) in Poland.

Under the teaming agreement, Aecon will support OSGE, the owner and developer, with construction and fabrication planning, as well as project management. At the signing ceremony held in Warsaw, Canada’s Minister of Export Promotion, International Trade and Economic Development, Mary Ng, and Ambassador of Canada to Poland, Catherine Godin, were on-hand with partners as Aecon and AtkinsRéalis also signed bi-lateral agreements with OSGE for their respective scopes.

Read the full announcement here.

Last month, George Gordon Developments Ltd., an Indigenous-owned and operated business, and Aecon were pleased to announce the formation of the Wicehtowak Aecon Industrial Limited Partnership to provide an Indigenous-led solution to deliver the Wet Mill Area for Stage 1 of BHP Canada’s Jansen Potash project about 140 km east of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The work on the Wet Mill Area will include Structural, Mechanical, Piping, Electrical and Instrumentation.

“This partnership integrates decades of experience and shared values of working collaboratively with Indigenous communities to build critical infrastructure that provides sustainable economic benefits,” said John Singleton, Senior Vice President, Aecon Industrial. “We are proud to be working with GGDL and George Gordon First Nation to provide an Indigenous-led solution to deliver this significant project for our valued client BHP Canada.”

Read the full article here.

Coinciding with Canadian Environment Week, Aecon’s Sustainability Week (June 3-7) offered employees informative and educational learning opportunities. A variety of in-person and virtual events allowed the teams to learn more about Aecon’s sustainability goals and strategy, how Aecon is working with suppliers to promote a net-zero future and how Aecon is implementing and managing environmental initiatives on project sites. Our Toronto office held an in-person event about Decarbonizing the Supply Chain: Low Carbon Concrete with Lafarge and our Montréal office hosted a Sustainability Lunch and Learn.

To wrap up Sustainability Week, listen to our newly released episodes of our Road to Net-Zero sustainability podcast! Tune into the latest episode of Road to Net-Zero, where Aecon’s Adam Borgatti and Lauren O’Malley speak with Flavio Volpe, an internationally recognized champion of Canada's automotive industry, about the future of low-carbon and net-zero vehicles in North America. Plus, listen to our bonus French episode and listen to our guest hosts, Clement Boisselier and Josiane Laflamme-Charette, discuss Aecon's role in Advancing the Energy Transition and our commitment to sustainability with the release of our 2023 Sustainability Report.

Listen now on our website or through your favourite podcast streaming service.

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