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THE WEEKLY ANCHOR
THE WEEKLY ANCHOR
PAGE 10 MONDAY DECEMBER 23, 2019
THE WEEKLY ANCHOR MONDAY NOVEMBER 11, 2019 PAGE 13
MONDAY FEBRUARY 17
, 2020 PAGE 11
There are 2,900 people working on the Trans Mountain Expansion Project and that number will grow significantly in the months ahead says company officials.
Trans Mountain
backgrounder
continued from page 10
Government of Canada in its
Project Cost and Schedule capacity as owner and lender, a
To date, Trans Mountain has further $600 million reserve for
spent $2.5 billion on the cost impacts beyond the control
Expansion Project and it is of Trans Mountain.
anticipated that an additional Employment & Training
$8.4 billion will be spent to As of December 31, 2019,
complete the Project, plus $1.7 Trans Mountain and our
billion of financial carrying contractors have:
costs for a total cost estimate of Hired more than 2,900
$12.6 billion. The in-service people, with more than 300
date is expected to be Indigenous hires
December 2022. Trained more than 825
Breakdown of Project Costs people, more than 110 have
The Project today is a very been Indigenous
different project from the last $21 million in education
time a cost estimate was and training funding, *The highest number of people forecasted to work on the Project at one time.
completed. There are two broad programs and initiatives
categories, with an Spent almost 7 million
approximate fifty-fifty split, person hours on the Project between Mount Robson Abbotsford.
that explain the variation in Major Activities Update Provincial Park and our Spread 6 Pipeline
cost estimate in 2020 versus and Future Workforce Darfield Pump Station north of Contractor – SA Energy
2017: Forecasts Kamloops. Group
1) Refined project scope and Current workforce forecasts Spread 3 & 4A Pipeline Sumas Terminal Contractor
improvements, risk will see 5,500* people Contractor – Ledcor Sicim – Kiewit Ledcor Trans
management, and employed at peak construction Spread 4B Pipeline Mountain Partnership (KLTP)
contingencies: period in mid to late 2021. Contractor – SA Energy Lower Mainland
Since 2017, Trans Mountain Trans Mountain is committed Group The Lower Mainland
has completed final, detailed to prioritizing and maximizing Pump Stations Contractor – includes Spread 7 pipeline
engineering work and has Indigenous, local and regional Cord construction – 35 km of
included additional safety and hiring to the greatest extent BC Interior pipeline construction between
environmental standards that possible. Includes Spread 5A pipeline Langley and Burnaby, as well
comply with the current Construction by Region construction – about 185 km of as the expansion of Burnaby
regulatory context and the 156 Greater Edmonton pipeline and three pump Terminal and Westridge Marine
conditions from the Canadian Includes the addition of four stations. Terminal, and construction of
Energy Regulator. There are new storage tanks at our Spread 5A Pipeline the Burnaby Mountain Tunnel.
also additional commitments Edmonton Terminal and Spread Contractor – Surerus Murphy Spread 7 Pipeline
that have been as part of Phase 1 pipeline construction – Joint Venture Contractor – Kiewit Ledcor
III consultations with approximately 50 km of Pump Station Contractor – Trans Mountain Partnership
Indigenous groups that have pipeline. Cord (KLTP)
been outlined by the Edmonton Terminal Coquihalla – Hope Burnaby Terminal,
Government of Canada. There Contractor – Cord The Coquihalla-Hope portion Westridge Marine Terminal,
is also a $500 million in Spread 1 Pipeline of the Project includes Spread Burnaby Mountain Tunnel
contingency, which is Contractor – SA Energy 5B pipeline construction – Contractor – Kiewit Ledcor
appropriate for a large-scale Group approximately 85 km of Trans Mountain Partnership
infrastructure project of this Yellowhead pipeline and one pump station. (KLTP)
size and complexity. Includes four pump stations Spread 5B Pipeline Reactivation
2) Impact of the 2018 Federal and Spread 2 pipeline Contractor – Macro To complete the full twinning
Court of Appeal decision: construction – about 285 km of Spiecapag Joint Venture of the pipeline system, two
Delaying construction for pipeline. Pump Station Contractor – pipeline segments that have
approximately one year had a Spread 2 Pipeline Cord been maintained in a
significant impact on the Contractor – Midwest Fraser Valley deactivated state will be
Project budget. This increase Pipelines The Fraser Valley includes reactivated:
includes higher cost of land Pump Stations Contractor – Spread 6 pipeline construction Hinton, Alberta to
acquisition, higher labour costs Cord – about 70 km of pipeline Hargreaves, BC:
that reflect market conditions, North Thompson construction from approximately 150 km
as well as higher costs related Includes three pump stations Popkum/Bridal Falls to Darfield to Black Pines,
to safety and security. and three Spreads 3, 4A and Langley and the expansion of BC: approximately 42 km
The company has also 4B, totaling approximately 275 the Sumas Terminal in Reactivation Contractor –
recommended to the km of pipeline construction SIMPCW Ledcor
rts - Entertainment - Events - and what’s going on
The Scene
THE WEEKLY ANCHOR
THE WEEKLY ANCHOR
PAGE 10 MONDAY DECEMBER 23, 2019
THE WEEKLY ANCHOR MONDAY NOVEMBER 11, 2019 PAGE 13
MONDAY FEBRUARY 17
, 2020 PAGE 11
There are 2,900 people working on the Trans Mountain Expansion Project and that number will grow significantly in the months ahead says company officials.
Trans Mountain
backgrounder
continued from page 10
Government of Canada in its
Project Cost and Schedule capacity as owner and lender, a
To date, Trans Mountain has further $600 million reserve for
spent $2.5 billion on the cost impacts beyond the control
Expansion Project and it is of Trans Mountain.
anticipated that an additional Employment & Training
$8.4 billion will be spent to As of December 31, 2019,
complete the Project, plus $1.7 Trans Mountain and our
billion of financial carrying contractors have:
costs for a total cost estimate of Hired more than 2,900
$12.6 billion. The in-service people, with more than 300
date is expected to be Indigenous hires
December 2022. Trained more than 825
Breakdown of Project Costs people, more than 110 have
The Project today is a very been Indigenous
different project from the last $21 million in education
time a cost estimate was and training funding, *The highest number of people forecasted to work on the Project at one time.
completed. There are two broad programs and initiatives
categories, with an Spent almost 7 million
approximate fifty-fifty split, person hours on the Project between Mount Robson Abbotsford.
that explain the variation in Major Activities Update Provincial Park and our Spread 6 Pipeline
cost estimate in 2020 versus and Future Workforce Darfield Pump Station north of Contractor – SA Energy
2017: Forecasts Kamloops. Group
1) Refined project scope and Current workforce forecasts Spread 3 & 4A Pipeline Sumas Terminal Contractor
improvements, risk will see 5,500* people Contractor – Ledcor Sicim – Kiewit Ledcor Trans
management, and employed at peak construction Spread 4B Pipeline Mountain Partnership (KLTP)
contingencies: period in mid to late 2021. Contractor – SA Energy Lower Mainland
Since 2017, Trans Mountain Trans Mountain is committed Group The Lower Mainland
has completed final, detailed to prioritizing and maximizing Pump Stations Contractor – includes Spread 7 pipeline
engineering work and has Indigenous, local and regional Cord construction – 35 km of
included additional safety and hiring to the greatest extent BC Interior pipeline construction between
environmental standards that possible. Includes Spread 5A pipeline Langley and Burnaby, as well
comply with the current Construction by Region construction – about 185 km of as the expansion of Burnaby
regulatory context and the 156 Greater Edmonton pipeline and three pump Terminal and Westridge Marine
conditions from the Canadian Includes the addition of four stations. Terminal, and construction of
Energy Regulator. There are new storage tanks at our Spread 5A Pipeline the Burnaby Mountain Tunnel.
also additional commitments Edmonton Terminal and Spread Contractor – Surerus Murphy Spread 7 Pipeline
that have been as part of Phase 1 pipeline construction – Joint Venture Contractor – Kiewit Ledcor
III consultations with approximately 50 km of Pump Station Contractor – Trans Mountain Partnership
Indigenous groups that have pipeline. Cord (KLTP)
been outlined by the Edmonton Terminal Coquihalla – Hope Burnaby Terminal,
Government of Canada. There Contractor – Cord The Coquihalla-Hope portion Westridge Marine Terminal,
is also a $500 million in Spread 1 Pipeline of the Project includes Spread Burnaby Mountain Tunnel
contingency, which is Contractor – SA Energy 5B pipeline construction – Contractor – Kiewit Ledcor
appropriate for a large-scale Group approximately 85 km of Trans Mountain Partnership
infrastructure project of this Yellowhead pipeline and one pump station. (KLTP)
size and complexity. Includes four pump stations Spread 5B Pipeline Reactivation
2) Impact of the 2018 Federal and Spread 2 pipeline Contractor – Macro To complete the full twinning
Court of Appeal decision: construction – about 285 km of Spiecapag Joint Venture of the pipeline system, two
Delaying construction for pipeline. Pump Station Contractor – pipeline segments that have
approximately one year had a Spread 2 Pipeline Cord been maintained in a
significant impact on the Contractor – Midwest Fraser Valley deactivated state will be
Project budget. This increase Pipelines The Fraser Valley includes reactivated:
includes higher cost of land Pump Stations Contractor – Spread 6 pipeline construction Hinton, Alberta to
acquisition, higher labour costs Cord – about 70 km of pipeline Hargreaves, BC:
that reflect market conditions, North Thompson construction from approximately 150 km
as well as higher costs related Includes three pump stations Popkum/Bridal Falls to Darfield to Black Pines,
to safety and security. and three Spreads 3, 4A and Langley and the expansion of BC: approximately 42 km
The company has also 4B, totaling approximately 275 the Sumas Terminal in Reactivation Contractor –
recommended to the km of pipeline construction SIMPCW Ledcor
