Bird and team awarded Bruce Power contract

MISSISSAUGA, ONT. — Bird Construction Inc. has announced it is part of a consortium that will design, build, finance and maintain Bruce Power’s new Office Complex and Training Facility in Kincardine, Ont.
The new facility will be used to house office staff as well as for training of staff for Bruce Power’s nuclear refurbishment program, a Dec. 14 statement said.
The consortium is led by Concert Infrastructure. Bird will carry out the design and construction of the facility, which will include a 129,000-square-foot building that will house a new two-storey office area with classrooms and amenities for nearly 500 employees as well as a warehouse training space required for the Bruce Power Major Component Replacement projects.
The statement noted the project also includes, as part of Bird’s scope, site development including site services, a storm water pond, extension of a municipal road into the site, parking and landscaping.
The contract value was not announced.
Bird has been involved in the design of the facility as well as early works program and expects to start construction activities shortly with the new centre expected to open in early 2019. The reactor refurbishment program is set to begin in 2020 and will run through 2033.
“This project win is a good example of the success of both the strategic diversification efforts of our industrial work program and entrance into the nuclear market,” said Ian Boyd, Bird’s president and CEO, in the statement.

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