Nov 17 2009
Aecon Group Inc. (TSX: ARE) announced today that Lockerbie & Hole Industrial, a division of Aecon Lockerbie Industrial has been awarded a key contract to complete the field construction of Suncor's Firebag 3 central plant facilities.
The project, elements of which are fixed-price/lump sum, includes the completion of piping, electrical, and insulation work, as well as some smaller civil and mechanical work for five of the ten process units that make up Plant 93. The workforce for this project is expected to peak at 600 personnel. Work is scheduled to begin in January 2010 and is scheduled for completion by the end of the third quarter in 2010.
"This contract is one of the largest in the history of the Industrial Group, and signifies for us that work in the Oilsands is beginning to ramp-up once again," said Paul Koenderman, Executive Vice President, Aecon Industrial Group. "This project award builds on the longstanding relationship that both Aecon and Lockerbie have developed with Suncor."
Source: http://www.aecon.com/