Canadian Forces Base Trenton Expansion

Province: Ontario

City/Region: Trenton

Image Credit: Department of National Defence

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Project End: 2022

Project Type: Military

Industry Sector: Buildings

Project Amount: $860 million

Date of Completion: 2022

Funding Source: Public

Federal Funding: $$860 million

LEED Status: Silver

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About The Project

Established in 1929, CFB Trenton has traditionally been an air base, home to the 8 Wing unit, and it is one of Canada’s primary launching sites for military missions abroad.  The base is now undergoing a major expansion that will add the Land Advanced Warfare Centre (a multi-functional training and administrative campus), as well as new hangers and runways to accommodate additional aircraft, and a new fire hall. It will also see the relocation of the elite Joint Task Force 2 to the base, and the addition of a hazardous material transfer facility, among other construction and reconstruction components. Substantial upgrades to the natural gas service and an expansion of the electrical service are underway. The project involves acquiring an additional 401 hectares of land—a move that has been controversial as it involves expropriating neighbouring farms, some more than 200 years old. The 10-year expansion program has already begun construction, with several components already complete. In July 2021, a construction contract began, repaving of a 3-kilometre runway and taxiway. The main taxiway was closed and then upgraded to become a temporary runway in time for the active runway to close in mid-September. A thick layer of both 20-year-old asphalt surfaces was ground off to allow underlying cracks to be filled prior to new asphalt being laid. In addition, 1,000 small repairs were made to the 300-metre concrete turning area at the east end of the runway. Painted airfield markings were added in mid-November, before freeze-up. These repairs will extend the life of these essential airfield arteries until a complete rebuild is possible.

Project Owner: Department of National Defence

Engineer: Wood, SNC-Lavalin, Jain & Associates, J.L. Richards & Associates, Peak, Stantec (design)

Contractor: Bird Construction; SNC-Lavalin; Bondfield Construction; Buddy Haegele Enterprises; Budget Environmental Disposal; Dufferin Construction; Graham (general contractor for maintenance hangar); Fitzgibbon Construction; Gordon Barr Limited; Jasper Construction Corporation; Kiley Paving; M.J. Dixon Construction; Miller Group; Mirtren Construction; Strong Brothers Heating & Air Conditioning; Varcon Construction

Environmental Services: Englobe

Other Key Players: Engineering Harmonics (AV consultant); Hanscomb (owner and design architect/engineer’s 
cost consultant); DECAST

Architects: Architecture 49; Colbourne & Kembel Architects Inc.; Jacobs Carter Burgess; Kasian Architecture Interior Design and Planning Ltd.; Robertson Martin Architects Inc.

Other Suppliers: Allen Mechanical; Alliance Forming; Amstel Manufacturing; AZ3; Black & McDonald; Canam Group (steel joists); CBM; Coco Paving; Coreslab Structures; Cremers Brothers Electric; Deep Foundation Contractors; Diamond Electric Contractors; Domson Engineering & Inspection; Dufferin Concrete; Eastern Ontario Terazzo and Tile Co.; Flynn Canada; Gilbert Steel Ltd.; JVH Masonry; Lafarge; LRL Associates Engineers; Presland Iron & Steel; Quinte Mobile Concrete; Select Door 7 Frame; Tri-con Concrete Finishing; Unistrut Canada; Vipond Fire Protection

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