Roberts Bank Terminal 2 Project

Province: British Columbia

City/Region: Delta

Image Credit: Vancouver Fraser Port Authority

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Project End: mid-2030s

Project Type: Port

Industry Sector: Transportation

Project Amount: $3 billion

Date of Completion: mid-2030s

Funding Source: Private

Private Funding: $3 billion

LEED Status: Certified

Previous Rankings

202527
202427
202338
202238
202133
202030
201927
201825
201723
201623
201523

About The Project

Roberts Bank Terminal 2 involves the construction of a trade-enabling three-berth marine container terminal on new federally-owned land, built in subtidal waters to minimize environmental effects. The terminal will increase container terminal capacity by more than 30 per cent on Canada’s west coast, strengthening reliable access to goods Canadians use every day, and playing a key role in supporting Canadian exporters to increase trade with economies around the world.

The project includes: construction of new land and a wharf that will accommodate a new marine container terminal with a throughput capacity of up to 2.4 million 20-foot equivalent (TEU) containers annually; a widened causeway to accommodate additional road and rail infrastructure and link existing networks to the marine terminal; an expanded tug basin for additional tugs; and environmental projects, such as habitat offsetting, construction mitigation programs, and a monitoring follow-up program. The Government of Canada and Government of B.C. approved the project in 2023, after a rigorous federal and provincial environmental assessment process. Before construction can begin, more steps are required, including obtaining a Fisheries Act Authorization, ongoing consultation and collaboration with First Nations, engagement with local communities, continued market condition assessment, procurement, and preparation for a final investment decision.

Project Owner: Vancouver Fraser Port Authority

Project/Construction Manager: Collings Johnston Inc. (program management); Hatch (project controls)

Engineer: Moffatt & Nichol (owner’s engineer); Stantec (engineering and design); AECOM (engineer-environmental); Parsons (engineer-planning); WSP (marine/highway/bridges/buildings, geotechnical, construction management, quality assurance—reporting to PM, construction contract administration, geomatic scanning

Environmental Services: Ecofish; Ecowest; Ausenco; Golder (WSP) (environmental & geotechnical services); Ventus, BlueDot

Other Key Players: KPMG (procurement advisory); Hamburg Port Consultants (terminal operations); McElhanney (site surveyor)

Legal: Cassels & Graydon LLP, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP (legal advisor)

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