Thursday, September 18, 2025
P3 2025: Canada’s Infrastructure Conference
October 27, 28, 2025 Sheraton Centre Hotel Toronto Click HERE to register.
$13.9B contract awarded for THP – The Peter Gilgan Mississauga Hospital
Infrastructure Ontario (IO) and Trillium Health Partners (THP), in partnership with the Ontario government, have awarded a fixed-price contract of $13.9 billion to ED+PCL Healthcare Partners to design, build, finance and maintain The Peter Gilgan Mississauga Hospital and Shah Family…
Ontario breaks ground on new Peter Gilgan Mississauga Hospital
The Government of Ontario marked the groundbreaking of Trillium Health Partners’ new Peter Gilgan Mississauga Hospital. Ontario is investing more than $14 billion to build the new 2.8-million-square-foot Peter Gilgan Mississauga Hospital, tripling the size of the existing Mississauga Hospital…
Lambton College to build new student residence using P3 model
A new student residence is coming to Lambton College. After a nearly four-year process, the College is ready to break ground on its next capital project – the largest in its 58-year history – with the construction of a purpose-built…
P3s offer a proven path forward
By Derron Bain Canada’s infrastructure needs have reached a critical point. Bridges, hospitals, schools and transit systems are aging, while a rapidly increasing population drives the demand for both new and renewed public infrastructure. Governments face the dual challenge of…
Contract awarded for Weeneebayko Area Health Authority Redevelopment Project
Infrastructure Ontario (IO) and the Weeneebayko Area Health Authority (WAHA), in partnership with the Government of Ontario, awarded a fixed-price contract of $1.8 billion to Pomerleau Healthcare Partners to design, build and finance the WAHA Redevelopment Project. The consortium was…
Liricon/Plenary consortium restructures Calgary Airport Banff Rail project proposal
Liricon Capital Ltd. and Plenary Americas announced that they have restructured their Calgary Airport Banff Rail (CABR) project proposal, originally submitted to the Province of Alberta in November 2021. The updated approach supports the Province’s recently announced plans to advance…
Court decision reveals risks associated with different project delivery models
By Jesse Gardner and Nicholas Reynolds Much has been written about the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in R. v. Greater Sudbury (City), and its implications for project owners with respect to their occupational health and safety obligations. Below, we…
AtkinsRéalis signs O&M contract with Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montreal
AtkinsRéalis announced that it will undertake the operations and maintenance work at the Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montreal (CHUM), one of the largest hospital centres in Canada. The contract is set within a public private partnership (P3) and will…
Development phase begins for Ottawa Hospital’s new campus project
The Development Phase is now underway with The Ottawa Hospital Build Partners, the Development Partner selected to further develop the project requirements and design, schedule, pricing, and risk parameters for The Ottawa Hospital’s new campus redevelopment. Infrastructure Ontario (IO) and…
Agreement signed for Ontario Line Elevated Guideway and Stations contract
Infrastructure Ontario and Metrolinx have selected Trillium Guideway Partners (TGP) to deliver the Ontario Line Elevated Guideway and Stations contract. The team has signed a Development and Master Construction Agreement (DMCA) with Metrolinx, under a progressive design-build contract. The Trillium…
Nova Scotia announces opening of new health-care facility in Halifax
The Government of Nova Scotia announced the opening of the new Bayers Lake Community Outpatient Centre. The centre will provide a wide range of services and help reduce pressure on other facilities that provide outpatient services across Halifax Regional Municipality…
Edmonton announces opening of Valley Line Southeast LRT
The City of Edmonton announced the Valley Line Southeast LRT will open for passenger service on Saturday, November 4. Service will begin at 5:15 a.m. at the Mill Woods stop and 102 Street stop downtown. Valley Line Southeast has been…
RFQs issued for QEW Garden City Skyway-Bridge Twinning project
Infrastructure Ontario (IO) and the Ministry of Transportation (MTO) have released a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to prequalify project teams to deliver the QEW Garden City Skyway–Bridge Twinning project in the Regional Municipality of Niagara, Ontario as a Public Private…
Herb Gray Parkway P3 project acquired by CC&L Infrastructure
Connor, Clark & Lunn (CC&L) Infrastructure and Desjardins Global Asset Management announced the acquisition of a majority interest in the Rt. Hon. Herb Gray Parkway from ACS Infrastructure Canada, Fluor Canada Ltd., and Acciona Concesiones S.L. Each of ACS, Fluor,…
Alberta cancels P3 procurement model for Calgary’s Deerfoot Trail
The Government of Alberta announced it has cancelled a public-private partnership (P3) approach to upgrade Deerfoot Trail in Calgary, opting to procure the improvements in smaller pieces. “While the government is not going ahead with a P3 approach, we remain…
Using P3s, Alberta is building new high schools across the province
The Government of Alberta announced that work is progressing on five public-private partnership (P3) high schools in the province. “This P3 schools project demonstrates the Alberta government’s commitment to attracting private sector investment to the province,” said Prasad Panda, Minister…
Lawsuit filed for damages over Champlain Bridge P3 project
Montreal-based SNC-Lavalin and its consortium partners, acting as the Signature on the Saint Lawrence Group, filed a lawsuit on October 8 in Montreal seeking $378.7-million in compensation for what they say was the federal government’s repeated failure to live up…
Contract awarded Brampton Courthouse Addition
Infrastructure Ontario (IO) and the Ministry of the Attorney General (MAG) have awarded a fixed-price contract to Trans/FORM to design, build and finance the Brampton Courthouse Addition Phase 2 and Toronto Region Bail Centre project. The contract is valued at…
RFPs issued for Ontario Line project, historic subway expansion
The Ontario government has reached a major milestone in the plans to build the Ontario Line, the signature project in the largest subway expansion program in Canadian history. The province issued two Requests for Proposals (RFPs) for procurement packages…
Alberta releases P3 and USP frameworks to spur infrastructure investment
The Alberta government has released the new Public-Private Partnership Framework and Guidelines (P3 framework) and Unsolicited Proposal Framework and Guideline (USP framework) to help spur private investment for public infrastructure. The new frameworks are expected to help the provincial government…
Examining P3s and alternative procurement models
The public-private partnership (P3) model for infrastructure delivery isn’t the only solution for delivering large-scale infrastructure projects in Canada, but it should be very seriously considered in the right circumstances. That was the over-arching sentiment that came from the discussion…
Alberta issues RFP for schools to be constructed through P3
The Alberta government has shortlisted three qualified groups to deliver five new high schools through a public-private partnership (P3). The groups invited to participate in the request for proposals (RFP) are: Alberta Partnership for Learning, Concert-Bird Partners and Plenary-Maple High…
P3 RFQ released to build Alberta schools
The Alberta government is now inviting industry to submit qualifications to deliver five new high schools through a public-private partnership (P3). A request for qualifications (RFQ) for the P3 bundle, which includes high schools in Blackfalds, Edmonton, Langdon and Leduc,…