Annacis Island Wastewater Treatment Plant Expansion
Province: British Columbia
City/Region: Delta
Image Credit: Metro Vancouver
47
Project Rank
Project End: 2032
Project Type: Water Wastewater
Industry Sector: Other
Project Amount: $2 billion
Date of Completion: 2032
Funding Source: Public
LEED Status: Certified
Previous Rankings
| 2025 | 46 |
| 2024 | 45 |
| 2023 | 54 |
| 2022 | 55 |
| 2021 | 81 |
| 2020 | 82 |
| 2019 | 83 |
| 2018 | 83 |
| 2017 | 80 |
| 2016 | 83 |
| 2026 | 47 |
About The Project
There are over 20 projects planned as part of the onsite improvements of the Annacis Island Wastewater Treatment Plant. Key improvement projects include new trickling filters, secondary clarifiers, and a co-generation facility to make better use of green energy captured on site. Detailed design of the remaining Phase 2 Final Works is underway with construction anticipated to commence in 2026.
Project Owner: Metro Vancouver
Project/Construction Manager: Hatch (outfall project); CDM Smith (Overall Construction Coordination)
Engineer: Brown and Caldwell, Klohn Crippen Berger, CDM Smith, WSP (Stage 5 expansion); CDM Smith, WSP (materials engineering and testing); Golder (WSP) (outfall); Wood (WSP) (consulting engineer/geotechnical studies & materials tester); McMillen Jacobs, Arup (design architect); EXP (geotechnical)
Contractor: Phase 1 Substantially Complete; Maple Reinders Inc. (Phase 2 Gravity Thickeners and Aeration Tanks Retrofit); Bennett Mechanical Installations (Phase 2 Digester Heat Exchangers Upgrade); Pomerleau-Bessac General Partnership (outfall pipeline); Graham
Other Key Players: AECOM (Stage 5 Phase 1 Design review); WSP (materials engineering & testing); Wood E&I (WSP) (consulting engineer/geotechnical studies & materials tester); Hatch (tunnel design review and outfall construction management); Colliers Project Leaders; Jacobs; CDM Smith; Associated Engineering (project and construction management/staff augmentation); Envirowest (environmental); McElhanney; Victaulic (supplier); Marsh Canada (risk advisor)
Legal: Norton Rose Fulbright (for Metro Vancouver)
Key Players
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- ACCIONA Infrastructure Canada
- Accuracy
- Alstom
- Associated Engineering
- Black & McDonald
- Blake, Cassels & Graydon
- Cartel Communication Systems
- COWI
- Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg
- DECAST Ltd.
- DIALOG
- EBC Inc.
- FlatironDragados
- GeoVerra
- HDR
- Hemmera
- Infrata
- Kasian
- Lakeland Consulting Inc.
- Lavery, de Billy
- LRI Engineering
- McMillan LLP
- Montrose Environmental
- Mott MacDonald
- Mulvey & Banani
- NORR Architects & Engineers Ltd.
- Osler
- Parkin Architects Ltd.
- Plenary Americas
- R.V. Anderson
- STRABAG Inc.
- Tiree
- Torys

