Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir
Province: Alberta
City/Region: Calgary
Image Credit: ATEC
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Project Rank
Project End: 2025
Project Type: Water Wastewater
Industry Sector: Water
Project Amount: $744 million
Date of Completion: 2024
Funding Source: Public
Previous Rankings
| 2025 | 90 |
| 2024 | 80 |
| 2023 | 97 |
| 2022 | 97 |
| 2021 | 95 |
| 2020 | 97 |
| 2019 | 94 |
About The Project
When operational, the Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir Project (SR1) will work in tandem with the Glenmore Reservoir and other flood mitigation infrastructure in and around Calgary. The SR1 Project includes: a diversion structure on the Elbow River; a 4.7-kilometre diversion channel; a 29-metre earthen dam stretching approximately 3.8 kilometres; and a series of hydraulic structures and two overpass bridges above the diversion channel, totalling 70,000 cubic metres of reinforced concrete. In total, earthwork volume for this project is estimated at around five million cubic metres.
Project Owner: Alberta Transportation and Economic Corridors
Engineer: Stantec; Golder (WSP) (environmental); Wood (WSP) (consulting)
Contractor: VINCI Infrastructure Canada (general contractor)
Environmental Services: Stantec
Other Key Players: Graham (bridges and concrete structures); EY (risk advisor)
Legal: McLennan Ross (counsel for the Government of Alberta); Osler (advisor to the Government of Alberta)
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

