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Award of Excellence: BMO Convention Centre Expansion
| Firm: | Joint: Stantec Consulting Ltd. & RJC Engineering |
| Client: | Calgary Municipal Land Corporation and Calgary Stampede |
| Location: | Calgary, Alberta |
| Sub Consultants: | Populous; S2 Architecture; Entuitive; Smith + Anderson; Urban Systems Ltd.; Jensen Hughes; 02 Planning & Design; MKA |
| Contractors: | PCL Construction; Western Electrical Management Ltd.; Arpi's Industries Ltd. |
| Other Key Players: | M3 Development Management; Calgary Municipal Land Corporation; ME Engineers Mechanical & Electrical Support |
Convention centres can breathe energy into urban districts, revitalize historic neighbourhoods, and bring their city into a new international spotlight. The BMO Centre Expansion is more than just an addition to an existing facility; designed as an iconic gathering place, the architectural form celebrates the unique geography of the region, captures the Calgary Stampede Spirit, and positions Calgary as a top-tier destination for international conventions and a hub to share cutting-edge ideas as the largest convention centre in Western Canada.
Award of Merit: Lendrum Affordable Housing Redevelopment
| Firm: | Englobe Corp. |
| Client: | Civida |
| Location: | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Sub Consultant: | Rockliff Pierzchajlo Kroman Architects Ltd. |
| Contractor: | Graham Construction |
Responding to the increased demand for affordable housing in Edmonton, the beautiful Lendrum residential complex was built to modern standards with ease-of-use systems and intuitive technology.
Englobe was honoured to provide advanced mechanical, electrical and geotechnical engineering for the Lendrum redevelopment project. Overseeing the demolition of the retired Lendrum buildings and subsequent conversion of the property, the team delivered an upgraded residence complex that doubled the original site’s density while meeting all stakeholder needs.
Award of Excellence: Arthur J.E. Child Comprehensive Cancer Centre
| Firm: | Joint: Stantec Consulting Ltd.; DIALOG; Smith + Andersen |
| Client: | Alberta Infrastructure |
| Location: | Calgary, Alberta |
| Sub Consultants: | Building Science Engineering; Cygnus Group; Senez Consulting; RWDI; Spalding Hardware; Lerch Bates; KJA; Kaizen Foodservice Planning & Design |
| Contractors: | PCL Construction; Modern Niagara; Plan Group Canem Systems JV |
The Arthur J.E. Child Comprehensive Cancer Centre, opened Fall 2024, is Canada’s largest comprehensive cancer treatment and research facility and the second largest in North America. Following the engagement of hundreds of patients, family advisors, physicians, and design and contracting partners, the innovative design focuses on a “Heart” courtyard, fostering trust, comfort, resilience, and hope. The Centre, designed and built by the PCL, Stantec, DIALOG, and Smith + Andersen (Footprint) team, integrates communities for treatment, education, and research. This innovative facility features cutting-edge engineering design, showcasing advancements in healthcare design and public infrastructure.
Award of Merit: Gene Zwozdesky Centre at Norwood
| Firm: | Joint: DIALOG & SMP Engineering |
| Client: | Alberta Infrastructure, Alberta Health, and Alberta Health Services |
| Location: | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Sub Consultants: | Acumen Cost Consulting; Al-Terra; Bunt & Associates Engineering Ltd.; CIMA Canada Inc. (CIMA+); Resource Management Consultant; Thurber Engineering Ltd. |
| Contractor: | Clark Builders |
Gene Zwozdesky Centre at Norwood is a new home for those in need of complex continuing care—a continuum of services for those with chronic disease or disability—for young or old, minimal to full care. Located near the Royal Alexandra and Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospitals, it fosters a cohesive community for residents, staff, and visitors. The facility features advanced structural systems with two-way slabs, innovative mechanical systems with water-cooled chillers, steam heating, and comprehensive electrical systems with emergency power. Sustainability moves feature networked electrical metering and future-ready photovoltaic infrastructure, all in service of providing state-of-the-art care in Edmonton.
Award of Excellence: Bonaparte First Nation IR2 Water System Improvements
| Firm: | GHD Limited |
| Client: | Bonaparte First Nation |
| Location: | Bonaparte First Nation, British Columbia |
| Contractor: | Clearflo Solutions Inc. |
The Bonaparte First Nation IR2 Water System Improvements Project addresses decades of water insecurity in Bonaparte First Nation, providing the community with safe, clean drinking water system after previously being on a boil water advisory. The project features two solar-powered, containerized water treatment plants strategically located within the community. The challenge for GHD was to coordinate and design a sustainable, cost-effective system that ensured reliable water access to residents. The resulting project eliminates water trucking, reduces carbon emissions, and incorporates a remote-control system, offering a scalable solution for other remote and Indigenous communities facing similar challenges.
Award of Merit: Lethbridge Recovery Community
| Firm: | MPE a division of Englobe |
| Client: | Alberta Infrastructure |
| Location: | Lethbridge, Alberta |
| Sub Consultant: | FWBA Architects |
| Contractor: | Synergy Projects Ltd. |
| Other Key Player: | Tech-Cost Consultants Ltd. |
Alberta is facing a growing addiction and mental health crisis impacting individuals, families and communities. In response, the government has prioritized expanding treatment and improving infrastructure. MPE a division of Englobe, partnered with Alberta Infrastructure, and the Ministry of Mental Health and Addiction to design and build the Lethbridge Recovery Community—a therapeutic, community-focused treatment centre. Featuring a modular design, with components built off-site and assembled on-site, the facility provides adaptable, scalable support tailored to diverse needs. This innovative model sets the stage for similar centres across Alberta, addressing addiction, homelessness and healthcare strain while fostering recovery, resilience and stronger communities.
Award of Excellence: Al-Terra: Compassionate Citizens of our Community
| Firm: | Al-Terra |
| Client: | Al-Terra |
| Location: | Edmonton and Calgary, Alberta |
One of Al-Terra's core values is to be compassionate citizens of our community. Each year, employees select a focused Charity of Choice to support. This philosophy is an integral part of firm’s culture. Employees champion the chosen charity through volunteering, fundraising events, and personal donations. Al-Terra matches funds raised through Charity of Choice in addition to other contributions. Since 2012, Al-Terra has donated over $1.5 Million dollars through our generous program of giving, which has touched over 65 charitable organizations across Alberta.
Award of Merit: Building Community Capacity
| Firm: | Associated Engineering |
| Client: | Duncan's First Nation |
| Location: | Duncan's First Nation, Alberta |
| Sub Consultant: | Helix Survey |
| Contractors: | Duncan's First Nation; Weaver Group; AGS Mechancial Contractors; Pure Energy |
| Other Key Players: | Indigenous Services Canada; Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation; Indigenous Skills and Employment Training |
Duncan’s First Nation care and creative vision, through the Heavy Equipment Operator Training Program, enabled their community members to attain new skills and secure employment all the while upgrading infrastructure and boosting morale in the community. Associated Engineering collaboratively worked along side Duncan’s First Nation to assist with funding applications, reports, designs and construction support services. Together Duncan’s First Nation and Associated Engineering set in motion a model that other communities can adopt and adapt to their own needs.
Award of Excellence: GHG Monitoring
| Firm: | GHD Limited |
| Client: | BC Hydro |
| Location: | British Columbia |
GHD developed an integrated greenhouse gas (GHG) assessment approach for extensive natural domains as a baseline emissions evaluation for a hydropower reservoir. This innovative project, the first compliance-based GHG assessment of its kind in Canada, combined the emissions flux method, eddy covariance, and a carbon stock heatmap to address emission complexities. The approach effectively captured spatial and temporal GHG variations, with data integration and analysis demonstrating robust accuracy and aligning with existing studies. Moreover, the cost-effective execution stayed under budget. This milestone bridges research and industry, advancing sustainable electricity development and setting a benchmark for similar initiatives.
Award of Merit: Giant Mine Remediation Project: Stabilization, Substantive Design and Regulatory Approval
| Firm: | Joint:WSP & AECOM |
| Client: | Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada & Public Services and Procurement Canada |
| Location: | Yellowknife, Northwest Territories |
| Sub Consultants: | Magna IV Engineering Inc.; Newmans Geotechnique Inc. |
| Contractor: | Parsons Inc. |
| Other Key Player: | Government of the Northwest Territories |
The Giant Mine Remediation Project is a multi-billion dollar mine closure and environmental cleanup, located in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. Since 2010, the WSP and AECOM team has provided design and regulatory permitting services to the Government of Canada, as well as participating in community and First Nations engagement. The abandoned mine has now been stabilized, and the project has reached a key milestone of completing substantive design, and receiving a land use permit, water licence and Fisheries Act Authorization allowing construction to begin. The remediation is scheduled to be completed in 2038.
Award of Excellence: Giant Mine Remediation Project: Stabilization, Substantive Design and Regulatory Approval
| Firm: | Joint:WSP & AECOM |
| Client: | Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada & Public Services and Procurement Canada |
| Location: | Yellowknife, Northwest Territories |
| Sub Consultants: | Magna IV Engineering Inc.; Newmans Geotechnique Inc. |
| Contractor: | Parsons Inc. |
| Other Key Player: | Government of the Northwest Territories |
The Giant Mine Remediation Project is a multi-billion dollar mine closure and environmental cleanup, located in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. Since 2010, the WSP and AECOM team has provided design and regulatory permitting services to the Government of Canada, as well as participating in community and First Nations engagement. The abandoned mine has now been stabilized, and the project has reached a key milestone of completing substantive design, and receiving a land use permit, water licence and Fisheries Act Authorization allowing construction to begin. The remediation is scheduled to be completed in 2038.
Award of Merit: Oilsands Overburden Waste Dump
| Firm: | Thurber Engineering Ltd. |
| Client: | Oilsands Client |
| Location: | Oil Sands, Alberta |
When our client faced a space challenge regarding overburdened storage, they turned to Thurber to assess the possibility of repurposing an existing tailings pond for waste storage. Thurber worked with our client to design a 50-meter-tall storage facility on 80 meters of soft tailings to address risks including liquefaction, stability, materials placement, and long-term performance. Construction is complete and Thurber is working with our client to assess the feasibility of building an extension to the overburdened dump. The project is the first significant structure to be built on top of an in-pit tailings pond in Alberta’s oilsands and the world.
Award of Excellence: Valley Line Southeast LRT
| Firm: | Joint: AECOM; DIALOG; Hatch; ISL Engineering and Land Services Ltd.; Mott MacDonald Canada Limited; SMA Consulting Ltd.; Thurber Engineering Ltd. |
| Client: | City of Edmonton |
| Location: | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Sub Consultants: | Spencer Environmental; GEC Architecture; PhiCon Ltd.; QA Engineering; reVerb Communications; The Stewart Group; Jack Stuempel & Associates |
Valley Line Southeast is a 13.1 km low floor light rail transit system, the City of Edmonton's largest infrastructure project and the first implementation of its new vision of mass transit. The transit line is integrated into existing communities, offering connectivity from Downtown to Mill Woods and with existing LRT lines. It includes 11 street-level stops, an elevated station, one bridge, two elevated guideways, one tunnel and an operations and maintenance facility. As the Owner’s Engineer, connectEd Transit Partnership managed the program from concept design in 2011, through preliminary design, procurement, and design and construction, to service commencement in 2023.
Award of Merit: Design-Build Innovation: Collaborative Project Management of West Calgary Ring Road
| Firm: | Associated Engineering |
| Client: | Alberta Transportation and Economic Corridors |
| Location: | Calgary, Alberta |
| Sub Consultant: | Tetra Tech Canada Inc. |
| Contractors: | EllisDon Construction Services Inc.; Calgary Safelink Partners |
The delivery of the West Calgary Ring Road project, a vital transportation initiative in Alberta, exemplifies design-build innovation and collaborative project management. Built in two segments, the project includes 8 km of the new Stoney Trail, 27 bridges including 4 service interchanges, as well as the full reconstruction of 5 kilometers of the TransCanada Highway. As the Owner's Engineer, Associated Engineering’s commitment to fiscal responsibility and delivering value for money resulted in quantifiable cost savings of over $30 Million. Innovative project management strategies helped achieve minimal claims, exceptional safety, and on-time delivery, setting new benchmarks for excellence.
Award of Excellence: 99 Avenue Sanitary Trunk Bypass Project
| Firm: | SMA Consulting Ltd. |
| Client: | EPCOR |
| Location: | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Sub Consultants: | Stantec Consulting Ltd.; Thurber Engineering Ltd.; SolidEarth Geotechnical |
| Contractors: | Shanghai Construction Group (Canada) Corp.; Associated Engineering; SMA Consulting Ltd.; CKB Construction; Doublestar Drilling |
Edmonton’s 99 Avenue sanitary trunk, built in 1975, is 30 m below ground, tall enough to walk in, and serves 117,000+ customers – more than the population of Red Deer. To allow rehabilitation and increase capacity, EPCOR and the project team constructed a new 1.6 km bypass sewer. An innovative microtunnelling approach minimized surface impact and the first use of specialized pre-lined concrete pipe in Edmonton withstood large boulders and jacking forces of up to 1000 tonnes. The final connection to the trunk was made under live flow conditions during the dead of night. Rehabilitation is now under way.
Award of Merit: Empathetic Project Management Strategies to Facilitate Sustainable Neighbourhood Renewals
| Firm: | Al-Terra |
| Client: | City of Edmonton |
| Location: | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Sub Consultant: | Twenty/20 Communications (960722 Alberta Ltd.) |
Edmonton's Neighbourhood Renewal program revitalizes infrastructure in mature areas, improving roads, sidewalks, and streetlights while enhancing public spaces and active transportation links. Boyle Street and McCauley are diverse inner-city communities with unique challenges requiring special consideration due to their complex social fabric. These neighborhoods house various social agencies, cultural centers, and vulnerable populations. To address these challenges, Al-Terra partnered with Twenty/20 Communications and the City of Edmonton, employing GBA+ practices to engage diverse stakeholder groups. This collaborative approach helped gather valuable feedback, informing project design decisions and aligning the renewal efforts with the specific needs of these multifaceted communities.
Award of Excellence: Coast to Coast: Understanding Infrastructure Maintenance Needs for Parks Canada
| Firm: | Associated Engineering |
| Client: | Parks Canada Agency |
| Location: | Canada-Wide |
| Sub Consultant: | Dillon Consulting Limited |
Associated Engineering played a transformative role in modernizing asset management for Parks Canada Agency, who oversee 18,000 assets valued at $28 billion. Leveraging innovative data-driven methodologies and working closely with the agency’s Service Management branch, Associated evaluated hundreds of assets across Park’s diverse portfolio in remote and challenging areas across Canada. Associated developed a custom asset information system which integrates condition, maintenance, energy, climate risk, and code information. The results from this project provides Parks Canada with the integrated information required to better enable decision making and investment planning.
Award of Merit: GHG Monitoring
| Firm: | GHD Limited |
| Client: | BC Hydro |
| Location: | British Columbia |
GHD developed an integrated greenhouse gas (GHG) assessment approach for extensive natural domains as a baseline emissions evaluation for a hydropower reservoir. This innovative project, the first compliance-based GHG assessment of its kind in Canada, combined the emissions flux method, eddy covariance, and a carbon stock heatmap to address emission complexities. The approach effectively captured spatial and temporal GHG variations, with data integration and analysis demonstrating robust accuracy and aligning with existing studies. Moreover, the cost-effective execution stayed under budget. This milestone bridges research and industry, advancing sustainable electricity development and setting a benchmark for similar initiatives.
Award of Excellence: Feasibility Study for Green Hydrogen Production at Lulu Island WWTP
| Firm: | GHD Limited |
| Client: | Metro Vancouver |
| Location: | Richmond, British Columbia |
Metro Vancouver is exploring options for hydrogen production from their wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) to achieve carbon neutrality goals. Two pathways were identified: electrolysis of purified final effluent, and electrolysis of ammonia recovered from digester supernatant centrate. The latter provides the additional benefit of reducing nitrogen discharge to receiving waters.
GHD completed a study to assess the technical and economic feasibility of the two hydrogen production pathways at the Lulu Island WWTP and developed conceptual designs for both pathways. Evaluation included equipment, electricity consumption, carbon intensity, GHG emissions, carbon credits, and hydrogen end uses.
Award of Merit: Arthur J.E. Child Comprehensive Cancer Centre
| Firm: | Joint: Stantec Consulting Ltd.; DIALOG; Smith + Andersen |
| Client: | Alberta Infrastructure |
| Location: | Calgary, Alberta |
| Sub Consultants: | Building Science Engineering; Cygnus Group; Senez Consulting; RWDI; Spalding Hardware; Lerch Bates; KJA; Kaizen Foodservice Planning & Design |
| Contractors: | PCL Construction; Modern Niagara; Plan Group Canem Systems JV |
The Arthur J.E. Child Comprehensive Cancer Centre, opened Fall 2024, is Canada’s largest comprehensive cancer treatment and research facility and the second largest in North America. Following the engagement of hundreds of patients, family advisors, physicians, and design and contracting partners, the innovative design focuses on a “Heart” courtyard, fostering trust, comfort, resilience, and hope. The Centre, designed and built by the PCL, Stantec, DIALOG, and Smith + Andersen (Footprint) team, integrates communities for treatment, education, and research. This innovative facility features cutting-edge engineering design, showcasing advancements in healthcare design and public infrastructure.
Award of Excellence: West Calgary Ring Road - Highway 8 to Old Banff Coach Road Segment
| Firm: | Joint: Hatch & CIMA Canada Inc. (CIMA+) |
| Client: | Alberta Transportation and Economic Corridors |
| Location: | Calgary, Alberta |
| Sub Consultants: | WSP; D.E.S. Engineering Limited; Morrison Hershfield Limited (now Stantec Consulting Ltd.) |
| Contractor: | Calgary Safelink Partners |
The West Calgary Ring Road - South Project completes the 101 km ring road around Calgary and its decades of planning, engineering and construction. It provides safe access to adjacent land uses and communities while significantly reducing congestion. This final segment (Old Banff Coach Road to Highway 8) includes 5 km of highway, four interchanges, seven structures, and a pedestrian underpass. Calgary Safelink Partners selected the CIMA+ and Hatch joint venture, with support from WSP, D.E.S., and Morrison Hershfield, for delivery of the design. West Calgary Ring Road opened on December 19, 2023, ten months ahead of schedule.
Award of Merit: Valley Line Southeast LRT
| Firm: | Joint: AECOM; DIALOG; Hatch; ISL Engineering and Land Services Ltd.; Mott MacDonald Canada Limited; SMA Consulting Ltd.; Thurber Engineering Ltd. |
| Client: | City of Edmonton |
| Location: | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Sub Consultants: | Spencer Environmental; GEC Architecture; PhiCon Ltd.; QA Engineering; reVerb Communications; The Stewart Group; Jack Stuempel & Associates |
Valley Line Southeast is a 13.1 km low floor light rail transit system, the City of Edmonton's largest infrastructure project and the first implementation of its new vision of mass transit. The transit line is integrated into existing communities, offering connectivity from Downtown to Mill Woods and with existing LRT lines. It includes 11 street-level stops, an elevated station, one bridge, two elevated guideways, one tunnel and an operations and maintenance facility. As the Owner’s Engineer, connectEd Transit Partnership managed the program from concept design in 2011, through preliminary design, procurement, and design and construction, to service commencement in 2023.
Award of Excellence: West Calgary Ring Road - Highway 8 to Old Banff Coach Road Segment
| Firm: | Joint: Hatch & CIMA Canada Inc. (CIMA+) |
| Client: | Alberta Transportation and Economic Corridors |
| Location: | Calgary, Alberta |
| Sub Consultants: | WSP; D.E.S. Engineering Limited; Morrison Hershfield Limited (now Stantec Consulting Ltd.) |
| Contractor: | Calgary Safelink Partners |
The West Calgary Ring Road - South Project completes the 101 km ring road around Calgary, Alberta, and its decades of planning, engineering and construction. It provides safe access to adjacent land uses and communities while significantly reducing congestion. This final segment (Old Banff Coach Road to Highway 8) includes 5 km of highway, four interchanges, seven structures, and a pedestrian underpass. Calgary Safelink Partners selected the CIMA+ and Hatch joint venture, with support from WSP, D.E.S., and Morrison Hershfield, for delivery of the design. West Calgary Ring Road opened on December 19, 2023, ten months ahead of schedule.
Award of Merit: Bow Valley Gap Wildlife Overpass
| Firm: | DIALOG |
| Client: | Alberta Transportation and Economic Corridors |
| Location: | East of Canmore, Alberta |
| Sub Consultants: | Ecofor Consulting; Egis; Miistakis Institute; Thurber Engineering Ltd. |
| Contractors: | Atlantic Industries Ltd.; PME Inc. |
Simple and straightforward in its design and engineering, the Bow Valley Gap Wildlife Overpass serves to reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions and connect wildlife migration routes and patterns that cross the Trans-Canada Highway. Design considerations sought to balance technical complexity, driver safety and experience; and the ecological needs of the wildlife populations it will connect. The location was selected based on traditional migration patterns, and the design responds to the topography and local ecology of the surroundings to integrate it into the landscape in a manner that is sensitive and thoughtful.
Award of Excellence: Horsefly Regional Emergency Spillway Phase 1
| Firm: | MPE a division of Englobe |
| Client: | Southern Regional Stormwater Drainage Committee |
| Location: | Taber, Alberta |
| Sub Consultant: | Stantec Consulting Ltd. |
| Contractor: | Degraaf Excavating Ltd. |
Southern Alberta's agricultural sector, which generates over $1.8 billion annually for the GDP, is increasingly at risk from flooding due to the frequency of large storms and intensive irrigation. The Horsefly Regional Emergency Spillway Phase 1 project, near Taber, addresses this by utilizing existing irrigation infrastructure for managing stormwater. MPE a division of Englobe, led the civil, structural and hydrotechnical design for Phase 1—a 5.6 km section connecting Taber Lake Reservoir to the Oldman River—ensuring long-term sustainability and infrastructure protection. Once the entire spillway is complete, it will allow greater management of stormwater throughout the Lethbridge to Medicine Hat Corridor.
Award of Merit: Lloydminster Wastewater Treatment Facility
| Firm: | ISL Engineering and Land Services Ltd. |
| Client: | City of Lloydminster |
| Location: | Lloydminster, Alberta |
| Other Key Players: | Chandos-Bird Joint Venture; Magna IV Engineering; Veolia Water Technologies |
The City of Lloydminster faced a mandate from the federal government to upgrade its Wastewater Treatment Facility or face legal consequences. ISL was brought on as the Owner’s Engineer to provide water wastewater engineering and project management services.
Utilizing Integrated Project Delivery and extensive Building Information Modelling, ISL and the project team were able to optimize design and streamline construction. The upgraded facility significantly improved the quality of treated effluent entering the North Saskatchewan River, ensuring compliance with the Federal Wastewater Systems Effluent Regulations and protecting downstream communities. The project was completed two weeks ahead of schedule and 1.5M under budget.
