Market Experience
Kiewit Canadian Resources District specializes in a wide range of projects including mine site development and open pit operations, hydroelectric powerhouses, wind power plants, dams and transmission lines. We pride ourselves on safely delivering quality projects on time and within budget.
Kiewit was awarded the contract to excavate and construct the river water intake (RWI) for the larger Kearl Oil Sands Project. The client accelerated the schedule to construct the RWI in one year, requiring an intricate level of planning and organization on behalf of the Kiewit team.
A Kiewit- led joint venture was awarded the contract to conduct the initial site clearing and excavations for this oil sands mega-project, located 70 kilometers north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, in the Athabasca oil sands region. To conduct the work required for this project, Kiewit has deployed more than 73 heavy haul trucks and 26 excavators, including an 800-tonne PC 8000 front shovel; 29 dozers; 10 loaders; 11 cranes; 6 packers; and more than 150 pickup trucks.
Imperial Oil’s Kearl Oil Sands project is located 70 kilometers north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, in the Athabasca oil sands region. A critical component of the overall schedule involves the completion of 740,000 cubic meters of trench excavation and the installation of 27,000 lineal meters of deep undergrounds piping.
In 2006, the Toba Montrose General Partnership awarded Kiewit an EPC contract for the design, procurement, construction and commissioning of two run-of-river hydroelectric facilities. At peak production there is enough hydroelectricity to power 75,000 homes.
Lac de Gras Constructors, a Kiewit-led joint venture, completed three contracts from January 2000 to March 2003 to construct portions of this diamond mine south of the Arctic Circle. A major feature of the project was the 3.9-km. water retention dike that encircles the diamond deposits – the first dike of its kind constructed in Canada.
Construction Kiewit Cie was awarded the first of four contracts to perform infrastructure work at the Raglan nickel mine in the Canadian Arctic. The owner's satisfaction with these early contracts was a key factor in selecting a Kiewit-led team to provide seven years of open-pit mining.