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Top 5 Strategic Infrastructure Projects
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Top 5 Strategic Infrastructure Projects Canada: Le Plan Nord Sector: Energy
Project Value: US $80 Billion ($47 Billion for Renewable Energy, $33 Billion for the development of mining and public infrastructure
Project Sponsor: Government of Quebec / Société du Plan Nord
Project Presenter: Robert Sauve, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources & Wildlife, Government of Quebec Plan Nord is an ambitious plans for sustainable economic development in the region of Quebéc. It will attract $80 billion in public and private sector investments over a 25-year period, and will create substantial opportunities for U.S. and foreign firms to participate in the design and construction of major infrastructure projects such as roads, air and sea ports which will help unlock Northern Québec's full economic potential, notably by improving access to its vast mineral and energy resources. The Employment and economic spinoff will be 20 000 jobs a year (500 000 over 25 years) and $14 billion in revenues for the gouvernement du Québec over 25 years, with an estimated $162 billion to be added to Québec’s gross domestic product (GDP) during that time and $1.4 billion in mining royalties over five years. Investissement Québec will manage a $500-million allocation over five years to cover equity participations in projects under the Plan Nord. The objective is to ensure that the inhabitants of Northern Québec and all Quebecers benefit, in addition to spinoff stemming from investments, royalties and the taxes that the private sector pays, from the growth of businesses that invest in Québec to develop our natural resources. USA: MTA Long Island Railroad East Side Access Sector: Transportation
Project Value: US $7.2 Billion
Project Sponsor: Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA)
Project Presenter: Michael Horodniceanu, Ph.D., P.E., President of MTA Capital Construction The Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (MTA) East Side Access (ESA) project will connect the Long Island Railroad’s (LIRR) Main and Port Washington lines in Queens to a new LIRR terminal beneath Grand Central Station on the east side of Manhattan. The MTA's website’s states that project goals consist of the creation of a direct and fast link between Long Island, Queens and East Midtown Manhattan, and to alleviate overcrowding at Penn Station. Additional project goals include increased East River commuter rail tunnel capacity, as well as improved traffic patterns, quality of life, economic development and air quality in the New York metropolitan area. Construction was originally scheduled to begin in early 2006 and be complete in 2013, but has been delayed repeatedly. In December 2006, voters approved the Bond Act which provided $450 million for ESA, and Congress earmarked $2.6 billion in federal funds. In 2007, the MTA received another $215 in federal funds for the project, and in 2008 the United States Depa rtment of Transportation (DOT) provided a $210 million grant for the project, but more funding is still needed. The MTA’s own budget troubles have also delayed the project. The first phase of construction began in September 2007. Two tunnel boring machines (TBM’s) will make eight tunnel drives in Manhattan, two of which are already complete. Tunnel boring began 120 feet below street-level from 63rd Street and reached Grand Central Station in July 2008. The second phase of construction began in January 2009 at 37th Street and Park Avenue, and includes utility relocation and air shaft construction. Boring of all Manhattan tunnels will be finished by 2010. The entire project is scheduled for completion in 2015 at a total cost of $7.2 billion. USA: NextGen Air Traffic Control System
Sector: Transportation
Sub-Sector: Air Traffic
Project Sponsor: NextGen Air Traffic Control System Canada: Ring of Fire Mining Development
Sector: Energy
Project Value: $4 Billion direct infrastructure investment / $30 Billion in estimated metal value of deposits
Project Sponsor: Government of Ontario The Ring of Fire, located 700 miles northeast of Minneapolis and in the far north of Ontario, is the location of an exciting emerging mining frontier. In the last three years 5 chromite deposits totaling 128 million tonnes and one 11 million tonne nickel-copper deposit, have been discovered. Metal value of the deposits exceeds $30 B. Key exploration companies include: Cliffs Natural Resources Inc., Noront Resources Ltd. and KWG Resources Ltd. and 30 other junior exploration companies. Chromite is a strategic metal, with minimal current North American production. Stainless steel production is the major use of chromite. The location of the deposit discoveries, is remote, and wet (James Bay Lowlands), with no infrastructure. Infrastructure components required for development and mining, include: open pit (chromite),underground(nickel-copper)mine, concentrating mills, transportation (rail &/or road)and transmission lines (or generators) of some 206 miles, and a ferrochrome processing facility in Northern Ontario(offsite), requiring 300 MW power. The development is perceived as a catalyst to develop the far north of Ontario, to provide power to remote First Nations communities currently using diesel generators, and to enhance communities infrastructure, ( water treatment, housing, airports), and business growth. Forecast (industry) construction jobs for all facets of the project total 2200-5500, with 1200 operating positions required once production commences. Construction costs are forecast by industry to be between $3.5 and $4.6 B, with production from Cliff’s Black Thor chromite deposit scheduled for 2015/16, and Noront’s nickel –copper deposit by 2016. USA: Northeast Corridor High Speed Rail
Sector: Transportation
Sub-Sector: High-Speed Rail Regional: New International Trade Crossing Sector: Transportation
Sub-Sector: Bridges USA: Ohio Brent Spence Bridge Sector: Transportation
Sub-Sector: Bridges
Top Rail Projects USA: Crescent Corridor, Norfolk Southern Sector: Transportation
Sub-sector: Rail
Project Value: $2.5 billion (estimated)
Project Sponsor: Norfolk Southern The Crescent Corridor is a 2,500- mile rail network through 13 states from Louisiana to New Jersey that supports the supply chain from New Orleans to New Jersey. Norfolk Southern is now making improvements to the corridor that will enable it to handle more traffic, including adding new independent intermodal facilities at Memphis, Tennessee, Birmingham, Alabama, and Franklin County, Pennsylvania; the expansion of intermodal terminals in Harrisburg and Philadelphia and the addition of freight rail capacity in Virginia and Mississippi. The Crescent Corridor program of projects is estimated to cost $2.5 billion for full development by 2020. Norfolk Southern was granted $105 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act's TIGER program. Virginia and Pennsylvania are other states that have contributed to funding the project. The project is projected to create 73,000 green jobs by 2030. Other benefits include 2 million tons of carbon avoided/year; 170 million gallons of fuel saved; and $576 million saved from reduced highway congestion. Mexico: Rail Modernization& Bypasses, Kansas City Southern de Mexico Sector: Transportation
Sub-Sector: Rail
Project Sponsor: Kansas City Southern Rail de Mexico
Project Presenter: Jose Zozaya, CEO, Kansas City Southern Rail de Mexico Kansas City Southern and Kansas City Southern de México S.A. de C.V. (KCSM) officials recently updated local business leaders and lawmakers about long-term plans to improve rail service in and around the greater Laredo/Nuevo Laredo area at the U.S./Mexico border. The plan comprises two phases: a new international rail bridge and urban bypass, and the Nuevo Laredo “secure corridor.” KCS recently submitted a filing to Mexican authorities seeking federal approval for the new international bridge. A working group including KCSM, Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes, state of Tamaulpas and city of Nuevo Laredo representatives is refining the engineering, legal and financial aspects of the two-phase project, according to an item posted on the “KCS News” Web site. The secure corridor plans calls for relocating rail capacity from KCSM’s BJ line to the B line to free up land for public uses, such as parks, avenues and housing. KCSM would build a double-track segment on the B line while public authorities would construct several vehicular overpasses to grade separate the line. USA: Tower 55, BSNF Railway Sector: Transportation
Sub-Sector: Rail
Project Sponsor: BSNF Railway
Tower 55 is a vital intersection for the national rail network, and it provides connectivity for freight and passenger travel between the West Coast, Midwest, Gulf Coast, Southeast, Canada and Mexico. Located in downtown Fort Worth, Texas, Tower 55 is one of the busiest and most congested rail intersections in the United States. Nearly 100 trains move through the intersection daily carrying high priority intermodal (truck trailers or containers on railcars) goods moving across the nation, agricultural products destined for Gulf Coast ports, industrial and manufactured goods reaching throughout North America, low-sulfur coal bound for power plants in Texas, and passengers aboard Amtrak's Heartland Flyer and Texas Eagle service. An additional 43 commuter trains pass by on the adjacent Trinity Railway Express each week day. BNSF Railway, Union Pacific Railroad, and city and regional governments have developed plans to alleviate congestion and improve the flow of commerce through Tower 55. With funding from the Department of Transportation's National Infrastructure Investments TIGER II Discretionary Grant, Tower 55 improvements will enhance the environment, economy and lives of people living and working near Tower 55.
Top Surface Transportation Projects Grand ParkwaySector: Transportation
Sub-Sector: Highway
Project Value US$3.863 billion
Project Sponsor: Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT)
The Project consists of the redevelopment of a 28-mile section of Interstate 35E (IH 35E) from IH 635 to US 380 in Dallas and Denton Counties. The Project is planned to include reconstruction and widening of the existing IH 35E to incorporate additional main lanes/general purpose lanes, managed lanes and frontage roads through the cities of Farmers Branch and Carrollton in Dallas County, the Town of Hickory Creek, the cities of Lewisville, Highland Village, Lake Dallas, Corinth, Shady Shores and Denton in Denton County. The total capital costs to design, acquire right-of-way, address utility relocation and construct the Project have been estimated to be approximately $3.863 billion. The RFQ is out for this project. USA: I-35 East
Sector: Transportation
Sub-Sector: Highway
Project Sponsor: TxDOT
USA: Illiana Corridor
Sector: Transportation
Sub-Sector: Highway
Project Sponsor: INDOT
USA: PANY/NJ Goethals Bridge Sector: Transportation
Sub-Sector: Bridges
Project Sponsor: PANY/NY
Top Electricity Generation Projects
Mexico: CFE Top Electricity ProjectsSector: Energy
Sub-Sector: Electricity
Project Sponsor: CFE USA: Dominion Energy Shale PipelineSector: Energy
Sub-Sector: Shale Gas
Project Sponsor: Dominion Energy Canada: Romaine River Hydro Complex, Hydro QuebecSector: Energy
Sub-Sector: Hydro
Project Sponsor: Hydro Quebec Top 5 Transformative Infrastructure Projects Tres Amigas Super Project Sector: Energy
Project Value: $3 billion
Project Sponsor: Tres Amigas, LLC. The Tres Amigas Super Project attempts to unite America's three electricity grids. Currently, the U.S. has three electricity grids- the Western Interconnection, the Eastern Interconnection and the Texas Interconnection that are not connected. So a wind farm in Texas cannot supply power to markets in California. The $3 billion Tres Amigas Super Station which looks to connect the three grids at Clovis, New Mexico will solve this transmission problem for renewable energy providers. "By providing access to all three of the nation's power grids, the Tres Amigas Super Station will help America unlock its wind, solar and geothermal assets, meet its renewable energy targets, create new green jobs and reduce greenhouse gas emissions," according to Tres Amigas. Mexico: CFE Smart Grid / RenewablesSector: Energy
Sub-Sector: Renewable Energy
Project Sponsor: CFE USA: Atlantic Wind ConnectionSector: Energy
Sub-Sector: Wind Energy Top Ports & Logistics Projects
USA: Port of Savannah
Sector: Logistics
Sub-Sector: Ports Mexico: Logistics and Industrial Center Development in Durango
Sector: Logistics
Project Value: $148 million MPX (2011)
Project Sponsor: CLID Durango
Project Presenter: Juan Francisco Gutierrez, Sec. Desarollo Economico de Durango El Centro Logistico Industrial Durango is located on 4,000 acres four miles north of the state’s capital City of Durango; a clean urban center, with high living standards and all the necessary services and infrastructure to meet the requirements of the most demanding families and companies. Because of its infrastructure and competitive advantages, the City of Durango has been included by the Financial Times’ Foreign Direct Investment magazine as one of the five small cities with larger economic potential in North America. National and international automotive, metal-mechanics and other manufacturing companies have already established in Durango, where they have found strong public incentives, a well established community, and permanent labor stability. Durango is strategically located at a North Central Mexico crossroads of major highways and railroad routes. The State of Durango has built a strong alliance with leading international logistics and commercial firms.
The existence of these benefits create a strategic advantage for CLID in reducing transportation time and freight costs from North America to the rest of the world. The CLID facility reinforces the commitment of Durango to grow as a leading industrial and commercial location. The State of Durango is nearing completion of the largest infrastructure investment by a state (of 31 states and the federal district) in Mexico. Durango's portion of the $4.4 billion U.S. total cost of the modernization of the Port of Mazatlan-Durango intermodal corridor will slash a freight truck's trip from eight hours to three hours over the new road, opening up new markets from the Pacific Coast and into the United States for Durango based businesses. The CLID intermodal freight transport facility will include the following strategic component: industrial parks, new train station, intermodal terminal, inland customs office, foreign trade zone, research & technology development park, high technology industrial solar park, livestock industrial zone. Inland Port of MonterreySector: Logistics
Project Value: $2,000 US MD
Project Sponsor: Inland Port of Monterrey
Project Presenter: Antonio Martinez, Project Director, SEDECO-NL, Interpuerto Monterrey Interpuerto Monterrey, an esential component of the Logistics Development Strategic Program for the Competitiveness of the State of Nuevo León, will provide logistics and multimodal transportation services to increase the global competitiveness of the economic activities to levels comparable of its principal commercial associates. Mexico: Inland Port of Guanajuato Sector: Logistics
Value: $2 billion USD
Project Sponsor: Puerto Interior Guanajuato
Project Presenter: Jorge Acevedo, CEO, Puerto Interior Guanajuato A project that consolidates great competitive advantages to the national and international industry. It is a place where the transport and logistic process of the companies is more efficient, with its strategic location of the complex and of the government’s support to grow and strengthen the market. Guanajuato State is located in the center of Mexico and directly connected to the highways with the biggest flow in the country, as well as to the Gulf of Mexico (east coast) and the Pacific Ocean (west coast) with the railroad corridor and the international Airport, all passing through GTO Inland Port. The geographical position of the state of Guanajuato allows you to move merchandise through different routes and ways of transport. Lowering costs and reducing times to the companies using the national transportation corridors . The solid infrastructure of GTO Inland Port has been designed with a long-term vision. The operating structure is based on a successful formula where private and public talents and abilities are integrated through 8 strategic areas: Industrial Parks Are, Railroad Industrial Park, Customs Area, Free Trade Zone, Rail Container Facility, Guanajuato International Airport. Top Urban Mass Transit Projects Canada: Ottawa Light Rail USA: Montgomery XRT Project
Top Water / Wastewater Projects
La Piedad: River Basin Recovery: Taller 13
Sector: Public Procurement & Design
Project Value: $1,000 US M
Project Sponsor: Taller 13 Architecture
Project Presenter: Elias Cattan Cherem, CEO
Description - The proposed project to regenerate Río La Piedad begins at the rivers origin on the hills west of the Anahuac Basin, in Mexico City, and after traversing it entirely, ends, along with the river, on the eastern edge of the city in the deep drainage system, it should end up in Lake Texcoco. The project is made up of a linear park along the river that hosts various activities and programs that complement vocations along the viaduct. This project aims at connecting humans and other biota with integrated mobility and water-treatment systems. It will provide East to West interconnection 5 central neighborhoods in México City. We intend to remove 6 central car lanes, uncover the tubed river, and lay out a black-water-treatment system by way of constructed wetlands and a river-park system providing public spaces. Each side of the river will include two driving lanes, one public-transportation lane (busses, zero-emissions vehicles, and electric transportation), one dual-direction bike lane, and a pedestrian walkway that accommodates different activities.Currently, this avenue is used by over 1 million people on a daily basis, and is mainly destined for car use and a drainage system. During the rainy season 80% of this water is rainwater, the rest is black water directed towards an adjacent watershed. We intend to complement this mobility axis with alternative transport, via a Bus Rapid Transit system and decentralized water-treatment stations. Mexico: Recovery of Atoyac Sewage System Upgrade, State of Puebla Sector: Public Procurement
Project Value: $411 MDP
Project Sponsor: State of Puebla
Project Presenter: Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada, Secretario de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales
El Secretario de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales, Juan Rafael Elivra Quesada, en gira de trabajo por el estado de Puebla expreso que el proyecto Parque Lineal del Rio Atoyac sera un parque lineal de 5.2 kim de dicha rivera, mediante el cual se dotara de areas verdes y vias alternas de movilidad a la zona metropolitana de la entidad, con la finalidad de regenerar y recuperar la sustenibilidad de la region. Ante el Gobernador del estado de Puebla, Rafael Moreno Valle, el funcionario federal destacó que las acciones de saneamiento de los ríos Atoyac, Zahuapan y Alseseca son parte de una visión transexenal y de largo plazo por medio de la Agenda del Agua 2030, la cual contempla como uno de sus ejes el lograr ríos limpios en todo el territorio nacional. Subrayó que el proyecto del Río Atoyac transformará una zona en desuso en un espacio de esparcimiento, sensibilización y educación sobre la importancia ecosistémica del río como de la cuenca que lo alimenta y beneficiará a más de 246 mil habitantes locales.
USA: San Francisco Sewage System Upgrade, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Sector: Water
Sub-Sector: Waste Water
Project Sponsor: San Francisco Public Utilities Commission USA: DC Water CSO Program
Sector: Water
Sub-Sector: Waste Water
Project Sponsor: DC Water CSO PrograM
Project Presenter: Carlton Ray Top "New Infrastructure" Projects Regional: NADBank
Project Sponsor: NADBank Canada: Upper Toba Valley Hydroelectric Development Project
Project Sponsor: Alterra Power Corp.Project Location: British Columbia The two generating facilities of the Upper Toba Valley Project are located in the Toba Valley, approximately 80 km north northeast of Powell River on BC’s Sunshine Coast. The electricity generated at the powerhouse sites will be connected by 155 km of 230 kV transmission line to Saltery Bay, approximately 30 km south of Powell River, and the point of interconnection with BCTC, through the existing Toba Montrose transmission line.
The Upper Toba Valley Hydroelectric Project consists of two renewable clean power facilities to be constructed at the headwaters of the Toba Inlet on Jimmie Creek and the Upper Toba River. Installed capacity of the two facilities is estimated to be 124 MW with an expected annual energy generation of 344 GW hr/yr. When built, these facilities have the potential to produce electricity for over 34,420 homes and the ability to displace approximately 230,600 tonnes of greenhouse gases (GHG) annually. This is the equivalent of taking 44,600 cars off the road per year or planting about 35,000 hectares of trees. Canada: Dokie II Wind Farm ExpansionProject Sponsor: Alterra Power Corp.
After purchasing the partially-completed Dokie Wind project, GE Energy and Plutonic Power engaged Mortenson to provide EPC services for the remainder of the first phase of the 144-megawatt project, situated in a remote area of the Canadian Rockies' front range. As the EPC contractor, Mortenson erected the remaining Vestas V90 wind turbines and installed the remaining roads, foundations, underground and overhead collection system, transmission line, and project substation. This initial phase is part of an overall planned 300-megawatt development. Once completed, the Peace River region will house British Columbia’s largest wind power facility. Mexico: Wind Farm, Grupo Bimbo Sector: Energy
Sub-Sector: Eolic Energy Generation
Project Value: $200 MDD
Project Sponsor: Grupo Bimbo
Project Presenter: Ramon Perez, Director de Evaluacion de Proyectos, Planta Eolica Grupo Bimbo, the largest Mexican bread maker, is developing a wind farm in the southern state of Oaxaca that will generate near to 100% of the the company’s energy needs. The wind farm will provide installed power of 90 megawatts, enough to run 65 of Bimbo’s plants and offices in Mexico, the company said in a statement.Several major wind farms have already been developed in the La Venta section of the Isthmus. Others are being constructed or on the drawing board. For example, Grupo Bimbo (which, with the acquisition of Sara Lee, has become the world’s largest bread- and pastry-maker) announced it is building a wind farm in association with Desarrollos Eólicos Mexicanos (Demex), a subsidiary of Spanish renewable energy firm Renovalia Energy. The “Piedra Larga” wind farm is under construction in Unión Hidalgo, Oaxaca. Costing $200 million, it will have an installed capacity of 90 MW when the first phase is complete, rising to 227 MW when the project is complete. This is sufficient energy to power all Bimbo’s producing and distribution needs in Mexico during the next 18 years at least. The first power will be generated early next year.
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