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PROJECT OVERVIEW
COOLING POND REMOVAL
Sydney Tar Ponds & Coke Ovens Clean Up:
Presentation Overview
• Overview: clean up• Profile Cooling Pond project• Consider relationship with First
Nations• Local Economic Benefits
Project Overview• Clean up is 25 years in the making
• One of the most intensely studied and vigorously debated projects of its kind
• Budgeted at $400 million
• Funded by Canada & Nova Scotia - cost share is 70%-30%
Construction-Clean Up
Related Costs
S1
$290,000,000
$110,000,000
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$50,000,000
$100,000,000
$150,000,000
$200,000,000
$250,000,000
$300,000,000Allocation of Funds
Related Activities include: preventative works, pre-design, environmental impact assessment, IE, design oversight, & agency operations
Clean Up Scope & Complexion• Spans 7 years
• Begins this summer
• Local contractors expected to supply most services
• Business model - Competitive bid process
Scope & Complexion
11 Projects Comprise Clean Up
Channels
Decontamination Facility
S&S
Surface Cap-TPCO Brook Connector
Cutoff Walls
Groundwater Collection
Water Treatment
Landfill
CO Surface Cap
Governance
PMC
Sydney Tar Ponds
Agency
Independent Engineer
Design Engineer
CLC
Contractors
First Nations
EMC
OAC
Background
• October 2005 - Protocol Agreement
Signed
Canada, Nova Scotia, First Nations
Background cont’d
Cooling Pond designated Aboriginal set aside in
2005
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Background cont’d
• Cooling pond went to tender in 2006
• Recommendations of Environmental Review Panel required a rethink of construction method
• Project pulled back and changed in line with panel recommendations
• Cooling Pond going to tender this summer
Cooling Pond Set Aside cont’d
• Changed construction method this time
Originally-Design Build• Contractor sets out design &
constructs
• Overall responsibility with contractor
• First nations involvement via partnerships
• Non-FN companies in the lead
• Limited FN content
Originally-Design Build• Contractor sets out design &
constructs
• Overall responsibility with contractor
• First nations involvement via partnerships
• Non-FN companies in the lead
• Limited FN content
Currently-Time & Materials• Earth Tech (DE) construction
manager
• Overall responsibility for design implementation with Earth Tech
• First nations involvement direct
• FN companies supply needed labour & materials
• Expanded FN content
Currently-Time & Materials• Earth Tech (DE) construction
manager
• Overall responsibility for design implementation with Earth Tech
• First nations involvement direct
• FN companies supply needed labour & materials
• Expanded FN content
Cooling Pond Set Aside cont’d
• FN contractors will be pre-qualified for standing offer list
• Contractors will be engaged for additional set-aside projects going forward
First Nations
• Discussions going well with FN economic benefits Steering Committee led by Membertou
• Agreement on the establishment of FN LEB Office
• Briefings held with Steering Committee and FN vendors
First Nations cont’d
• Negotiations progressing between government partners and First Nations on a procurement agreement specific to tar ponds and Coke Ovens clean up
• Agreement expected this fall
First Nations cont’dLooking beyond the Cooling Pond, options for involvement of First Nations under discussion
Possible additional projects: i.e.: access roads, capping, materials handling
FN Participation
Models
Set AsideSet Aside
Standing OfferStanding Offer
Local Economic Benefits
Cape Breton content in the clean up is an Agency priority
The way bid packages are scored reflects this
Benefits - Point AllocationBig picture -
Allocation of Points - Macro100 in total
Benefits
Technical & Costing
15
85
Benefits - Point Breakdown
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Labour & Materials
8 points
Community Input
2 points Ownership
5 points
Clean Up Particulars
• Fundamentally, it’s a big construction project• So, we’ll be needing …
– Aggregates – gravels, stone, clay, till, rip rap– Trucking – Equipment – loaders, excavators, dozers– Operators, labourers, supervisors, testing– Specific materials – liners, pumps, erosion
– Aggregates – gravels, stone, clay, till, rip rap– Trucking – Equipment – loaders, excavators, dozers– Operators, labourers, supervisors, testing– Specific materials – liners, pumps, erosion
Conclusion
• Significant opportunities
• Know your capacity
• Online business directory
• www.tarpondscleanup.ca
Questions / Discussion