Bruce B GIS Equipment Installation

The Port Hope Area Initiative (PHAI) is one of North America’s largest nuclear and environmental remediation programs, led in collaboration with Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL). The multi-year initiative involves removing low-level radioactive waste (LLRW) from over 400 residential and commercial sites and 400+ road allowances, transporting it to a long-term waste management facility (LTWMF) for safe storage.

The Higgins Mountain Wind Farm Project is located near Folly Lake, Nova Scotia. The development will comprise of roads and foundations of seventeen 5.9 MW wind turbine generators.

Bird successfully completed the Darlington Waste Management Facility’s Used Fuel Storage Structure 3 (SB3), achieving a significant milestone as the first OPG nuclear storage building constructed under ISO 9001 standards. This transition from the previous N299 standards for spent fuel storage led to notable cost and schedule efficiencies without compromising quality.

The new two-storey building is to be specifically designed and constructed within the perimeter of the existing energized 500kV switchyard at the Bruce Nuclear Generating Station to house the 500kV GIS switchgear, relay and battery equipment. This will replace the existing ABCBs in the Bruce B SS switchyard that are at end-of-life.

Bird, in partnership with EPCOR and Ontario Power Generation (OPG), successfully delivered the new Darlington Water Treatment Plant—a critical infrastructure project ensuring a reliable supply of pharmaceutical-quality demineralized water to OPG’s nuclear steam systems for the next 30 years. This 2,800 sq. m. facility, located at the secure Darlington Nuclear Generating Station, was strategically designed and built outside the protected area, allowing operations to continue uninterrupted at the existing plant.

Bird is currently undertaking Canada’s largest IPD project: the Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) Advanced Nuclear Materials Research Centre (ANMRC).