NEWS BRIEFS
NOVA SCOTIA
Work starts on second
phase of Halifax Ferry
Terminal infrastructure
upgrades Halifax and the federal government
have announced the start of phase
two for infrastructure upgrades to the
Halifax Ferry Terminal. The upgrades
include the renovation of the wash-
room facilities and the installation of a
modern ceiling acoustic panel system
that will dampen unwanted noise and
create a more welcoming area for pas-
sengers, a news release says. The fed-
eral government is contributing
$500,000 for the project.

Halifax reviews construction
noise bylaw
Halifax councillors plan to take a
closer look at construction noise in
residential neighbourhoods, CBC re-
ports. The city’s current noise bylaw was
last updated in 1999. It states that con-
struction on weekdays is permitted
between 7 a.m. and 9:30 p.m., on Sat-
urdays between 8 a.m. and 7 p.m. and
on Sundays and holidays between 9
a.m. and 7 p.m.

A south-end residents advocacy
group has been pushing to get those
hours reduced.

“All they have to do is come and live
in one of these places, a residential
neighbourhood that has a mainstream
development going on, and if you have
to listen to a pile driver 12 hours a day,
seven days a week, it can get pretty te-
dious,” said Chris Annand, the vice-
chair of Park to Park Community
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CONSTRUCTION ACROSS CANADA
The committee agreed to ask for a
staff report outlining options for
changes to the noise bylaw. “It is very
far out of sync with what other major
cities are doing,” said committee chair
Wayne Mason. He said the type of con-
struction in the city has changed since
the bylaw was updated 18 years ago.

NEWFOUNDLAND AND
LABRADOR Companies respond to
RFP call to make use of idle
Bull Arm fabrication site in
post-Hebron era
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
Province in search of
engineer for Victoria
seawall upgrades
The Village of Victoria is looking for
engineering companies that are inter-
ested in working on major upgrades to
the community, including replacing the
seawall, CBC reports.

The province recently put out a re-
quest for proposals, calling on engi-
neering companies to submit
applications and designs for the pro-
ject, with the hopes of having con-
struction of the wall completed by
spring. The 90-metre-long seawall is part of
major upgrades to the area, including
a new pedestrian pathway to connect
the waterfront with green space and
business areas, a recreational area and
upgrading the historic Victoria school-
house. “We’re hoping to get a big re-
sponse,” said Kent Bruyneel, executive
director of Central Development Cor-
poration, the company overseeing the
project. Victoria received funding through
ACOA in 2016 and is using its gas tax
to help pay for the projects. The com-
bined cost of all three projects is ex-
pected to be about $1.2 million.

Bruyneel said some engineering
companies have expressed interest in
the project. Candidates will undergo a
scoring process by his company and
Victoria’s administration, with a selec-
tion made in February.

Four companies have answered a
request for proposals from Nalcor to
use the idle Bull Arm fabrication site in
Trinity Bay in the post-Hebron era, CBC
reports. They include G.J. Cahill & Company
Limited, DFB Driver, Pennecon Heavy
Civil Limited, and Canadian Supply
Base Company, all with St. John’s ad-
dresses. A spokesperson for Nalcor Energy,
which owns the site, said the propos-
als are being evaluated “with the goal
of securing a tenant that will maximize
site utilization and attract sustainable
business opportunities.”
Once the assessments are com-
plete, Nalcor hopes to begin negotia-
tions with one or more of the
companies, and potentially sign leases
by the end of March.

Nalcor describes the 6,300-acre
property as Atlantic Canada’s largest
industrial fabrication site. It has been
quiet since the massive Hebron oil
production facility was completed and
towed out to sea last June.

Nalcor is marketing Bull Arm as an
ideal site for activities like steel fabri-
cation, concrete construction, deep
water commissioning, platform com-
missioning, supply servicing, rig-
retrofitting and more.