Canaport LNG, the partnership between Repsol YPF and Irving Oil, awarded the offshore and Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) contract to Kiewit-Weeks-Sandwell Partnership, a consortium of Peter Kiewit Sons Co of St. John's, Newfoundland; Weeks Marine of Cranford, New Jersey; and Sandwell Engineering of Vancouver, British Columbia.

Kiewit-Weeks-Sandwell Partnership

Kiewit-Weeks-Sandwell Partnership was awarded the EPC contract for the terminal's offshore facilities, including the receiving pier.

Peter Kiewit Sons’, Inc.

Peter Kiewit Sons’, Inc. was started in 1884, when Peter and Andrew Kiewit formed Kiewit Brothers. The two sons of a brick maker began the company as an Omaha masonry contracting business. Peter Kiewit’s youngest son (also named Peter) developed his father’s company into a major national contractor. Today, Kiewit is the seventh largest construction firm and one of the largest employee-owned firms in North America.

Weeks Marine Inc.

Founded in 1919 as Weeks Stevedoring Company, Weeks Marine Inc. has grown into one of the leading marine-construction and dredging organizations in the United States and Canada. Today, the firm’s capabilities include dredging, construction, marine transportation, heavy lift and salvage, and equipment charter and rental. The firm has an impressive track record of efficiency and safety.

Sandwell Engineering Inc.

Founded in 1948 in Vancouver, Canada, Sandwell made its name in the international pulp and paper industry, merging in 1986 with a long-time affiliate Swan Wooster Engineering Co. Ltd. Since its inception in 1925, Swan Wooster had built a world-class reputation in the field of infrastructure development. The merger enabled Sandwell to combine its industrial and infrastructure expertise to provide clients with the integrated "total system" service fit for the era of global trade.