In May 2006, Canaport LNG announced that we awarded the Engineering, Procurement, Construction (EPC) contract for onshore facilities to SNC-CENMC, G.P., a partnership between the engineering firms of SNC-Lavalin of Montreal, Quebec, and Saipem S.p.A. of Milan, Italy. This partnership was also tasked with full procurement and supervisory responsibilities for the onshore portion of the project. The Kiewit-Weeks-Sandwell Partnership (KWS) was awarded the EPC contract for the offshore facilities. KWS is 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.

The onshore and offshore projects are both proceeding according to plan. For the offshore project, we’ve successfully installed 49 4-foot-diameter piles that will allow installation of the steel jetty structures that rest on the ocean floor and support the pier deck. This installation was completed in August.

April 2006		May 2006

The offshore component consists of the jetty, a metal support structure with a concrete deck that allows LNG ships to dock and unload LNG via pipes that carry it to the onshore tanks. Onshore components consist of the LNG tanks and the regasification equipment that will convert the LNG to a gaseous state, so it can be piped underground to customers as natural gas.

August 2006		October 2006

For the onshore portion, we are finishing site preparation and the leveling of the ground to make sure that we have a flat and firm surface for each LNG tank. We are removing the remaining loose gravel and installing cement foundations, drainage systems and roadways. At the same time, many design aspects of the engineering are underway in locations such as Montreal and as far away as India. By Christmas, the tank base pads will be complete for the LNG tank construction crews to begin tank walls in early 2007.

December 2006		November 2005

Besides the site’s onshore and offshore projects, there is also the construction of Mispec Road, by Gulf Operators, the new road that will lead into and out of the Red Head area and the Canaport LNG site by-passing Red Head Road. This construction too is on schedule and will be ready for traffic by the end of the year, with paving of the public segment scheduled for the 2007 construction season.