BC Hydro has awarded ATCO Two Rivers Lodging Group a major contract for the design, construction, partial financing, operation and maintenance of worker accommodation at the Site C dam site.
The eight-year contract has a value of approximately $470 million. A rigorous evaluation process concluded that ATCO Two Rivers Lodging Group met BC Hydro's requirements for Site C worker accommodation within the budget established for the contract.
Approximately 360 positions will be created by the construction and operation of the worker accommodation camp. ATCO Two Rivers Lodging is recruiting locally for these positions.
Two Rivers Lodging Group is a partnership of companies from across Canada. The primary partner ATCO has extensive experience in the area of designing, constructing and operating worker accommodation facilities in British Columbia, Alberta, across Canada and globally. Recently, ATCO completed a 1,700-person accommodation village for workers on the Rio Tinto Alcan Smelter Modernization Project and a 600-person lodge for the Kitimat LNG project.
Site C is just over two months into an almost decade-long construction period. There are currently about 400 workers on the Site C dam site near Fort St. John. Of these, approximately 80% are from B.C.
Construction of the Site C Clean Energy Project started in July 2015 and will be completed in 2024. Once built, Site C will provide clean, reliable and affordable electricity in B.C. for more than 100 years.
