Darlington contracts announced November 9 will bring administration-building construction and reinforcing-steel work to the small modular reactor project in Clarington, Ontario says.
The new awards name Gillam Construction Group of Carp and Mansteel Rebar of Pembroke. They are separate from the 14 Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area supplier contracts announced the previous week.
Building and steel packages
The province says Gillam will receive nearly $35 million to construct the Darlington New Nuclear Project administration building, with 100 jobs expected from that contract.
Its announcement describes Mansteel’s work as fabricating, supplying and installing reinforcing steel for five core plant buildings. The release says this will support 100 jobs and add 20 during construction.
Ontario’s release contains a discrepancy: the main announcement puts Mansteel’s award at $31 million, but an accompanying quotation from MPP Billy Denault refers to a $17-million contract. The Clarington Post also identified that inconsistency. The figures should not be treated as independently reconciled.
The nearly $66-million combined amount reflects the values in the main provincial announcement; it is an attributed government figure rather than a verified resolution of the conflicting amounts.
A separate step at the Clarington site
These Darlington contracts concern specific construction packages, not a new approval for the overall nuclear programme or a newly announced generating date. The four planned reactors would have a combined capacity of 1,200 megawatts, according to Ontario.
The province says more than 100 Canadian firms have signed project agreements with Ontario Power Generation. The November 9 awards expand that supply chain through Eastern Ontario companies while supporting construction at the Durham site.
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