Benefits for Albertans

Benefits For Alberta
  • 1,400 person-years of direct on-site employment in AB
  • 15,000 person-years of total employment (on-site, purchases, indirect, induced) in AB
  • Edmonton region:
    • 1,540 person-years, including engineering, project management and construction; 1,445 from within region
    • Pipeline and pump station construction labour will require 231 person years, 140 of which will come from the region
    • Peak pipeline construction will require 297 people
    • Peak pump station construction will require 61 people
    • Operational employment will produce 9 jobs
    • Purchases of goods and services will create 35 jobs
  • Total project construction spending in Edmonton region is estimated at $224 million
  • Project engineering, design and management in Edmonton region estimated at $146 million
  • $27 million in goods and services, Edmonton region:
    • Equipment rentals - $10 million
    • Accommodations / food - $7 million
    • Clearing / logging / salvage - $1 million
    • Fuel - $3 million
    • Stockpiling pipe - $ 2 million
    • Trucking - $1 million
    • Equipment parts - $2 million
    • Surveying - $1 million
    • Access roads - $1 million
    • Other items and services - $2 million
  • Alberta Central region:
    • 675 person years including engineering, project management and construction; 405 years from region
    • Pipeline and pump station construction labour will require 490 person years; 245 from within the region
    • Peak pipeline construction will require 517 people
    • Peak pump station construction will require 61 people
  • Total project construction spending in Alberta central region is estimated at $508 million of which $76 million will be spent on a pump station near Whitecourt
  • $63 million in goods and services, AB central region:
    • Equipment rentals - $21 million
    • Accommodations / Food - $16 million
    • Clearing / logging / salvage - $2 million
    • Fuel - $7 million
    • Stockpiling Pipe - $4 million
    • Trucking - $3 million
    • Equipment Parts - $4 million
    • Surveying - $2 million
    • Access Roads - $1 million
    • Other Items and Services - $4 million
  • Alberta NW region:
  • 280 kilometres of pipelines and one pump station near Smoky River
  • Total Project construction spending in Northwest Region of AB is estimated at $847 million of which $76 million will be spent on a pump station near Smoky River
  • Estimated $142 million in goods and services in Region:
    • Equipment rentals  $33 million
    • Accommodations / Food  $32 million
    • Clearing / logging / salvage  $26 million
    • Fuel  $16 million
    • Stockpiling Pipe  $7 million
    • Trucking $7 million
    • Equipment Parts $6 million
    • Surveying $4 million
    • Access Roads $2 million
    • Other Items and Services $9 million
  • Total Construction Employment:
    • 1,320 person years including engineering, project management and construction
    • 790 person years from region
  • Direct Construction Employment:
    • Pipeline and Pump station construction labour will require 720 person years of which 235 person years are estimated to come from the region
    • Peak pipeline construction will require 1,105 people
    • Peak pump station construction will require 71 people
  • Operational Employment:
    • 17 jobs:
      • 12 Grande Prairie (Regional Office)
      • 5 Fox Creek (Operational Centre)
      • Purchases of Goods and Services is expected to create another 25 jobs in region

 

 

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