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Three shortlisted for Toronto sports contract

With the 17th Pan/Parapan American sporting event taking place in Toronto in 2015, three homegrown construction businesses are bidding on a multi-venue contract. A Request for Proposals is expected in February.

By
Chris Glynn
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Bondfield Construction Company, EllisDon Corporation and PCL Constructors Canada are in the running to build, finance and renovate property to accommodate the Toronto 2015 Pan/Parapan America Games, a sporting event.

The selection followed a Request for Qualifications process, according to Infrastructure Ontario. Each construction outfit is headquartered in Canada. A Request for Proposals (RFP) is expected to be published in February, Infrastructure Ontario stated.

The multi-site project will include a facility named the Markham Pool and Field House, which will host water polo and badminton, as well as a field hockey centre, located on the University of Toronto campus.

The eventual winning bidder will also renovate the Etobicoke Olympium in Toronto. The facility is a swimming pool that will host diving, water polo and synchronized swimming.

Infrastructure Ontario (IO) is a Crown corporation – an enterprise owned by the federal government of Canada – charged with coordinating and delivering infrastructure activity in the region. The Toronto 2015 Pan/Parapan American Games is a 41-nation, 8,000-athlete multisport event scheduled for July.

Bondfield is based in Concord, Ontario with EllisDon headquartered in Mississauga, also in Ontario. PCL Constructors, Canada’s largest general contractor, is located in Toronto.