Bird Construction Announces $1.1B in Awards and Multiyear Deals
A $1.1 billion batch of new awards and multiyear agreements is now on Bird Construction’s books, the Journal of Commerce reports. The package spans industrial maintenance, Alberta health care electrical work and British Columbia public infrastructure.
Market Impact
According to a company release cited by the Journal of Commerce, Bird signed renewals and expanded service scopes with six existing clients under multiyear agreements of up to five years. The work covers mechanical and electrical maintenance, turnaround and outage services at major industrial and energy facilities in Canada.
Other announced work includes:
- An electrical services scope on a large-scale health care redevelopment in Alberta.
- Several contracts awarded to Jacob Bros. on public infrastructure in British Columbia: civil infrastructure enabling works, water treatment, waste and recycling, and long-term care developments.
- Industrial construction awards for a new structure supporting Ontario’s nuclear sector, a wind energy project in Eastern Canada and a district energy facility in Western Canada.
Bird president and CEO Teri McKibbon said the awards reflect “a distributed load of work across markets, customers and geographies.” He added that growth in industrial maintenance “adds recurring revenue and greater visibility to our work program.” He also pointed to the company’s “integrated service offering,” and said the awards expand Bird’s combined backlog.
The release does not break the $1.1 billion down by project, name the owners or facilities, or give start dates.
What It Means for Subcontractors
- Turnaround and outage labor: Six clients on terms of up to five years means recurring mechanical and electrical outage work. Mechanical and electrical contractors with turnaround crews should ask Bird’s industrial maintenance group which facilities and seasons are covered, and whether crews are self-performed or subcontracted.
- Alberta health care electrical: Bird holds the electrical scope on this redevelopment. Electrical subs in Alberta should ask Bird whether it will self-perform or sublet pieces such as low-voltage, controls and fire alarm. The release names neither the project nor the owner, so start with Bird’s Alberta estimating contacts.
- BC civil and water work: Jacob Bros. received multiple awards covering civil enabling works, water treatment, waste and recycling, and long-term care. Excavation, underground utility and concrete subs in BC should contact Jacob Bros. directly about open packages on each project.
- Western Canada district energy facility: This is the only Western industrial award named in the release. Mechanical, piping and E&I subs in the region should ask Bird which package stage the project is in and whether trade packages are still open.
- Self-perform signal: McKibbon’s emphasis on an “integrated service offering” and “specialty capabilities” suggests Bird may keep more scopes in-house. This is our inference, not a stated policy. Subs should ask each estimator which scopes Bird self-performs, so they bid on the packages that will actually be let.
