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Aecon Group wins contracts worth $132 million at Fort McMurray oilsands project

TORONTO – Aecon Group Inc. (TSX:ARE) said Thursday it won two fabrication and module assembly contracts worth $132 million at an unspecified oilsands project near Fort McMurray, Alta.

The first of the contracts involves the company fabricating pipe spools and assembling 90 wellpad modules. The second project involves Aecon handling all the off-module fabrication for the project’s plant facility.

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Fabrication work will take place at Aecon’s Sherwood Park facilities in Alberta as well as other undetermined facilities that could include Cambridge, Ont., Brantford, Ont., as well as Dartmouth and Pictou, N.S.

Work will begin next month and extend into the fall of 2013, the company said.

“Aecon’s substantial fabrication capacity, including our ability to efficiently utilize a number of facilities across the country, is a significant advantage when undertaking projects like this,” said Aecon chief operating officer Teri McKibbon in a release.

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“This is a major project in the oilsands, and we are pleased to undertake this work.”

Aecon Group Inc. is among Canada’s largest and most diverse construction and infrastructure development companies serving clients both in Canada and internationally.

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