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APRIL 2019
Coastal GasLink IN THIS ISSUE
Economic Summits p1
Connector
Meet our Prime Contractors p2
2019 World Para Nordic Games p3
In the community p4
Project Update p4
Connecting local people to good jobs
Building a pipeline requires a large The project’s prime contractors and
number of workers — 2,500 to be exact many sub-contractors — Surerus
— with a variety of skills and expertise. Murphy Joint Venture, SA Energy Group, 23
Macro Spiecapag Joint Venture and ‘Economic Summits’ for
And at Coastal GasLink, we believe Pacific Atlantic Pipeline Construction Inc. communities along the
many of these workers should be from — are attending the events to provide natural gas pipeline route
the communities along the project information about the types of jobs and
route. More than a belief, it’s our contracts needed for construction along
commitment. the 670-kilometre project route.
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Since November 2018, Coastal GasLink Our prime contractors will maintain a Meetings with Indigenous
has been hosting Economic Summits in local presence in communities along the communities
communities along the project route. project route to continue to fulfill our
commitment to hire locally.
These summits have been hugely More than
successful in connecting local 3,000
prospective employees and businesses to One-on-one meetings
To learn more about potential jobs
jobs and contracting opportunities. between our prime
and contracting opportunities,
please visit our website: contractors and interested
In fact, some people were hired on businesses and job seekers
the spot, including Lisa Desjarlais, who coastalgaslink.com/benefits
travelled to Prince George from Fort
St. John with her sister-in-law Judy
Desjarlais, of the Blueberry River First
Nation.
“This is something
that’s going to benefit
me, my family, and it’s
nice because it’s going
to help First Nations.”
– Lisa Desjarlais
Economic Summit in Dawson Creek, B.C. (31 January 2019)
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Over the next few months, we will be profiling our
four prime contractors. This month we are profiling
Macro Spiecapag Joint Venture.
Meet our Prime
Contractors:
MSJV
In 2018, Coastal GasLink selected
Macro Spiecapag Joint Venture (MSJV)
to construct sections 5 and 8 of the
670-kilometre project. In selecting our
prime contractors, we sought out highly
qualified companies that met our core
principles for safety, environmental
stewardship and stakeholder
engagement. Leah Babstock, Human Resources Lead
for MSJV
We caught up with Leah Babstock,
Human Resources Lead for MSJV at
one of the Coastal GasLink economic You will be building approximately What’s your process in ensuring local
summits last month and asked her a 166km of the project in sections and First Nations businesses are
few questions about Macro Spiecapag 5 and 8 — tell us a bit about the connected to jobs on the project?
and their role with the Coastal GasLink terrain?
Project. First and foremost, attending these
It’s arguably the most technical pipeline events gives us an excellent opportunity
What experience does your company spread being built in North America to connect with local businesses who
have working on major projects like currently. Some of our challenges are are interested in working with the
Coastal GasLink? steep slopes, and so we are installing project. We will also build relationships
a cable crane system that will bring so we can make sure we are sharing
MSJV was developed about five years
material to the right of way. That’s what positions are available for local
ago. We took the experience of Macro
essentially a kilometre-long gondola! job opportunities. For subcontracting
Pipelines, which has Canadian Rockies
experience and combined it with opportunities, CGL will provide us a list
What excites you about being of all of the subcontractors and First
Spiecapag who is known worldwide involved in the Coastal GasLink
for developing and building difficult Nations who have registered, in addition
Project?
pipelines throughout the world. to our own lists, and we will make sure
The Coastal GasLink Project is in my they’re included in our Request for
How important is safety and the opinion making Canadian history Qualifications (RFQ) process.
environment to your company? and I’m very excited to be a part
of something that engages the To learn more about opportunities
Our commitment to safety and
communities to bring a lot more with MSJV on the project, please
environment is part of our culture.
economic sustainability to Canada. It’s contact:
We work closely with CGL to develop
something I will look back on for a lot Employment inquiries:
our safety plans and environmental
of years of my life and be very proud to Jobs@MSJV.ca
protection plans and make sure that
have been a part of it. Procurement inquiries:
we clearly communicate those to our
workforce and our subcontractors. Vendors@MSJV.ca
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Prince George: the host with the most!
As the old saying goes, it takes a Coastal GasLink was grateful to help the
village. And truer words could not be community of Prince George implement
used to define how the community of its vision — a vision that is well aligned
Prince George came together to host with our commitment to support the
its first world championship event — long-term health of the communities
the 2019 World Para Nordic Skiing where we live, work, and operate.
Championships, from February 15 to 24.
With this in mind, Coastal GasLink
The week-long international event funded a school outreach program with
saw more than 140 athletes from 20 Mike Shaw, a ski coach and former
countries compete for medals at the freestyle skier, to engage young people
world-class Otway Nordic Centre. and expand their understanding of
accessibility and inclusiveness.
The team at Coastal GasLink is proud to
have played a small part in supporting
all the volunteers, event organizers and
spectators in hosting the games. As the
Official Accessibility Sponsor, Coastal
GasLink’s sponsorship enabled several
“I am so glad we were
upgrades at the Nordic Centre, including able to be a part of
permanent ramps, automatic doors, bringing Mike to Prince
accessible water fountains, and mobi-
mats to enable accessibility on snow. George to share his story
When we were developing our
of courage and strength
sponsorship with Kevin Pettersen, with as many people as he
chairperson for the games, he said,
“Our vision has been to create a
did. For us, this is how we
magical experience for all participants, can help create a lasting Mike Shaw shared his story with more
but we also wanted to look into the legacy from these games.” than 500 middle school students in
future and make sure this wasn’t just Prince George. Mike was skiing one day
about a single event.” – Tanner Woodman, in 2013 when he suffered an accident
Coastal GasLink Public that paralyzed him and changed his life
forever.
Affairs Coordinator
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In the community
Coastal GasLink provides a $50,000 boost Our team at the BC Natural Resources Our team presented a donation to the
to the Pathway to Pipeline Readiness Forum in Prince George (January 2019) Kindness Meter Initiative, a partnership
Trades Bursary (January 2019) between the City of Dawson Creek and
Coastal GasLink (January 2019)
About the Project
The Coastal GasLink Project is a
670-kilometre provincially regulated Project Update The majority of the work in 2019
pipeline that will safely deliver natural With a positive financial investment includes:
gas from the eastern part of B.C. near decision (FID) from LNG Canada in –– Improve access / upgrade roads
Dawson Creek to the LNG Canada late 2018, preliminary construction –– Establish workforce sites
facility in Kitimat, B.C. work is progressing in key sections –– Land clearing
of the route, including sections 1 –– Site preparation for pipe laydown
The project is designed to meet some areas
and 8.
of the strictest environmental and
safety standards in the world.
Fort St. John
Proposed Coastal GasLink Metering Facility Taylor
Proposed Coastal GasLink Compression & Metering Facility Hudson’s Hope
Potential Future Coastal GasLink Compression Facilities (TBD) Dawson
Creek
LNG Canada Facility (3rd party)
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We’d like to hear from you
If you have any questions or comments about the project, please reach out.
1.855.633.2011 (toll free) coastalgaslink.com
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