Portfolio Comparison

Three Atlantic Canada wharf awards expose the same close-out blind spot

Published 6 August 2026 Publisher IMWO Region Americas Confidence Confirmed
Atlantic Canada triptych comparing Pugwash floating docks, Harbour Grace timber cribwork and Petit-Cap Berlin-wall wharf construction

IMWO artist's impression accompanying this evidence brief

Three federal awards place very different Atlantic fishing-harbour packages under named primes: Brian MacGillivary Construction at Pugwash, Bulldog Contracting at Harbour Grace and Landco Construction at Petit-Cap. Together they cover floating access, timber cribwork, Berlin-wall construction, dredging, concrete, armour stone and utilities. Their official procurement records are strong on award facts but weak on accepted quantities, lower tiers, final accounts and return to service.

CAD 10.65 million of awards spans three distinct marine delivery systems

CanadaBuys controls the three contract identities, primes, award values and tendered workstreams. The pages support an award-level comparison but do not provide common completion evidence. No cited source names lower tiers or supplies accepted quantities, as-built surveys, final accounts and return-to-service dates across all three harbours. The triptych is an editorial comparison, not site-progress evidence.

Procurement transparency stops one tier below the prime

Pugwash's CAD 516,100 package centres on floating docks and a small dredging interface; Harbour Grace's CAD 7.05 million award combines timber cribwork, a finger pier and -3.0 metre dredging; Petit-Cap's CAD 3.08 million contract uses a Berlin-wall solution with cofferdam and environmental controls. Comparing them only by award value hides the different acceptance chains and supplier markets.

Evidence conclusion

A common evidence model makes unlike projects comparable

Prime-contract relationships are confirmed, while dredging, float, steel, timber, concrete, electrical, survey and marine-plant lower tiers remain unidentified. Award terms, physical delivery and commercial close-out require separate evidence for each harbour. Completion requires subcontract allocation, as-built quantities and dated owner acceptance rather than elapsed time since award.

Outstanding evidence

  • Named dredging, float, timber, steel and electrical lower tiers
  • Measured dredging quantities and post-dredge surveys
  • Structural, floating-access and utility acceptance
  • Environmental close-out and cofferdam or containment records
  • Contract amendments, final accounts and payment certification
  • Dated owner handover and harbour return to service

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