Project record

Pugwash small craft harbour floating-dock works

Participation: Not assessed
Project facts checked: 6 August 2026

Brian MacGillivary Construction's CAD 516,100 contract ran from 22 November 2023 to 29 March 2024; CanadaBuys confirms the award and amended term but publishes no accepted dredging quantity, dock handover or completion certificate

Project sources

Fisheries and Oceans Canada awarded Brian MacGillivary Construction contract 4500057429 for floating-dock works at Pugwash, Nova Scotia. CanadaBuys records a CAD 516,100 total and a four-month term ending 29 March 2024. The package reinstates armour and core stone, dredges the harbour bottom into an existing containment berm, installs floating docks, strongarms, gangways and a continuous concrete retaining wall, and modifies the berm approach. Measured quantities, subcontractors, commissioning and owner acceptance remain unpublished.

Harbour dredging beside floating docks, strongarms, gangways and an armour-stone berm in Atlantic Canada

Location

Canada / Americas

Segment

Fishing harbour wharf, dredging and shore protection

Phase

Delivery / Confirmed

Last checked

6 August 2026

Coverage

Related sectors

Fishing harbour wharf, dredging and shore protection is the primary work classification. Related sectors connect this record to adjacent marine delivery and market coverage.

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Project anatomy

Contract scope and delivery roles

Client / authority: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Small Craft Harbours
Delivery parties: Brian MacGillivary Construction - prime contractor under 4500057429, Dredging, floating-dock, strongarm, gangway, concrete, stone, survey and marine-plant lower tiers - not named in the cited federal records
Contract route: DFO issued solicitation 30005039 as an open construction tender with a conditional Procurement Strategy for Indigenous Business set-aside. CanadaBuys records lowest-price selection, a 22 November 2023 award to Brian MacGillivary Construction and a CAD 516,100 current total under contract 4500057429.
Execution window: The tender proposed a four-month period beginning 20 November 2023. The award ledger records a four-month contract from 22 November 2023 to 29 March 2024 after amendment. No cited project-specific owner notice confirms substantial completion, final inspection or operating handover at the end of that term.

Works package: The contract covers removal and reinstatement of armour-stone and core-stone berm material, harbour-bottom dredging with disposal into the existing containment berm, supply and installation of floating docks, strongarms and gangways, a continuous concrete retaining wall and modifications to the berm approach using Type 1 gravel. Public records do not quantify dredged volume, dock modules, gangways, strongarms, concrete, stone or accepted depths.
Marine interfaces: Delivery combines dredging in a small operating fishing harbour with a constrained containment route, floating access installation, wall construction and berm reinstatement. The unresolved marine chain includes dredging plant, sediment testing, temporary berthing, bathymetric control, dock flotation and anchoring checks, gangway gradients, strongarm loading, concrete inspection and safe operating release.
Commercial evidence boundary: CanadaBuys reports CAD 516,100 as the total value including amendments. The public page does not break the amount into dredging, floats, steel, concrete, stone or mobilisation, and it does not disclose final quantities, payment certification, claims, lower-tier awards or a final account. No amount should be allocated to individual workstreams without a priced schedule.

Contract and delivery chain

Work packages and named roles

Published scope, named parties and supporting evidence for each workstream.

Prime award

4500057429 floating-dock construction

Named party: Brian MacGillivary Construction
Evidence status: Confirmed
Source position: CanadaBuys records the contractor, CAD 516,100 total and 22 November 2023 award. Source

Marine scope

Dredging, containment, floating access and retaining wall

Named party: DFO and the prime contractor
Evidence status: Confirmed
Source position: The tender identifies harbour-bottom dredging, berm disposal, floating docks, strongarms, gangways and a concrete retaining wall. Source

Lower-tier supply chain

Dredging plant, floats, steel, concrete, stone and survey

Named party: Undisclosed suppliers and subcontractors
Evidence status: Undisclosed
Source position: The official tender and award name only the prime and do not allocate lower-tier work.

Completion and acceptance

Dredged basin, floating docks, berm and retaining wall

Named party: DFO and Brian MacGillivary Construction
Evidence status: Not evidenced
Source position: The amended contract term ended, but the cited record supplies no final inspection, quantity certificate or handover.

Project timeline

Material developments

Dated events that changed scope, counterparties, delivery, commissioning or operating status.

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29 March 2024

The amended four-month contract term ended

CanadaBuys carries 29 March 2024 as the last amendment and end of the four-month term, without a completion certificate, final quantity schedule or operating release.

Source

22 November 2023

DFO awarded the integrated floating-dock package

The CAD 516,100 award placed dredging, containment, floating access, retaining-wall and berm works under Brian MacGillivary Construction as the integrated prime contractor.