Location
Canada / Americas
Project record
Skinners Pond wharf 401 copewall rehabilitation
Kildare Construction Ltd. received CAD 1,099,800 contract 4500013345 from Fisheries and Oceans Canada on 23 December 2021 after open competition 30001407 to rehabilitate the steel-sheet-pile structure 401 at Skinners Pond Harbour, Prince Edward Island. The procurement scope includes dredging and excavation, sheet-pile repairs, tie rods and waler bolts, backfill, a reinforced-concrete copewall and deck, curbs, ladders, grading and environmental controls. The July 2021 Harbourside Engineering IFC drawings describe an approximately 65.93-metre rehabilitated wall and constrain local underwater excavation to within two metres of the existing sheet-pile face. An earlier federal assessment instead describes an approximately 50-metre same-footprint copewall with no excavation, so the two official baselines remain separate pending as-built evidence.
Segment
Fishing harbour wharf, dredging and shore protection
Status
Kildare Construction Ltd. received CAD 1.10 million contract 4500013345 on 23 December 2021 for structure 401; the 15 June 2022 target date is published, but completion and owner acceptance remain unverified / Confirmed
Last checked
12 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.
Subject index
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Project anatomy
Contract scope and delivery roles
- Client / authority
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada - Small Craft Harbours
- Delivery parties
- Kildare Construction Ltd. - construction prime under contract 4500013345, Harbourside Engineering Consultants - designer identified on the July 2021 issued-for-construction drawings, Dredging, excavation, concrete, reinforcing steel, survey, testing and other lower tiers - not named in the cited public records
- Contract route
- Solicitation 30001407 was published on 23 September 2021, closed on 12 October and used competitive open bidding for Fisheries and Oceans Canada. The associated CanadaBuys award names Kildare Construction Ltd., contract 4500013345 and CAD 1,099,800. The public notice does not publish bid ranking, unit rates, named subcontractors, amendments or a final account.
- Execution window
- The tender and award required all work by 15 June 2022. That is the contractual target, not completion evidence. No cited owner record confirms notice to proceed, field mobilisation, substantial completion, accepted quantities, final payment, harbour release or the date structure 401 returned to unrestricted service.
- Works package
- The contract covers local dredging and excavation, steel-sheet-pile defect repair, inspection and renewal of tie rods and waler bolts, internal backfill, a pile-in-place reinforced-concrete copewall, a reinforced-concrete deck, curbs, ladders, mooring holdfasts, wheel guards, transition grading, site cleanup, environmental controls and mobilisation. IFC drawing M7 gives an approximately 65.93-metre rehabilitated structure and notes local underwater excavation within two metres of the existing sheet-pile face unless otherwise approved.
- Marine interfaces
- Structure 401 protects the north side of the harbour entrance run and must remain tied into existing structure 413. Delivery interfaces include near-face dredging, variable seabed levels, deteriorated steel sheet pile, retained fill, tie-rod and waler condition, concrete placement against the existing wall, temporary berth and entrance access, sediment control and safe release back to harbour users.
- Commercial evidence boundary
- CAD 1,099,800 is the reported award value for contract 4500013345. The notice says only Unit Price Table items would be measured separately, but the cited public material does not disclose those rates or quantities. No amount can be allocated publicly to dredging, excavation, sheet-pile repair, concrete, reinforcing steel, backfill, ladders, survey or lower-tier work.
Contract and delivery chain
Named roles and open packages
Named appointments are shown against the workstream they cover. Unallocated packages remain open until a project source identifies the responsible party.
Construction award
4500013345 structure 401 rehabilitation
- Named party
- Kildare Construction Ltd.
- Status
- Confirmed
- Source position
- CanadaBuys records the 23 December 2021 open-bid award at CAD 1,099,800 and identifies the complete wharf-rehabilitation scope. Source
Issued design
Structure 401 copewall, deck and steel-wall rehabilitation
- Named party
- Harbourside Engineering Consultants
- Status
- Confirmed
- Source position
- The July 2021 official IFC drawing set carries Harbourside title blocks and shows an approximately 65.93-metre rehabilitated wall, copewall sections, deck, tie rods, waler bolts and local dredging limits. Source
Environmental determination
Same-footprint structure 401 copewall installation
- Named party
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada - Small Craft Harbours
- Status
- Confirmed
- Source position
- The federal registry records a 13 August 2021 determination and describes an approximately 50-metre copewall with no excavation and no footprint increase. Source
Scope reconciliation
Dredging, excavation and final wall geometry
- Named party
- DFO-SCH, Harbourside Engineering and Kildare Construction Ltd.
- Status
- Not evidenced
- Source position
- The public record does not explain the difference between the assessment's approximately 50-metre no-excavation baseline and the procurement/IFC package's dredging, excavation and approximately 65.93-metre layout.
Completion
Physical close-out and return to service
- Named party
- DFO-SCH and Kildare Construction Ltd.
- Status
- Not evidenced
- Source position
- The cited sources publish a 15 June 2022 target but no owner acceptance, as-built record, final account or harbour release.
Project timeline
Material developments
Dated events that changed scope, counterparties, delivery, commissioning or operating status.
Open this project in the Change LogKildare Construction received the wharf 401 award
The CAD 1.10 million award fixed the construction prime and placed dredging, steel repair, concrete copewall, deck and ancillary works under contract 4500013345.
SourceDFO published the construction package and IFC drawings
The procurement baseline introduced dredging and excavation and published the approximately 65.93-metre issued construction layout with a local underwater-excavation limit.
SourceDFO-SCH issued the federal environmental determination
The assessment allowed the project to proceed with mitigation but described an approximately 50-metre same-footprint copewall and no excavation, creating a scope baseline that should remain distinct from the later tender documents.
SourceEvidence gap
What remains unverified
Outstanding evidence
- Owner substantial-completion and final-acceptance records
- As-built wall length, elevations and tie-in to structure 413
- Measured dredging and excavation quantities and sediment route
- Reason for the 50-metre versus 65.93-metre official scope difference
- Reconciliation of the assessment's no-excavation description with the IFC dredging limit
- Named concrete, reinforcing steel, survey, testing and marine-plant lower tiers
- Final contract value, unit-price measurement and amendments
- Harbour release and structure 401 return to service
Sources and related records
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Source collections
Project sources 5
- 30001407 copewall construction tender CanadaBuys / Government of Canada, Published 23 September 2021; closed 12 October 2021
- 4500013345 Kildare Construction award CanadaBuys / Government of Canada, Awarded 23 December 2021; published 24 December 2021
- Skinner's Pond Copewall Installation assessment Impact Assessment Agency of Canada, Notice of determination 13 August 2021
- Structure 401 issued-for-construction design drawings Fisheries and Oceans Canada / CanadaBuys, Issued July 2021; published 23 September 2021
- Structure 401 issued-for-construction specification Fisheries and Oceans Canada / CanadaBuys, Published 23 September 2021