Opportunities

Events 

  • Western Canada's Shipbuilding Summit
    May 23, 2012 - Vancouver, British Columbia

    Find out how your company can access Industrial & Regional Benefits and what opportunities may be available with Canada’s National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy.

  • Energy Services Summit
    May 28-29, 2012 - Edmonton

    The Energy Services Summit returns for the 4th annual conference aimed at the conventional upstream oil and gas service industry.

  • RHHS 65th Anniversary Extravaganza (PDF)
    August 18-19, 2012 - Leduc #1 Energy Discovery Centre, Alberta

    In conjunction with the 65th anniversary celebrating Leduc #1 Discovery Well, the Roadbuilders and Heavy Construction Heritage Society of Canada (RHHS) will have on display numerous vintage earthmoving machines and will stage live equipment demonstrations over a two day weekend.

  • World Heavy Oil Congress
    September 10-13, 2012 - Aberdeen, Scotland

    In September 2012, leading experts will convene in Aberdeen, Scotland for the World Heavy Congress. With both business and technical presentations, the Congress is the leading event for professionals from the global heavy oil industry.

    The conference is now accepting technical abstracts.

  • National Buyer/Seller Forum
    October 23-25, 2012 - Edmonton, Alberta 

    The annual National Buyer Seller Forum brings together oil sands executives and supply chain leaders with Canada's leading suppliers. 

Procurement and Contracting Opportunities

  • JobSite123

    jobsite123.ca was developed via a partnership between Merit Alberta and U.S.-based jobsite123.com to serve the entire Canadian construction industry. jobsite123 is an instant prequalification tool for commercial construction buyers that doubles as a marketing tool for industry sellers.

  • VRAES - Vendor Registry for Architectural and Engineering Services

    Firms registered in VRAES can express interest on Alberta Infrastructure's opportunity notices for Architectural and Engineering consulting services.

  • Link2Build

    Link2Build - an online portal that consolidates construction bidding opportunities from the electronic plansrooms of local construction associations across the county was launched in February 2011.

    It is a single window through which contractors gain access to more than 20,000 private and public-sector bid opportunities in Ontario, Quebec, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and the Atlantic provinces.

  • Alberta projects

    The Inventory of Major Alberta Projects is produced by Alberta Finance and Enterprise to assist firms in identifying potential supply opportunities.

  • Alberta Infrastructure

    Go to the Alberta Infrastructure's tendering and contracting opportunities pages for information on how to offer your services and bid on projects from Alberta Infrastructure.

  • Electronic Plan Room (EPR)

    Public access to construction procurement opportunities is available via the Electronic Plan Room (EPR). Tendering authorities are encouraged to provide project tender information and documents to the EPR at no charge. A nominal fee is charged for downloading or printing hardcopy tender documents.

    You can access the EPR through:

  • Alberta Purchasing Connection

    The Alberta Purchasing Connection (APC) is an easy to use tool that lets public and private sector users manage, advertise, distribute and download public purchasing opportunities for goods, services and construction for the Government of Alberta.

  • MERX Canadian Public Tenders

    Are you interested in doing business with the Canadian public sector? MERX Canadian Public Tenders is an easy, fast and efficient prospecting tool to help your business grow. New opportunities are listed daily from all levels of government including the Federal and Provincial governments as well as the MASH sector (Municipal, Academic, School Boards and Hospitals) from across Canada. To access the MERX website visit: MERX.com.

Market Information

  • COAA Workforce Challenges in Alberta - a Position Report: Canada is facing a shortage of construction workers over the next decade. According to the Construction Sector Council, the industry will need to recruit an estimated 320,000 workers from 2011 to 2019. In this report, the Construction Owners Association of Alberta makes recommendations on what governments and industry can do to address this upcoming shortage.

  • Lump Sum Contracting on Western Canadian Oil and Gas Capital Projects: Industry Opinion: This report was completed for Alberta Finance and Enterprise by Dr. George Jergeas and Jacqueline O'Toole. This report:

    • Identifies the major drivers, positive and negative to the lump sum contracting strategy.
    • Summarizes industry opinion on the application and perceptions around lump sum contracting.
    • Highlights the major risks to the use of this contracting strategy.

  • Construction Owners Association of Alberta (COAA): COAA in cooperation with the Construction Industry Institute (CII) at the University of Texas, has developed a benchmarking system that assesses project performance by looking at certain characteristics of major industrial (oil sands) construction projects in Alberta. Using quantitative evidence, the Alberta Report dispels common myths regarding the competitiveness of industrial project execution in Alberta while establishing a solid footing for the future execution of industrial projects in Alberta.

  • Improving Construction Productivity on Alberta Oil and Gas Capital Projects: This report was completed for Alberta Finance and Enterprise by professor George Jergeas of the Schulich School of Engineering at the University of Calgary. This report:

    • Identifies productivity improvement needs and factors affecting construction and productivity for oil and gas capital projects. 
    • Categorizes and prioritizes these productivity factors.
    • Determines gaps in available construction productivity literature programs, services, and information.

  • Construction Forecasts

    The Construction Sector Council’s Construction Forecasts provide labour market information for Canada and Alberta, and identify economic conditions, trends, and major projects that affect the construction industry.

For more insight into Alberta's Architecture, Engineering and Construction industry market, visit:

Exporting

A number of Alberta's firms are exporting consulting engineering and geoscience services. There is special emphasis in such areas as:
  • hazardous waste and environmental engineering 
  • hydrocarbon exploration, development, production, processing and upgrading
  • permafrost and cold weather engineering
  • pipeline and SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition)
  • public infrastructure, transportation planning and systems engineering
  • thermal power generation and cogeneration
  • water supply, water resources management, water and waste treatment

Alberta's consulting engineers are the preferred choice in many developing regions of the world. The potential to expand Alberta's export business is good and growth in international business is anticipated.

The sector will continue to grow, with the increased use of programs to support proposals. Some of these programs include:

The Exporting your products section of the website has information about exporting opportunities for Alberta Businesses. To learn more about these opportunities, browse the International market profiles.

Date Updated:
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