Work involves upgrading lines in Ontario under £6.4bn deal
A Mace team has won the programme delivery partner role on Canada’s largest infrastructure project which has been described as the country’s equivalent of HS2.
The CA$10.9bn (£6.4bn) Metrolinx scheme will run for 10 years in an area around the Ontario cities of Toronto and Hamilton with work including new stations, electrification of existing lines, new rail lines, upgrading existing stations and signalling.
Mace is part of a team called the MCS consortium, featuring US telecoms firm Comtech and French rail specialist Systra which is also working on the HS2 scheme including the job to build a new station at Old Oak Common in west London.
The programme delivery work will involve managing the scheme’s major projects through all phases.
Mace Consult chief executive Jason Millett said: “This is a truly transformative programme of huge global significance to Mace Consult, as we continue to grow our infrastructure offering in North America.”
Last year, Mace began a five year recruitment drive which will see the group’s payroll swell to 8,000 staff by 2026 from its current 6,000. Around half of this number will be from its consulting business.
Main construction work on the Metrolinx project is due to start later this year.
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