Plenary selected as preferred proponent for Stoney CNG Bus Storage and Transit Facility

The City of Calgary has selected Plenary Infrastructure (Canada) Ltd. as the preferred proponent to design, build, finance and maintain a bus operating, storage and transit facility for Calgary Transit.

Plenary Infrastructure was chosen after extensive evaluations following an open, fair and competitive request-for-proposals process that began in August 2015.

The Plenary Infrastructure team includes:

• Developer: Plenary Group (Canada) Ltd.
• Design: AECOM Canada Ltd.
• Construction: PCL Construction Management Inc.
• Facilities management: Johnson Controls Inc.
• Financial Advisor(s): TD Securities Inc.

Highlights of the project include:

• A functional program including a modern state of the art bus transit facility to accommodate a minimum of 424 standard 40 foot buses within the bus storage garage.
• A facility to house Transit’s new fleet of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) buses. The facility will also support diesel bus operations, recognizing the transition period needed to introduce CNG buses into Transit’s fleet. City staff will continue to service and maintain the buses.
• A bus fleet consisting of mainly 40 foot standard buses, 60 foot articulated buses and a small number of 35 foot or smaller shuttle buses will be stored in the facility.
• Development work including public roads surrounding the facility site and the associated utilities and storm water management pond.
• The facility will be certified LEED Gold, efficient in energy consumption and provide a safe and healthy work environment for the staff that will use the facility.

The City of Calgary will now work to finalize contract details with Plenary Infrastructure. The project is expected to reach commercial and financial close in September 2016.

The contract cost will be announced publicly following financial close and construction is scheduled to begin shortly thereafter.

For more information, visit the project website www.calgary.ca/stoneybusgarage