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Pipelines & Facilities Building Canada’s Critical Mainline Pipeline Infrastructure In 2012, Aecon joined with Robert B. Somerville to create a 50/50 joint venture group – SA Energy Group – to pursue natural gas and oil mainline pipeline construction projects. Fast forward eight years and the successful joint venture partnership has since delivered more than 1,500 kilometres of mainline pipeline for Canada’s leading pipeline operators. The group has accrued a substantial fleet of specialized equipment and two pipeline construction spreads. A spread, also known as a section, is a moving production line consisting of all the activities required to build a section of mainline pipeline. A typical spread consists of approximately 400 to 1,000 workers with a range of skill sets.