EBC Tunnelling and Underground Services by ebcinc.com

TUNNELLING AND UNDERGROUND SERVICES

About Us

Canadian construction leader since 1968 , EBC executes projects according to the highest industry standards.

Founded in 1968, EBC is one of Canada’s top 15 contractors, with extensive experience in hydroelectricity, underground and heavy civil engineering, including marine work. Over the past decade, EBC has continued to grow its tunnelling capabilities with the addition of several key senior personnel. Recognizing the increasing complexity of new projects, EBC created the Center of Expertise and Major Projects, a division composed of multiple groups including the Tunneling and Underground Works Group. This group is made up of all the underground works specialists at EBC: superintendents, project managers, project directors and experts. Collectively, the members of the Tunnels and Underground Works Group have been involved in over 250km of tunnel projects in a wide range of geologies. This experience ranges from tunnels in dense urban environments to remote rural areas, and includes

countless deep shafts using most existing excavation techniques.

EBC has been involved in many of Canada’s most complex and highprofile hydroelectric and tunnel projects, including the REM tunnel to the Montreal airport and the refurbishment of the century-old Mount Royal Tunnel for the REM. EBC is 2,800 employees strong and generates annual revenues of nearly $1.5 billion. . EBC has always offered its customers the best value for money in all the projects it has carried out, thanks to its detailed and meticulous approach to the work. Each project represents a new challenge: EBC is able to meet all its customers’ needs thanks to its experienced and competent staff and its extensive network in every sector.

Since 1968, EBC has completed more than 720 projects . We are proud to have gained the trust of our clients and partners for future

projects. Our success is assured by the partnerships we establish with our clients. We believe that significant collaboration defines a project’s success. Every project is an opportunity for us to establish a relation of trust. Our teams listen to the clients, respect their needs and, in this sense, meet their expectations. Our knowhow and our knowledge of the industry allow us to offer relevant, efficient strategies, adapted to our clients’ requirements, in order to optimize the project’s costs and deadlines while maintaining a high level of safety. We accomplish this by working according to an established model that facilitates exchanges between our teams and our clients. As a full partner in the project, we take the clients results and success to heart. With more than half a century of experience in construction, we will take your projects to the highest level.

OUR HISTORY

In 1968, Fernand Houle and his brother Germain founded Entreprises Bon Conseil, later shortened to EBC. At that time, the team focused primarily on the construction of institutional buildings. EBC soon expanded its areas of operation to include bridge, tunnel and viaduct construction.

In the recent years, EBC restructured into three divisions: Civil, Building and Mining. This new structure allows for greater efficiency in realising both specialized smaller projects and major mandates involving several divisions.

In 1999, Ms. Houle assumed the leadership of the company, annual revenues have soared from

1968

EBC is founded by brothers Fernand and Germain Houle

First project: Académie de Québec expansion project (now the Cégep de Sainte-Foy)

1969

First civil engineering project: constructing the pillars for the Québec and Pierre-Laporte Bridges interchange

1989

EBC builds its first tunnel project: LA-1 Diversion tunnel

$100 million to more than $1.3 billion in 2023, making EBC one of Canada’s largest construction companies.

All this success has been made possible by our bilingual, mobile and highly skilled team. Thanks to the expertise and determination of our 2,800 employees. Our vision is to develop our position as a Canadian construction leader, while insisting on universal human values and ensuring that we build the future in a responsible, sustainable and equitable manner.

1993

First project using a TBM : Lafontaine collector

1991

EBC builds its first hydroelectric generating station (Brisay), establishing the foundation for its vast expertise in hydroelectric construction

2002

Consolidating its tunnel expertise, EBC is awarded the Montréal métro extension to Laval project

1999

Marie-Claude Houle appointed Chair of EBC

2015

The consortium of which EBC is a member, was selected by the City of Montréal to build a water main in a tunnel on Jarry Street, using a TBM

Signature on the Saint Lawrence Group, which includes EBC, is chosen to build the new Champlain Bridge

2018

EBC wins a number of major contracts, including:

— Site C: The biggest clean energy project in Canada, located in Northern British Columbia

— REM: Québec’s most extensive integrated infrastructure for public transportation since the Montréal métro

2021

EBC in consortium was awarded the Fairbank Silverthorn Contract 2 Storm Trunk Tunnel and Microtunnel Storm Collectors project by the City of Toronto

2022

REM station at YUL airport built 35 m underground

2023

Tunnels and Underground Works Group created within the Major Projects Division

2024

EBC wins 2 major contracts :

— In Quebec, EBC is part of the consortium selected to build the Montréal métro extension of the Blue Line Tunnel project

— In Western Canada, EBC is the leader of the consortium awarded the construction of the Stanley Park tunnel project in Vancouver

EBC ADVANTAGE

Expertise is a fundamental value at EBC and client satisfaction is at the heart of our culture. We believe that flexibility, innovation, and determination are key when it comes to rapidly adapting to the needs of a demanding market that is forever evolving.

Reacting swiftly to market demands is at times difficult but EBC is both specialized and diversified. Our diverse arsenal of specialized divisions, as the Tunnel and Underground Works Division, is the backbone of our versatility which puts us in a superior position , allowing us to execute the most complex of projects and meet its challenges.

Whatever the scope of the work, our teams go the extra mile to exceed client expectations on safety, costs, deadlines, and the environment.

Our Goal:

At EBC, we embark on large-scale construction projects with one goal: to deliver results that go far beyond the expectations of our clients.

Our Promise:

We make every job a success !

This is the reason EBC has become one of Canada’s leading construction companies !

OUR VALUES

Expertise Integrity

Safety Respect

Our employees expertise is the key to our success. We value hiring professionals with proven knowledge and experience. Furthermore, we encourage all of our employees to continuously develop and improve upon their skills.

Whether on site or in the office, we always prioritize the safety of our workers in all our decisions. Safety is not just a slogan, it’s our way of life. At EBC, we’re all about safety.

The highest regard and consideration for our employees, customers and partners is reflected in our every action. This philosophy allows us to develop beneficial and lasting relationships.

Our word is our bond and we believe that fairness should be at the heart of all our business transactions.

Teamwork Success

Collaboration is fundamental to all our achievements. Our individual strengths makes us stronger as a whole.

Success is our Team’s only option.

SAFETY

Our Priority

At EBC, we believe that our success comes with a healthy and safe workforce. In order to provide a healthy and safe working environment for all of our employees, suppliers and subcontractors working under the authority of EBC or our subsidiaries, we promote impactful leadership, positive reinforcement and proactive involvement on the ground.

Quality

EBC is a leading construction company in Canada with proven expertise spanning decades in executing projects of all sizes. The quality system implemented by EBC is certified and complies with all requirements of ISO 9001-2015, including topics such as quality in project management, company’s management processes and risk assessment, quality control activities, continuous improvement.

Environment

As a Canadian construction industry leader, EBC is active in the building, mining, and major civil engineering sectors.

In collaboration with its business partners, EBC carries out ambitious and diverse projects of the highest quality. We apply the most stringent safety and quality standards while focusing on customer satisfaction.

We are mindful that our activities often leave an environmental footprint and we make every effort to reduce and minimize our ecological impact.

WHAT SETS EBC APART ?

What sets EBC apart ?

— Strong commitment to workplace health and safety: ISO 45001 and COR certified

— Firm dedication to Environmental Preservation: ISO 14001 certified (with Quebec)

— Quality and timeline controls: ISO 9001 certified

— Innovative Solutions for your toughest challenges

— Extensive network of suppliers and subcontractors

— Financial strength

— Extensive capacity to secure bonds, insurance, and financing

— Large fleet of specialized equipment which maximizes our autonomy and keeps us competitive.

— Reputation for partnering with First Nations.

— EBC is a proud non-Aboriginal member of the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business

— Supportive of local communities and businesses

— Experience on remote and northern jobs

— Reliability: we uphold our agreements to the satisfaction of our clients

Technology and Innovations

We bank on innovation to tackle today’s challenges and we are proud of our team of engineers, architects, LEED® and Gold Seal certified professionals and BIM technicians.

MECHANIZED TUNNELLING

CONVENTIONAL TUNNELLING

SHAFT EXCAVATION

OTHER WORKS

MECHANIZED TUNNELLING

— TBM

— ROADHEADER

Proven experience in various geolical formations. whether it is soft ground or hard rock, we will get it done.

MECHANIZED TUNNELLING

CONVENTIONAL TUNNELLING

— DRILL AND BLAST — SEQUENTIAL EXCAVATION (SEM & NATM)

Our experience dates back to the early 1990’s with our first Drill and Blast tunnel project in Quebec. We have since expanded across Canada and refined our techniques to adequately manage vibrations close to sensitive structures. EBC has experience using regular and electronic detonators to reduce vibrations.

EBC performed surgical rock excavation on the Kemano Phase 1 project performing a series of short blasts to remove rock around an active penstock.

CONVENTIONAL TUNNELLING

In 2017 EBC’s partnership got the Innovation of the Year Award from the Tunnelling Association of Canada (TAC) for the use of a pipe umbrella system to get through loosely consolidated water bearing pumice on the Upper Lillooet Hydro project

https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=nvhJ8bKY7Mg

SHAFT EXCAVATION

Countless deep shafts, portals and station boxes utilizing most of the existing support of excavation techniques.

EBC utilized an innovative solution on the Réseau Express Métropolitain (REM) station where hydraulic rock splitters were used to

excavate the station box directly in front of the entrance to the Trudeau airport terminal. This State-of-the-art technique enables a high-production operation while fully eliminating the risk of vibrations, noise, dust nuisances, and flying projectiles.

SHAFT EXCAVATION

In 2023 EBC’s joint venture Connect Cité was awarded the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering Excellence in Innovation Award for its use of rock splitters for the safe removal of over 70,000 m3 of rock at the YUL MontrealTrudeau International Airport.

OTHER WORKS

— CONCRETE WORKS

— MARINE WORKS

EBC has participated in some of the most complex and high-profile Hydro and Tunnelling projects across Canada. We have executed some of the most challenging concrete works and have proudly placed millions of cubic meters of CIP concrete.

EBC has extensive experience performing in-water work. We are cognisant of the challenges associated with tidal fluctuations, marine traffic, and environmental impacts on waterways.