Project and Program Management Services

DCC’s Project and Program Management Services team is helping the Canadian Navy implement a long-term capital infrastructure plan.

Faced with the implementation of a 30-year, $1.35-billion capital construction plan, the Canadian Navy’s Director of Maritime Infrastructure (DMI) turned to DCC’s Project and Program Management (PPM) service line for help in turning ideas into reality.

Expanded role leads to booming business
Until recently, PPM’s mandate on a naval facility ended with the delivery of a building’s business case to the DMI. In its expanded deputy project director role, however, the PPM team will prepare all pre-construction documents (such as development studies, concept-of-operations plans and infrastructure statements of requirement) for initiatives that do not require specific naval expertise.

The PPM team’s new function means the service line plays a much more active role in conducting short- and long-term strategic planning for the DMI. As a result, the group is busier than ever.

DCC has the knowledge and expertise
DMI increased DCC’s role in the capital construction plan for two key reasons. First, DCC’s team has an unmatched understanding of the DND contracting process. Over the past 50 years, DCC has developed a considered, well-managed approach to infrastructure planning that safeguards DND’s interests.

Second, DCC has the breadth of expertise to respond to nearly any construction challenge. For example, PPM’s team of architects, engineers and urban planners has counselled the Navy on the development of a docking and refuelling facility in Nunavut’s High Arctic. Scheduled to be fully operational in 2015, the Nanisivik Naval Facility will serve as a remote base for Her Majesty’s Canadian ships and the Canadian Coast Guard fleet.

The Project and Program Management service line helps DND plan programs, determine building requirements, and control schedules and documents.

In 2008–09, the Project and Program Management team contributed to the defence of Canada by providing support to Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC) for the construction of its new facility in Ottawa. Construction on the project, with an estimated value of $800 million, is slated to begin in early 2011.