2024 WIN Awards Sponsors

For over 150 years, our professionals have provided consulting, accounting, auditing, and tax services across Canadian industries, inspiring confidence, empowering change, and driving innovation. Our KPMG thought leaders deliver the latest insights, trends and resources to help support and inform your organization's financial, operational and strategic objectives. 

Guided by our core values of Integrity, Excellence, Courage, Together and For Better, we are committed to making a difference for our clients, our communities and our people. We believe in the power of diversity and are passionate about creating a more inclusive and sustainable future for all. This commitment has KPMG consistently ranked one of Canada's top employers and one of the best places to work in the country. 

We believe in the power of diversity and are passionate about creating a more inclusive and sustainable future for all. We have proudly aligned our impact strategy to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. 

Founded in 1911, AtkinsRéalis is a fully integrated professional services and project management company with offices around the world dedicated to engineering a better future for our planet and its people. We create sustainable solutions that connect people, technology and data to design, deliver and operate the most complex projects. 

We deploy global capabilities locally to our clients and deliver unique end-to-end services across the whole life cycle of an asset including consulting, advisory & environmental services, intelligent networks & cybersecurity, design & engineering, procurement, project & construction management, operations & maintenance, decommissioning and capital – and delivered to clients in key strategic sectors such as Engineering Services, Nuclear, Operations & Maintenance and Capital. 

AtkinsRéalis knows that different makes a difference. To live this value, our equality, diversity, and inclusion (ED&I) program proudly supports our diverse and dedicated workforce. At AtkinsRéalis, our goal is to create a healthy work environment where employees can thrive and support our clients with ED&I in mind. From walking in the Montreal pride parade, to launching the ReconciliACTION Plan in Vancouver as part of our Indigenous Relations strategy, to celebrating the innovative ideas of our youngest employees, we know that different makes a difference. 

Our employees speak about 70 languages, represent 130 nationalities, and work from six continents. We are committed to cultivating a diverse and inclusive work environment, where world-class talent knows no distinctions, is supported by corporate mental health initiatives, and is empowered to realize their full potential as important members of our team. To incorporate research and best practice to our ED&I work, we engaged the Canadian Council for Diversity and Inclusion to help us understand our staff’s experience , and to plan improvements with informed experts. To stay accountable, we have worked with the CCDI to set clear objectives with targets, which are evaluated formally each year. 

At AtkinsRéalis we have a variety of Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that are delivering a mixture of education and resources for managers and employees alike. Our ERGs focus on supporting employees, raising awareness, and working with senior leadership to create the changes for a culture of inclusion. ERGs create organic, staff-driven initiatives that support our belief that ‘different makes a difference’ in what we do. This extends to supporting employees in the performance of their jobs, and in their work for our clients. ERGs encourage all voices to bring ideas in a safe and open environment. They also create a channel of communication from staff to decision makers. 

Our ExcELLEnce ERG is a women’s network focused on developing and promoting exceptional women in all areas of our business. From launching a podcast to implementing the cultural changes that match our firm’s diversity targets, ExcELLEnce is connecting women to leadership and opportunities across the firm. In many facets through sponsorships for organizations like Women in Infrastructure and Women in Governance developing gender-neutral guidelines for job postings to attract top female talent, ExcELLEnce has made impact on the staff in Canada. This ERG has been especially proud of collaborating with senior managers on the elements of the Employee Value Proposition (EVP) to “boost” the attraction of women from an ED&I perspective. By establishing KPIs and annual improvement targets for gender balance specific to metrics that matter, this group has made an impact on recruitment, retention, promotion, and representation. To learn more, visit AtkinsRéalis (atkinsrealis.com)

Pomerleau is supporting women as they shape the future of infrastructure in Canada. That’s why we are a proud sponsor of the Women’s Infrastructure Network.  

We aspire to create opportunities for women to lead, innovate and create within the industry. Our values excellence, authenticity, adaptability, innovation and love inspire every decision we make. We are committed to creating a work environment that enables our teams to reach their full potential by prioritizing diversity, equity and inclusion. 

Pomerleau is one of Canada’s largest construction companies, with over $4,4 billion in revenues in 2022. The company delivers buildings, civil and infrastructure works, and major projects using alternative models. With its research and development lab, Pomerleau integrates innovation into more than 70% of its projects and constructs sustainably to build the living environments of tomorrow. Its subsidiary, Borea, executes 50% of the country’s renewable construction projects, and ITC Construction Group, acquired by Pomerleau in 2022, is the largest residential construction company in the West. Pomerleau also owns Pomerleau Capital, a subsidiary specializing in private infrastructure investment and financing. Founded over 60 years ago, Pomerleau has approximately 5,000 employees on over 200 sites from coast to coast. The company has been recognized as one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers since 2020 and one of Deloitte’s Best Managed Companies. 

To learn more, visit https://pomerleau.ca/en  

RBC Capital Markets is a proud sponsor of the Women’s Infrastructure Network and the promotion and advancement of women in infrastructure. Diversity and inclusion is a key priority for RBC because it drives better outcomes for our clients and our communities, and creates a more vibrant, engaged culture for our employees. We are committed to creating allies, fostering an inclusive environment, and recruiting, retaining and advancing a diverse employee base to ensure our team reflects the global clients we serve and to foster perspectives that challenge conventional approaches to conducting business.   

The most significant corporations, institutional investors, asset managers, private equity firms, and governments around the globe recognize RBC Capital Markets as an innovative, trusted partner with an in-depth expertise in capital markets, banking, and finance. We are well-established in the largest, most mature capital markets across North America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific region, which collectively encompasses 82% of the global investment banking fee pool.  

We are part of Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), a leading, diversified provider of financial services and one of the strongest banks globally. Founded in 1864, RBC is the 8th largest bank globally and the 5th largest in North America, as measured by market capitalization. RBC is among a small group of highly rated global banks and is recognized time and time again for its financial strength, market leadership, and philanthropic work. 

Aecon is a North American construction and infrastructure development company with global experience. Aecon delivers integrated solutions to private and public-sector clients through its Construction segment in the Civil, Urban Transportation, Nuclear, Utility and Industrial sectors, and provides project development, financing, investment, management, and operations and maintenance services through its Concessions segment. Equity, diversity and inclusion are important drivers of Aecon’s business success, which relies on our ability to attract and support talented people of all backgrounds and experiences. Aecon proudly works to diversify its workforce and the construction industry through progressive leadership development programs, Indigenous and community partnerships, and programs such as Aecon Women in Trades and Aecon Diversity in Trades. 

EllisDon is a proud sponsor of the Women’s Infrastructure Network and is dedicated to the empowerment and advancement of women’s success and leadership in the infrastructure sector. EllisDon’s commitment to Inclusive Diversity is to work together to create an inclusive environment where all employees can reach their full potential and individual differences are valued and respected. 

Founded in 1951, EllisDon is a world-leading construction and building services company that completes $5 billion worth of contracts annually, in every market sector and across the globe. EllisDon has grown from being a general contractor to a multi-faceted company that can deliver any aspect of a project. From development, financing, construction through to operations and life cycle / rehabilitation, EllisDon is one of the only construction and building services firms that provide these services over and above their development and construction expertise. 

EllisDon's purpose is to provide people with shared values the opportunity to achieve their full potential, deliver great careers to one another, and contribute meaningfully to the communities in which it builds. 

For more information on EllisDon visit www.ellisdon.com. 
 
For more information on Inclusive Diversity at EllisDon visit: https://www.ellisdon.com/inclusive-diversity. 

Fasken is a proud sponsor of the Women’s Infrastructure Network and a committed partner in promoting and advancing the leadership of women, including in the infrastructure sector. See more about Fasken’s equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) initiatives here. The Fasken Global Infrastructure & Projects team has in recent years been the recipient of both the Gold and the Silver P3 Bulletin Award for North American Legal Advisor of the Year and IJGlobal’s North America Public Sector Legal Advisor of the Year and is currently shortlisted for IJGlobal’s North America Legal Advisor of the Year Award. Fasken has advised on and successfully closed numerous projects in both Canada and the U.S, including significant transactions that have won numerous awards (among them Best Road/Bridge/Tunnel Project, North America Transmission Project of the Year, North America Social Infrastructure Deal of the Year and North America Utility Deal of the Year). The team played a significant role in the ground breaking Wataynikaneyap Transmission Project and is advising Infrastructure Ontario and Metrolinx on the Ontario Line Subway Project and Infrastructure Ontario on the procurement of Weeneebayko Health Authority project, the first progressive P3 hospital to be procured in Ontario, as well as the Ottawa Civic Hospital Project. Fasken has also been consistently ranked as the top firm in the infrastructure sector in leading independent industry reviews and publications. The Fasken Global Infrastructure & Projects Group is comprised of a multi-jurisdictional team with lawyers across Canada, Europe and Africa, who regularly advise project developers, consortia, constructors, bond underwriters, lenders (both bank and bond) and procuring authorities. 

Fengate is a leading alternative investment manager focused on infrastructure, private equity and real estate strategies, with $8 billion of capital commitments under management. The firm has been investing in infrastructure since 2006 with a focus on mid-market greenfield and brownfield infrastructure assets in the social, transportation, energy transition and digital sectors. Fengate is one of North America’s most active infrastructure investors and developers with a project portfolio of more than 45 assets, valued at over $20 billion. Learn more at www.fengate.com. 

Flatiron is the trusted partner to deliver innovative solutions to infrastructure challenges across Canada and the U.S. Our team collaborates with public and private clients to deliver heavy civil infrastructure – including highways and bridges; aviation, rail and transit; dams and water treatment facilities; and underground projects. Flatiron is an organization of industry-leading engineers, experienced project managers, highly skilled craft workers and other professionals. We are a team of over 3,000 people with diverse backgrounds and varied expertise who share a single focus on enhancing the well-being of people and communities. We employ the best people to deliver the best solutions.  

We transform infrastructure.  

Flatiron is a subsidiary of HOCHTIEF, an engineering-led global infrastructure construction group.  

Visit Flatironcorp.com and follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook. 

Graham is proud to sponsor the Women’s Infrastructure Network and its promotion of the advancement and leadership of women in the infrastructure industry. We value the opinions and contributions women make within our company and throughout the industry, and actively seek to recognize and celebrate those achievements. Graham is an employee-owned construction solutions partner with revenues exceeding $2 billion annually. With over nine decades of experience, Graham provides general contracting, design-build, integrated project delivery, construction management, public-private partnerships and development services in the buildings, industrial, infrastructure and project finance sectors. Graham has offices throughout North America and employs over 1,600 passionate professionals focused on delivering lasting value. Graham has the resources, capacity and expertise to undertake projects of every scope, scale and complexity. Visit us at grahambuilds.com to discover how we’re building for a better tomorrow. 

The Ledcor Group of Companies is one of North America’s most diversified construction companies, serving the building, oil & gas, infrastructure, mining, power, and telecommunications sectors. Ledcor also owns operations in property investment, forestry, aviation, and marine transportation services. Ledcor employs over 7,000 people across 20 offices, and numerous construction sites. Since 1947 we have been growing with our clients and partners: Forward. Together. Find out how at www.ledcor.com. 

SLC Management is a global institutional asset manager that offers institutional investors traditional, alternative and yield-orientated investment solutions across public and private fixed income markets, as well as global real estate equity and debt, and infrastructure equity. We offer these fixed income and real assets solutions through five specialty managers: SLC Fixed Income, BGO, Crescent Capital Group, InfraRed Capital Partners, and Advisors Asset Management.  

The Infrastructure Debt team within SLC Management is based in Toronto and invests in project finance, power and infrastructure financings across North America, Europe, and Australia. As of January 2024, the group holds a portfolio of investments of approximately C$18.6 billion. The SLC Management Infrastructure Debt team has significant experience in investing and funding PPP/PFI transactions where they have underwritten and participated in a wide range of transitions. 

As of December 31, 2023, SLC Management has assets under management of C$374 billion*. For more information, go to www.slcmanagement.com. 

*The assets under management (AUM) represent the combined AUM of Sun Life Capital Management (Canada) Inc., Sun Life Capital Management (U.S) LLC, BentallGreenOak, Crescent Capital Group, InfraRed Capital Partners, and Advisors Asset Management. Data is as of December 31, 2023. Total firm AUM includes approximately $43B in cash, other, unfunded commitments, and Advisors Asset Management equity. Total firm AUM excludes $50 billion in assets under administration by AAM. 

Accuracy, 100% held by its partners, is the sole totally independent international player in its field of expertise providing advice to company management and shareholders. Our status as an independent company means that we do not perform any regulated professional activities, ensuring that all work produced is objective, of the highest quality and in the best interests of our clients. 

Our strength is to connect strategy, facts and figures. We provide our in-depth knowledge and expertise to our clients to help them face different situations: acquisitions, disposals, litigation, disputes, companies in difficulty, restructuring.   

In order to provide bespoke solutions to these situations, we place a great amount of importance on constantly inventing and reinventing our services, understanding that no one solution is the same for each client. Our consultants bring a sense of business, a strategic view combined with a pragmatic sense of figures, facilitating efficient and high added-value solutions for our clients’ issues. 

Accuracy is A Unique Firm – When a client hires Accuracy, that client is hiring the whole firm. We build bespoke teams for each mandate across the entire firm at the international level to provide a gathering of skills and expertise, allowing out-of-the box and tailor-made engagements. 

For more information: www.accuracy.com or follow us on LinkedIn 

Dedicated to sustainable development, Arup is a collective of designers, consultants and experts working globally. Founded to be humane and excellent, we collaborate with our clients and partners using imagination, technology, and rigour to shape a better world. 

As an industry-leading provider of trustee services to public-private partnership (P3) projects across the country, Computershare Trust Company of Canada participates in many of Canada's prominent P3 and project finance transactions for infrastructure projects within a variety of sectors including transportation, energy and social infrastructure. 
 
Our corporate trust team combines a broad array of in-house legal expertise and a deep base of experience, which ensures we can deliver the most efficient solutions tailored to your specific project. Computershare Trust Company of Canada is a federally regulated trust company licensed to operate in all jurisdictions across Canada with over CAD $2.1 trillion in debt under administration. We offer corporate trust services in both official languages and provide on the ground support for projects across Canada from our offices in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver and Calgary. 
 
Computershare (ASX: CPU) is a global market leader in corporate trust, transfer agency and share registration, corporate actions, employee equity plans, mortgage servicing, and stakeholder communications. We also specialize in proxy solicitation, bankruptcy, class action and utility administration, and a range of other diversified financial and governance services. 

Diversity and Inclusion at Computershare | Trustee Services to Support Your P3 Transaction

National Bank Financial Markets is proud to be a sponsor of the Women’s Infrastructure Network and to accelerate the development and advancement of women in the industry. A fully-integrated investment dealer and a subsidiary of National Bank of Canada, we offer clients a full suite of financial solutions from debt and equity underwriting to bank credit and risk management products. National Bank Financial Markets also delivers comprehensive advisory services in the areas of mergers and acquisitions and financing. A recognized leader in Infrastructure and Project Finance, our team provides clients with sound advice, comprehensive products, and exceptional levels of service that span the entire project lifecycle. 

https://nbfm.ca/inclusion 

Founded in 2000, P1 Consulting is a dynamic and progressive WBE certified consulting firm with a strong reputation in the fields of fairness, procurement, complex outsourcing arrangements and facilities management solutions. P1 serves leading, national and international businesses and public sector agencies including municipal, provincial and federal jurisdictions.  

By design, we are a small, boutique firm with operations across Canada and the US. We are a flexible and organic company that evolves and adapts as quickly as the industries we advise, to ensure that we always remain on the leading edge of best practices. A unique and specialised firm with an unparalleled depth of expertise, we establish strong and lasting relationships with our clients, which is why a large portion of our business is with repeat clients.   

We help our clients reach their goals by empowering them with informed choices, and understand that every organization is guided by unique considerations that require specialized solutions. We take a hands-on, collaborative approach to manage projects, provide timely support and develop innovative solutions for complex projects. For every engagement, we assemble a team with the most appropriate experience and expertise. 

Plan Group, Canada's premier expert in technical construction services, operates nationwide, specializing in Healthcare, Mission Critical, Transportation, Energy, Financial Services, Sports and Entertainment, Industrial, Commercial and Institutional industries. 

Our commitment revolves around delivering integrated services in Technology, Electrical, Mechanical, and Services throughout the construction lifecycle. We cover everything from Design & Build to Operate & Manage, ensuring seamless project execution at every stage. 

As a proud Canadian subsidiary of Equans, a global leader in Energy and Services, we are part of a team of 100,000 professionals across 20 countries. Together, we are at the forefront of driving the Energy, Digital, and Industrial transitions.  

For more information, please visit plan-group.com. 

RAM is a privately-owned BC based company, with offices located in BC, Alberta and Northwest Territories with over 300 employees including technical and support professionals. We are a project delivery firm specializing in project and construction management, and multi-disciplinary engineering services for both owners and contractors. RAM services many sectors including marine, transportation, infrastructure, utilities, and energy. RAM proudly promotes women studying and working in the engineering field and will continue to empower more women to enter this industry. As a company that values diversity and inclusivity in the workplace, RAM supports Engineers Canada’s 30 by 30 goal in raising the percentage of licensed female engineers to 30 per cent by the year 2030 and is a proud sponsor of the Women’s Infrastructure Network.

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company specializing in program management, project management, cost and commercial management, and consulting across the real estate, infrastructure, and natural resources sectors.  

Through the commitment, capability and care our team brings we build trust between clients, suppliers, governments and society. Delivering better outcomes that have a positive impact on the world around us. 

We work smarter to face the challenges of the future; bringing the clarity that helps teams realise their full potential across the real estate, infrastructure and natural resources sectors. 

It’s how we’ve made the difference for over 75 years. Transforming performance for a green, inclusive and productive world.   

Visit our website to learn more: https://www.turnerandtownsend.com/en/locations/north-america/canada/   

The Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships (CCPPP) is proud to sponsor the Women’s Infrastructure Network and support women’s leadership in the infrastructure sector in Canada and abroad. As promoters of innovative approaches to infrastructure development and service delivery through public-private partnerships, CCPPP recognizes the important role that strong leadership plays in taking projects from concept to operation. Established in 1993, CCPPP is a national, non-partisan, member-based organization with broad representation from across the public and private sectors. The Council is a proponent of evidence-based public policy in support of P3s, facilitates the adoption of best practices, and educates stakeholders and the community on the economic and social benefits of public-private partnerships. For more information on CCPPP, go to www.pppcouncil.ca, or follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn.

ReNew Canada is the only national magazine dedicated to public sector infrastructure in Canada. Published six times a year, ReNew Canada is the magazine of choice for news and information on the entire life cycle of infrastructure assets, from preliminary design to deconstruction. The publication provides in-depth coverage of the planning, financing, design, engineering, construction, and management of public assets in the following sectors: transit, transportation, energy, public works, and public spaces. 

ReNew Canada is also the proud publisher of the Top100 Projects report. This much anticipated annual report ranks the 100 largest public infrastructure projects currently under development in Canada. It contains details on each of the projects, including location, cost, project overviews, estimated date of completion, and a list of the key companies involved.

TSX Trust is proud to sponsor the Women’s Infrastructure Network and support its commitment to the advancement and leadership of women in the industry. TSX Trust is a federally regulated trust company with offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, and Montreal. We provide a full range of indenture trustee, collateral and security agent, insurance or account trustee, custodian, and paying agent services. Our team of experienced professionals understands what our clients require in a trust service provider, and delivers solutions that maximize the value of our clients' P3 and project financing transactions. We work with each of our clients to understand their infrastructure project and their specific needs. We are committed to innovate and create the arrangements that best support each project, working with stakeholders throughout the lifecycle of the project to respond and adapt to any changes that may arise.