Bear Creek Hydroelectric Project

Project Overview

As part of a  Design/Build J/V, Pacific Pile and Marine constructed two new greenfield hydro facilities consisting of Upper and Lower Bear Creek powerhouses and intakes with 20MW capacity.

The project was located on Sechelt First Nation Land in a forest area only accessible by boat or plane approximately 35 km NE of Sechelt, BC and 100 km outside the Vancouver Area.

The Upper Bear Intake structure required 1,100 m of above ground penstock consisted of 48-in welded steel pipe, switching station, and powerhouse which generated 12MW of power.  The Lower Bear Intake consisted of dam and stream diversion, 3 km new forest roads, 2 km restored forest roads, 950 m of buried 72-in welded steel pipe, switching station and powerhouse capable of generating 8MW of power.  Both facilities discharged at the head of Salmon Inlet in Clowhom Lake.

Over 5,000 m3 cast-in-place concrete was placed for the intake structures, power houses, penstock saddles, and cable crane system anchor slab utilized to install the 1,100 m of exposed penstock over 500 m of elevation change. The cable crane system was built along a 0.5-105% slope and capable of holding up to 39 MT of materials or equipment and up to 8 workers. The skyline cable crane system was the first built for temporary construction site access in North America.

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