Client Cases

Project Experience Matters

A company’s experience plays a major role in the quality of the information and advice provided. Since 2002, clients have chosen Kiwa T2 professionals to provide Subsurface Utility Engineering, Utility Locates, Condition Assessment, Geophysics, and Geospatial for thousands of projects of all sizes and levels of complexity. Take a look at our project examples to learn how we have helped our clients reduce risk. It is important to retain a firm with the right experience for the job, because the only thing worse than no data, is bad data. 

Transportation Projects

From the start of the company, Kiwa T2 has focused on transportation projects. We’ve provided comprehensive utility engineering services for thousands of highway and road projects for more than 35 DOTs, municipal, and provincial agencies. Our Subsurface Utility Engineering, Utility Coordination, and Surveying services have added value for major urban transit projects, as well as airports, ports, tunnels, and bridges across the US and Canada. In addition, we have extensive experience managing utility risk for Design-Build transportation projects.

Blue water bridge spanning between Port Huron, Michigan and Point Edward and Sarnia, Ontario
Client: HNTB

Blue Water Bridge – Michigan 3D Utility Model

Kiwa T2 provided SUE services including utility locating, sanitary sewer and manhole characterisation, and designating other utilities within the limits of the toll plaza and both bridges up to the US border.
Two flags, one of the USA and one of Canada
Client: AECOM

Gordie Howe International Bridge Design

Kiwa T2 provided utility locating, designating and utility coordination services for both the Canadian and US sides of this international bridge project.
Aerial view of the Yellowhead Trail Freeway Conversion UC
Client: AECOM Canada Limited

Yellowhead Trail Freeway Conversion UC

Kiwa T2 is the utility coordination lead on the Owner’s Consultant team, led by AECOM, for the City of Edmonton.

Water & Wastewater Projects

Municipalities and water districts engage Kiwa T2 for assistance with utility risk analysis and CCTV investigations. Our services help mitigate schedule delays and cost overruns due to existing utilities that weren't properly identified or accounted for in planning. We have supported hundreds of municipalities with their water infrastructure and facility improvement projects, including

  • wastewater treatment plants
  • large diameter pipeline
  • sewer rehabilitation
  • water line installations
  • pump stations
Colour-coded map of Toronto and surrounding areas with numbered district boundaries over a street and shoreline background.
Client: Jacobs / WSP Canada / Parsons / Hatch / CIMA+ / TMIG

Toronto Basement Flooding Protection Program

To help reduce the risk of flooding, the City of Toronto established a multi-year program to improve to the sewer system and overland drainage routes across the City. In 2012, the City of Toronto, requested that the lead design engineering firms retain Kiwa T2 to provide Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) services based on the quality of our previous SUE work for the City.
Traffic cones and roadwork markers on a city street intersection with a bus, taxi, and Queen Street East sign in the background.
Client: GHD Group, Ltd. / City of Toronto

Coordinated Toronto Water and Transportation Services Program PM6

The City of Toronto Transportation Services and Toronto Water Divisions have a long-standing relationship with Kiwa T2 team to support their mandate to keep municipal infrastructure in a state of good repair. Projects include construction of new facilities and upgrade or replacement of water mains, sewers, roadways, laneways, and sidewalks, as well as other civil design.
Aerial view of a suburban neighbourhood beside the Hamilton wastewater treatment facility with circular tanks and rectangular settling ponds.
Client: The City of Hamilton / CH2M Hill

Hamilton Wastewater Treatment Plant

Kiwa T2, completed a Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) investigation for the City of Hamilton in October 2016. The project involved a major upgrade to the Woodward Avenue Wastewater Treatment Plant in the City of Hamilton. The purpose of the investigation was to locate the key utilities within the project limits.

Land and Building Projects

From large industrial facilities and commercial developments to educational campuses, institutional properties, archaeological sites, cemeteries, and community spaces, Kiwa T2 supports a diverse range of land and building projects. Our team helps clients better understand existing site conditions and underground infrastructure through advanced investigation, mapping, and engineering services. By combining industry-leading technology with practical experience, we provide the insight needed to reduce risk, improve safety, and support confident project planning and execution.

Snow-covered Kiwa T2 utility truck parked in front of a large Gothic-style government building (Ottowa parliament) during winter snowfall.
Client: Dessau Ltd. / PWGSC

Parliament Hill East Block Rehabilitation

Subsurface Utility Engineering by Kiwa T2 for PWGSC’s East Block rehabilitation project, delivering accurate utility mapping in Ottawa.
Downtown street intersection at Port Hope with brick sidewalks, black bollards, traffic lights, parked cars, and storefronts on a cloudy day.
Client: Ivan B. Wallace / AMEC

Port Hope Area Initiative

Kiwa T2, as part of the team working for the Port Hope Area Initiative (PHAI), completed a Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) Investigation on 152 sites in Port Hope.
Traffic on a city street with cars in the foreground and the Emerald Tower under a clear blue sky.
Client: TMG Builders

Emerald Park Development

Greenland retained Kiwa T2 to complete a Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) investigation to determine the precise location of buried subsurface utilities prior to construction of a new condominium development on Yonge Street in North York. The investigation involved records request circulation, SUE mapping and locating, CCTV sewer inspections, invert investigations.

Utility & Energy Projects

Utility and energy clients require very reliable subsurface utility information as well as required metrics and on-site safety procedures to ensure public safety. Kiwa T2 has the experience that utility and energy/pipeline companies trust. We are registered with IS Networld.

Engineering site plan showing Highway 7 with marked route lines, boundaries, and intersection details.
Client: Enbridge

Enbridge Highway 7 Gasmain

Kiwa T2 completed a 3.2 km SUE investigation for Enbridge on Highway 7, helping identify utility conflicts early and avoid construction delays.

Alternative Delivery Projects

Effectively managing, pricing, and allocating utility risk for Alternative Delivery projects is central to project scheduling and cost. Kiwa T2 professionals specialize in SUE, UC, and surveying services and have proven processes to identify, mitigate and manage the risks associated with existing utilities. Owners and developers of all types of design-build projects have benefitted from having Kiwa T2 handle utility risk analysis and management as part of the Alternative Delivery team.

Green and white double-decker passenger train at a station platform, with people and platform shelters in the background.
Client: Metrolinx

Metrolinx - Barrie Rail Corridor

Kiwa T2 completed a Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) investigation for this design-build project in accordance with CI/ASCE Standard 38-02, for Hatch Ltd. (Hatch).
Roadwork scene with orange traffic cones, utility trucks, and two Kiwa T2 workers standing beside a closed lane on a suburban street.
Client: Metrolinx

Metrolinx - Finch LRT

Kiwa T2 in conjunction with AECOM were selected by Metrolinx to provide technical advisory services on the Finch West LRT design-build project. Kiwa T2 led the Private Utility Team for the Finch West Light Rail Transit (FWLRT).
Modern red and white light rail train travelling on a street beside green trees under a blue sky.
Client: Metrolinx

Metrolinx - Eglinton Crosstown LRT

Kiwa T2 was hired by Transit City/AECOM to complete a Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) investigation on the entire stretch of the ECLRT line from Bicknell Drive to Avenue Road in Toronto. This design-build project included stations at Keele, Caledonia, Dufferin, Oakwood, Bathurst, Chaplin and Avenue Road.