Municipal & Rural Infrastructure
Defensible scope and cost your Council can approve.
For counties, rural municipalities and towns across Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, we act as the owner's representative on water lines, reservoirs, truck fills, fire halls, roads, bridges and civic buildings. You get one accountable lead from scoping to handover, reporting in plain terms to administration and Council.
Rural projectsTalk to usWhat we do for municipalities
Scoping and feasibility
Development scenarios, option evaluation and business cases before design money is spent.
Cost and value
Independent scope and cost validation, constructability and value engineering reviews.
Funding
Grant screening and funding-compliant delivery.
Owner's representative
Design contract management, landowner and agency coordination, contract administration and project controls.
Rural and small-municipality projects
Athabasca West Waterline & Truck Fill
Athabasca County, AB · 2025–present · Owner's project manager
$17.5M grant-funded regional water program (formerly the Island Lake Regional Water Supply project).
Existing County water treatment plant, April 2025. Photo: MEXSIG Inc.
Hamlet of Tees Reservoir & Truck-Fill Station
Lacombe County, AB · 2025–present · Owner's project manager
$3.8M reservoir and truck-fill project for a rural hamlet.
Existing County pump room, July 2025. Photo: MEXSIG Inc.
Jamieson Road Fire Hall
MD of Bighorn No. 8, AB · 2025 · Project manager, Phase 1
Three options costed and a Council-ready package in 16 weeks. Case study
Existing hall, May 2025. Photo: MEXSIG Inc.
Rural-scale example from our team: Crossfield South Lift Station, Town of Crossfield (~$800K, 2021). Team experience (Mark Ruault), not a Mexsig contract.
Indigenous and community projects
- Saulteau First Nations, BC (2019): FEED and vendor procurement for a water treatment plant of about $1.7M, with Mexsig as subconsultant to HMR Engineering. The recommended vendor scored highest at less than half the alternative price.
- Indigenous Firepit, University of Calgary (2022–2026): a permanent ceremonial firepit on Swann Mall, delivered with Indigenous Elders. Post-Secondary
- Team experience (Mark Ruault): infrastructure and feasibility studies for Saulteau First Nations and Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, and water system and fire protection studies for Ermineskin, Samson and Louis Bull Nations in central Alberta.
Case study: Leaf Rapids Deconstruction, Government of Manitoba
New landfill cell, September 2022.
Province of Manitoba · Leaf Rapids, MB, about 200 km north of Thompson · 2022 · Mexsig: project manager
Hazardous materials abatement, including asbestos, and deconstruction of 27 vacant single-family homes and three fire-loss debris sites in a remote northern community, with utility disconnection and a new landfill cell for the waste.
- All work completed in the 2022 season on an aggressive schedule, before winter.
- $284,763 under budget: final project cost $1,795,333, with the full proposed scope completed.
- No incidents or near misses through abatement and demolition.
- Asbestos abatement complete by August 2022; demolition, utility capping and landfill backfill by end of August.
Case study: City of Chestermere program
Rainbow Road bridge site, April 2022.
Since 2017, Mexsig has delivered a multi-year infrastructure program for the City of Chestermere covering roads, bridges, utilities, stormwater and civic facilities.
- Rainbow Road Expansion and Bridge ($110M+ program, 2022–2023): we managed the corridor expansion through design, tender and construction award, and the replacement bridge over the Western Headworks Canal to 60% design.
- Centralized Stormwater Reservoir and Outfall ($69M): scoping study over a 25-year development horizon, then design contract oversight, agency and landowner coordination, contract administration and project controls.
- Civic Recreation Centre advisory (2021): independent advisor at design development and tender. Our constructability and value engineering review identified up to $4.7M in potential savings.
- Regional transit, stormwater retrofits, copper service replacements, emergency water main repair, consultant prequalification, the Transportation Master Plan Supplement and the Fire Hall 117 FEED study. See the project cards below.
Stormwater reservoir and outfall
Study area, Chestermere
Civic Recreation Centre
Site, August 2021
Chestermere projects
Calgary–Chestermere Transit Service
2021–2022 · Project manager
Regional transit service launched 31 August 2021, under seven months after we were engaged: 13 new stops and a new traffic signal, completed under budget.
Photo: MEXSIG Inc.
Stormwater High Priority Upgrades
2021–2022 · Owner's representative, design-build
15 of 16 grant-funded drainage retrofit sites built across two seasons, within the revised budget and without a safety incident. Savings were redirected to the copper service program.
Photo: MEXSIG Inc.
Copper Water Service Replacement
2021–2022 · Owner's representative, design-build
Trenchless PEX replacement grew from about 40 planned services to 111 using reallocated grant savings, with single-day shutdowns for each home. Completed 31 December 2022.
Photo: MEXSIG Inc.
Water Main Break Response
2021 · Municipal engineer
After a July 2021 main break, we managed the repair contractor and led the lessons-learned review. The boil water advisory was lifted within three days.
Photo: MEXSIG Inc.
Rainbow Road Bridge Replacement, design phase
2022–2023 · Design-phase project manager
Options analysis on a weight-restricted 1972 canal bridge to a single-span concrete box at 60% design, with utility relocation approved and a tender-ready schedule.
Photo: MEXSIG Inc.
Fire Hall 117 FEED Study
2024–2025 · Project manager
Procured the architect, led programming workshops and benchmark station tours, and prepared Council's decision briefing.
Photo: MEXSIG Inc.
Also for Chestermere: consultant prequalification rosters (2021; 21 submissions, rosters in 7 engineering disciplines) and the Transportation Master Plan Supplement (2022–2023; citywide traffic model and levy trigger points).
Other municipal work
| Project | Client | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| FEED & Vendor Procurement, Water Treatment Plant | Saulteau First Nations, BC | 2019. Mexsig as subconsultant to HMR Engineering. ~$1.7M WTP; recommended vendor scored highest at less than half the alternative price. |
| Leaf Rapids Deconstruction | Government of Manitoba | 2022; 27 units abated and demolished; $284,763 under budget. Case study |
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