What the research found
Identity and footprint
Bird Construction Inc. is a publicly traded Canadian construction corporation listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: BDT) with corporate headquarters in Mississauga, Ontario, and verified Ontario branch and operating offices in Ottawa, Sudbury, and Thunder Bay, as well as an equipment maintenance yard in Markham. The company operates nationally from coast to coast to coast across Industrial, Buildings, and Infrastructure segments, generating $1.30 billion in Q3 2026 revenue ($3.13 billion nine-month revenue) and maintaining over 5,000 employees with a combined backlog and pending backlog of $13.0 billion.
Not established: Headcount breakdown specific to the Mississauga corporate headquarters versus regional Ontario field operations.
Confidence: high
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Operating model
Bird delivers general contracting, construction management, design-build, progressive design-build, integrated project delivery, public-private partnerships (P3), and industrial maintenance across 10 strategic sectors. It operates an integrated One Bird delivery platform with specialized operating divisions including Dagmar Construction for Ontario civil, rail, and bridge infrastructure; Jacob Bros for Western civil infrastructure; Fraser River Pile & Dredge for marine and foundation engineering; and Bird Capital for project equity and development finance.
Not established: Proportion of collaborative progressive contracts versus hard-bid stipulated sum contracts across current Ontario projects.
Confidence: high
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For years, Bird has delivered trusted civil infrastructure across Canada’s energy, mining, transportation, and utilities markets across public and private sectors. Our team has a well-developed offering of underground, earthworks, and concrete services, as well as capabilities in contract mining, drilling and blasting, and hydroelectric construction.
4. What We Do | Bird Construction
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Dagmar’s capabilities and service offerings, integrated with Bird’s existing civil business, contributes to increased diversification in a growing end-market with a strong outlook bolstered by government infrastructure commitments.
3. Dagmar Construction | Bird Construction
Make versus buy
Bird self-performs heavy earth works, concrete forming and placement, process mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, metal and pipe fabrication, temporary shoring and dewatering engineering design (via in-house staff engineers at Dagmar), rail infrastructure, roadwork, underground servicing, marine infrastructure, and dredging. It purchases bulk construction materials (concrete, steel, asphalt, aggregate, lumber, mass timber), rents specialty heavy equipment, hires engineering and testing consultants, contracts freight logistics, and subcontracts non-self-performed specialty building trades including glazing, architectural millwork, roofing, finishes, dry construction, vertical transportation, building HVAC, and fire protection.
Not established: Exact dollar threshold triggering regional self-performance versus trade subcontracting on Ontario building packages.
Confidence: high
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Bird self-performs work including earth works, concrete, process mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, and fabrication (mass modular, specialty modular, pipe, metal).
4. What We Do | Bird Construction
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Since 1990, Dagmar Construction has had a Certificate of Authorization issued by Professional Engineers Ontario. Accordingly, staff engineers can design temporary shoring and dewatering systems in-house.
3. Dagmar Construction | Bird Construction
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Does Coupa apply to subcontractors?
Yes. Coupa will be used for both subcontractors and suppliers. This provides a consistent way to manage purchasing and
invoicing with Bird.
6. https://cdn.bird.ca/2026/10/29190447/Supplier-Frequently-Asked-Questions.pdf
Procurement and intake
Procurement is governed nationally by the National Supply Chain Management function, while trade packages and purchasing decisions are owned and awarded by estimating teams during pre-construction and by project teams (project managers, operations managers, contracts managers) during execution. Trade subcontractors access building tenders and bid packages via BuildingConnected, while formal commercial onboarding, purchase orders, electronic invoicing, and holdback tracking are centralized through the Coupa Supplier Portal with intake support via the centralized supplier support desk. Quotes continue to be submitted directly to estimating and project procurement contacts outside of Coupa.
Not established: Whether subcontracts over specific project values are subject to a separate electronic prequalification platform prior to BuildingConnected bid invitation.
Confidence: high
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Qualification gates
Bird operates as a unionized general contractor in Ontario bound to provincial ICI collective agreements across key construction trades including the Carpenters Union and LiUNA Local 506. It holds ISO 9001:2015 quality certifications, a Professional Engineers Ontario Certificate of Authorization (held by Dagmar), and founding membership in the Canadian Construction Safety Council. Trade partners and suppliers must comply with Bird's Business Conduct and Ethics Expectations, health and safety standards, and anti-forced labour legislation, and must satisfy standard commercial terms including net 60-day payment terms, $5,000,000 Commercial General Liability insurance, $2,000,000 Automobile Liability insurance, statutory workers' compensation coverage, and where applicable $2,000,000 Professional Liability or Pollution Liability coverage.
Not established: Specific surety bonding percentage thresholds required of trade contractors across Ontario public versus private commercial projects.
Confidence: high
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Bird is bound to collective agreements with both trades. It says that both the ICI agreements for these trades support the assignment.
12. Carpenters Union, Carpenters and Joiners of America v. Labourers’ International Union of North America, Local 506, 2009 CanLII 71581 (ON LRB) - Loading paragraph markers
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Unless otherwise specified in the Purchase Order, Purchaser’s standard payment terms are net sixty (60) days
from the later of acceptance of Vendor’s invoice or receipt of the Goods.
7. https://cdn.bird.ca/2026/08/17204306/Bird_Standard-PO-Terms-and-Conditions_July-2026.pdf
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(a) Commercial General Liability Insurance with limits of not less than $5,000,000 per occurrence, including
coverage for bodily injury, property damage, products liability, completed operations, contractual liability and
broad form property damage. Such policy shall name Purchaser as an additional insured with respect to liability
arising from the Goods supplied under the Purchase Order;
7. https://cdn.bird.ca/2026/08/17204306/Bird_Standard-PO-Terms-and-Conditions_July-2026.pdf
Active signals
Active signals show major commercial momentum and operational expansion: on November 11, 2026, Bird reported record Q3 2026 revenue of $1.30 billion (+36.7% YoY) and combined backlog/pending backlog of $13.0 billion; on November 4, 2026, it announced over $1.1 billion in new awards and multi-year agreements spanning industrial maintenance, Alberta healthcare electrical, BC public infrastructure, and Ontario nuclear structural work; on August 31, 2026, it expanded its majority Indigenous-owned Piinahzii LP partnership to construct the ~184 km Marten Falls Community Access Road in Northern Ontario; and in November 2026 it commenced national supplier onboarding for the Coupa Supplier Portal ahead of mid-Q1 2027 transactional go-live.
Not established: Estimated subcontract procurement budget for the Marten Falls Community Access Road project.
Confidence: high
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Technology and systems
Bird uses BuildingConnected for public tender distribution and subcontractor bid management in building construction, and is deploying the Coupa Supplier Portal for enterprise supplier registration, purchase order distribution, invoice processing, and payment status tracking. Enterprise operations and accounting are powered by Trimble Viewpoint (Vista) ERP integrated with 4castplus for project controls and jobsite tracking, Hyland OnBase for invoice scanning, indexing, and workflow routing, and Procore, InEight, and Microsoft SharePoint for project documentation and field execution.
Not established: Integration timeline between Coupa Supplier Portal and the core Trimble Viewpoint ERP system across legacy operating units.
Confidence: high
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Recent activity
Bird Construction reported record Q3 2026 financial results with quarterly construction revenue exceeding $1.3 billion (up 36.7% year-over-year), nine-month 2026 revenue of $3.13 billion, and combined backlog and pending backlog reaching $13.0 billion.
Current, dated · 2026-11-11
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Bird Construction announced over $1.1 billion in new awards and multi-year agreements, including industrial maintenance renewals, an Alberta healthcare electrical scope, BC public infrastructure contracts, and an industrial construction award for an Ontario nuclear sector structure.
Current, dated · 2026-11-04
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Bird Construction and Marten Falls First Nation expanded their majority Indigenous-owned Piinahzii LP partnership to include construction of the ~184 km Marten Falls Community Access Road (with 35 bridge and culvert structures) connecting to Ontario's provincial highway network.
Current, dated · 2026-08-31
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Bird Construction published supplier guidance detailing the rollout of the Coupa Supplier Portal, initiating supplier onboarding in November 2026 and targeting mid-Q1 2027 for transactional purchase order issuance and invoice submission.
Current, dated · 2026-10-29
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Bird Construction completed the acquisition of Fraser River Pile & Dredge (FRPD), significantly expanding its self-perform marine infrastructure, land foundation, and dredging capabilities.
Past or closed · 2025-10-14
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