BOUND BY MILES
Selected work / Ontario public infrastructure

Fourteen OPP facilities.
One sustained record of delivery.

From forensic identification units and a headquarters renovation to three Phase 1 buildings and nine Phase 2 detachments, Shannon's assignments progressed from Clerk of Works services to lead architectural contract administration across multiple active sites.

14Identified OPP facilities worked on
9Phase 2 sites under overlapping contract-administration responsibilities
2018–20Phase 2 assignment
Scope matters. These figures describe facilities Shannon worked on—not facilities he owned, designed or served as general contractor for. The reported $182 million is the value of the overall Phase 2 program, not his personal contract value.
Assignment chronology

Experience built across successive programs.

2007–2008

Tillsonburg — Forensic Identification Unit

Clerk of Works services on an OPP forensic facility. An early assignment that preceded the modernization programs.

2008–2009

Orillia OPP Headquarters — FIU renovation

Separate headquarters forensic identification unit renovation, completed as a Clerk of Works assignment before Phase 1.

2010–2012

Modernization Phase 1 — Mount Forest, Walkerton and Chatham

Contract administration services through SHANCO on three new facilities, with two sites progressing concurrently. Responsibilities included site reviews, shop drawing support, field measurements, quality assessment and compliance with tender documents. The project history reports all three buildings completed on time.

2018–2020

Modernization Phase 2 — nine detachments across Ontario

Lead architectural Contract Administrator for NORR and an owner's-representative role within Infrastructure Ontario's province-wide P3 program. Shannon worked across all nine projects, nearly all at the same time, coordinating reviews and construction administration with multiple design disciplines, site teams and project stakeholders.

Phase 2 / Specific responsibilities

What coordinating nine sites required.

Site reporting & quality

Monthly visits to all nine sites; progress reports, photographs, deficiency tracking and follow-up with project teams.

Technical documentation

Reviewed and responded to hundreds of RFIs; marked up and reviewed shop drawings; coordinated architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical, civil, security and AV/IT consultant input.

Stakeholder coordination

Point of contact between the Bird–EllisDon consortium, site teams and NORR; participation in owner–architect–contractor meetings and workshops with the OPP and Infrastructure Ontario.

Commercial & closeout processes

Construction schedule monitoring, payment certification reviews, change-order negotiations, commissioning coordination and substantial-performance milestones.

Based on Shannon's detailed project-history record and his clarification that he worked across all nine Phase 2 sites. The project chronology lists Tillsonburg as 2007–2008; an earlier recollection was 2006. Dates should be confirmed before publication.