Top 10 Companies in Canada Construction and Engineering Services Industry: IT Spending Predictor 2010

TABLE OF CONTENTS
OVERVIEW 1
Catalyst 1
Summary 1
TABLE OF CONTENTS 2
LIST OF FIGURES 5
LIST OF TABLES 7
INTRODUCTION 10
Reasons to purchase 10
Definitions 10
CANADIAN CONSTRUCTION AND ENGINEERING SERVICES INDUSTRY: ESTIMATED SPENDING ON IT 13
Overview 13
Estimated spending by technology segment 15
Estimated IT spending by channel 17
SNC-LAVALIN GROUP INC. 19
Budget overview 19
SNC-Lavalin Group Inc., estimated spending on IT 20
SNC-Lavalin Group Inc., estimated IT spending by channel 24
BIRD CONSTRUCTION INCOME FUND 26
Budget overview 26
Bird Construction Income Fund, estimated spending on IT 27
Bird Construction Income Fund, estimated IT spending by channel 31
STANTEC, INC. 33
Budget overview 33
Stantec, Inc., estimated spending on IT 34
Stantec, Inc., estimated IT spending by channel 38
BOARDWALK REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST 40
Budget overview 40
Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust, estimated spending on IT 41
Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust, estimated IT spending by channel 45
CALLOWAY REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST 47
Budget overview 47
Calloway Real Estate Investment Trust, estimated spending on IT 48
Calloway Real Estate Investment Trust, estimated IT spending by channel 52
GENIVAR INCOME FUND 54
Budget overview 54
GENIVAR Income Fund, estimated spending on IT 55
GENIVAR Income Fund, estimated IT spending by channel 59
VICWEST INCOME FUND 61
Budget overview 61
Vicwest Income Fund, estimated spending on IT 62
Vicwest Income Fund, estimated IT spending by channel 66
MORGUARD REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST 68
Budget overview 68
Morguard Real Estate Investment Trust, estimated spending on IT 69
Morguard Real Estate Investment Trust, estimated IT spending by channel 73
PRIMARIS RETAIL REIT 75
Budget overview 75
Primaris Retail REIT, estimated spending on IT 76
Primaris Retail REIT, estimated IT spending by channel 80
CANADIAN HOTEL INCOME PROPERTIES REIT 82
Budget overview 82
Canadian Hotel Income Properties REIT, estimated spending on IT 83
Canadian Hotel Income Properties REIT, estimated IT spending by channel 87
APPENDIX 89
Methodology 89
Further reading 90
Disclaimer 91

LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Top ten companies in the Canadian construction and engineering Industry, estimated spending on IT ($m), 2009 and 2010 13
Figure 2: Top ten companies in the Canadian construction and engineering Industry, estimated spending by technology segment ($m), 2009 15
Figure 3: Top ten companies in the Canadian construction and engineering industry, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 17
Figure 4: SNC-Lavalin Group Inc., estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 20
Figure 5: SNC-Lavalin Group Inc., estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 22
Figure 6: SNC-Lavalin Group Inc., estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 24
Figure 7: Bird Construction Income Fund, estimated spending by IT segment (%), 2009 27
Figure 8: Bird Construction Income Fund, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 29
Figure 9: Bird Construction Income Fund, estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 31
Figure 10: Stantec, Inc., estimated spending by IT segment (%), 2009 34
Figure 11: Stantec, Inc., estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 36
Figure 12: Stantec, Inc., estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 38
Figure 13: Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust, estimated spending by IT segment (%), 2009 41
Figure 14: Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 43
Figure 15: Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust, estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 45
Figure 16: Calloway Real Estate Investment Trust, estimated spending by IT segment, 2009 48
Figure 17: Calloway Real Estate Investment Trust, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 50
Figure 18: Calloway Real Estate Investment Trust, estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 52
Figure 19: GENIVAR Income Fund, estimated spending by IT segment (%), 2009 55
Figure 20: GENIVAR Income Fund, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 57
Figure 21: GENIVAR Income Fund, estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 59
Figure 22: Vicwest Income Fund, estimated spending by IT segment (%), 2009 62
Figure 23: Vicwest Income Fund, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 64
Figure 24: Vicwest Income Fund, estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 66
Figure 25: Morguard Real Estate Investment Trust, estimated spending by IT segment (%), 2009 69
Figure 26: Morguard Real Estate Investment Trust, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 71
Figure 27: Morguard Real Estate Investment Trust, estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 73
Figure 28: Primaris Retail REIT, estimated spending by IT segment (%), 2009 76
Figure 29: Primaris Retail REIT, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 78
Figure 30: Primaris Retail REIT, estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 80
Figure 31: Canadian Hotel Income Properties REIT, estimated spending by IT segment, 2009 83
Figure 32: Canadian Hotel Income Properties REIT, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 85
Figure 33: Canadian Hotel Income Properties REIT, estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 87
Figure 34: Research methodology 89

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Definitions: IT segments and sub segments 11
Table 2: Definitions: channels 12
Table 3: Top ten companies in the Canadian construction and engineering services Industry, estimated spending on IT ($m), 2009 and 2010 14
Table 4: Top ten companies in the Canadian construction and engineering services Industry, estimated spending by technology segment ($m), 2009 16
Table 5: Top ten companies in the Canadian construction and engineering services Industry, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 18
Table 6: SNC-Lavalin Group Inc., IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 19
Table 7: SNC-Lavalin Group Inc., IT budget by estimated entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2009 19
Table 8: SNC-Lavalin Group Inc., estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 21
Table 9: SNC-Lavalin Group Inc., estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 23
Table 10: SNC-Lavalin Group Inc., estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 25
Table 11: Bird Construction Income Fund, IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 26
Table 12: Bird Construction Income Fund, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2009 26
Table 13: Bird Construction Income Fund, estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 28
Table 14: Bird Construction Income Fund, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 30
Table 15: Bird Construction Income Fund, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 32
Table 16: Stantec, Inc., IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 33
Table 17: Stantec, Inc., estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2009 33
Table 18: Stantec, Inc., estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 35
Table 19: Stantec, Inc., estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 37
Table 20: Stantec, Inc., estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 39
Table 21: Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust, IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 40
Table 22: Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2009 40
Table 23: Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust, estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 42
Table 24: Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 44
Table 25: Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 46
Table 26: Calloway Real Estate Investment Trust, IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 47
Table 27: Calloway Real Estate Investment Trust, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2009 47
Table 28: Calloway Real Estate Investment Trust, estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 49
Table 29: Calloway Real Estate Investment Trust, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 51
Table 30: Calloway Real Estate Investment Trust, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 53
Table 31: GENIVAR Income Fund, IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 54
Table 32: GENIVAR Income Fund, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2009 54
Table 33: GENIVAR Income Fund, estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 56
Table 34: GENIVAR Income Fund, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 58
Table 35: GENIVAR Income Fund, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 60
Table 36: Vicwest Income Fund, IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 61
Table 37: Vicwest Income Fund, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2009 61
Table 38: Vicwest Income Fund, estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 63
Table 39: Vicwest Income Fund, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 65
Table 40: Vicwest Income Fund, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 67
Table 41: Morguard Real Estate Investment Trust, IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 68
Table 42: Morguard Real Estate Investment Trust, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2009 68
Table 43: Morguard Real Estate Investment Trust, estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 70
Table 44: Morguard Real Estate Investment Trust, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 72
Table 45: Morguard Real Estate Investment Trust, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 74
Table 46: Primaris Retail REIT, IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 75
Table 47: Primaris Retail REIT, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2009 75
Table 48: Primaris Retail REIT, estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 77
Table 49: Primaris Retail REIT, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 79
Table 50: Primaris Retail REIT, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 81
Table 51: Canadian Hotel Income Properties REIT, IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 82
Table 52: Canadian Hotel Income Properties REIT, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2009 82
Table 53: Canadian Hotel Income Properties REIT, estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 84
Table 54: Canadian Hotel Income Properties REIT, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 86
Table 55: Canadian Hotel Income Properties REIT, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 88