DREAMS UNDER CONSTRUCTION: The Life, Work and Legacy of John Bahen : Kinetics Design - Kdbooks.CA : 9781988360065 : 1988360064 : 03 Apr 2017 : "Dream big and know that all things are possible." That is the motto of John Bahen, one of Canada's most successful construction engineers. And, in a career spanning from the postwar years of the past century to major fundraising efforts in the early years of this century, dream big, he did. His vision, born in the sandbox cities he built as a child at his residential school in Toronto, crystalized into a rewarding engineering career, during which he managed massive projects ranging from roads and dams to buildings and transit systems. John made his mark at Omaha-based worldwide contractor Peter Kiewit Sons Inc., particularly when he won his first of several contracts on the high-profile James Bay hydroelectric project in Quebec. He continued over the next thirty years to land significant jobs, such as Saskatchewan's Nipawin dam and powerhouse,