West LRT Line
$1 billion
2012 Rank: 30
2011 Rank: 25
Sector: LRT
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Owner: City of Calgary
Key Players:
Engineer: AECOM (owner’s engineer); Associated Engineering, Focus Corporation, Garry Carson Consulting, GEC Architecture, Hatch Mott MacDonald, Hemisphere, Thurber Engineering (sub consultants to AECOM); SNC-Lavalin in a joint venture with Graham Group, Cana Construction, MMM Group, and Enmax Power Services Corporation (design-build)
Architect: Bing Thom Architects
Contractor: Canna Construction
Other: Cohos-Evamy Integrated Design, now DIALOG; IBI Group; Klohn Crippen Berger; Worley Parsons
Funding: Public
Federal $85 million
Provincial $915 million
Description:
The eight-km extension to the Calgary LRT Transit System is the largest infrastructure project in the history of Calgary and the first new LRT line in 20 years, including the first underground and elevated stations.
