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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 [...]

Union Station Rail Signalling Program

$300 million 2012 Rank: 90 2011 Rank: 80 Sector: Rail Location: Toronto, Ontario Owner: Metrolinx/GO Transit Key Players: Engineer: Morrison Hershfield (engineering, civil works consultant, construction) Contractor: Siemens Canada (installation of electrical and communications systems) Other: A joint venture between Hatch Mott MacDonald, Delcan, IBI Group (consultant up to and including contract award, owner’s representative) [...]

Evergreen Line Rapid Transit Line

$1.4 billion 2012 Rank: 22 2011 Rank: 20 Sector: LRT Location: Metro Vancouver, British Columbia Owner: TransLink Key Players: Partnerships BC (procurement partner and project implementation) Funding: P3 (DBF) Federal $416.7 million: Public Transit Capital Trust: $66.7 million, Building Canada Fund: $350 million Provincial Transit Plan: $583 million Municipal TransLink: $400 million Status: In July [...]

Kingston Subdivision Project

$300 million 2012 Rank: 78 2011 Rank: 79 Sector: Rail Location: Montreal to Ottawa to Toronto, Quebec and Ontario Owner: VIA Rail Key Players: Project/Construction Manager: AECOM (project manager) Engineer: AECOM (primary and consulting, design) Architect: AECOM Contractor: CN Rail; Cruickshank Construction (grading); New Alliance (bridges) Other: AECOM (preliminary planning/study); PNR RailWorks (signal upgrades); Stantec [...]

York VIVA Bus Rapid Transit (vivanext) Project

$1.4 billion 2012 Rank: 24 2011 Rank: 19 Sector: BRT Location: York Region, Ontario Owner: York Region Rapid Transit Corporation; Metrolinx/GO Transit Key Players: Project/Construction Manager: Kiewit (construction manager); York Region Rapid Transit Corporation—DMJM Harris, a part of AECOM (project manager) Engineer: Delcan (planning and design, engineering support for Kiewit); Ecoplans Limited (owners’ engineer); Kiewit [...]

Mississauga Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Project

$320 million 2012 Rank: 83 2011 Rank: 77 Sector: BRT Location: Mississauga, Ontario Owner: City of Mississauga; Metrolinx/GO Transit Key Players: Engineer: H.H. Angus (station mechanical/electrical consultant); Giffels, a part of the Ingenium Group, Golder Associates (subconsultant to Giffels—IBI Group, geotechnical); IBI Group (prime consultant, design); McCormick Rankin Corporation, a member of the MMM Group [...]

Ashbridges Bay LRV Maintenance and Storage Facility

$345 million 2012 Rank: 79 2011 Rank: 74 Sector: LRT Location: Toronto, Ontario Owner: TTC Key Players: Engineer: AECOM (detailed design, site evaluation, construction phase support) Architect: Brown and Storey Architects (urban/landscape design); Scott Torrance Landscape Architect (landscape architecture) Other: AECOM (EA); EllisDon/GFL (contaminated soil removal) Funding: Public Status: Construction is expected to begin in [...]

Eastern Commuter Train Line

$478.5 million 2012 Rank: 64 2011 Rank: 60 Sector: Rail Location: Montreal, Quebec Owner: Agence métropolitaine de transport (AMT) Key Players: Engineer: Hatch Mott MacDonald (feasibility study) Supplier: Bombardier (trains) Funding: Public Description: The Train de l’Est is intended to make up for the lack of permanent mass transit infrastructure serving Montreal East and the [...]