Top 100 Projects » Transportation

Calgary Airport Tunnel

admin — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 18:35:13 +0000

$295 million

2012 Rank: 91

2011 Rank: New

Sector: Highway

Location: Calgary, Alberta

Owner: City of Calgary

Key Players:

Project/Construction Manager: A joint venture of PCL, Parsons and Dufferin (construction managers)

Funding: Public

Description:

The tunnel will run 650 metres under the runway of the Calgary International Airport and will extend Airport Trail from Barlow Trail to 36 Street N.E. In July 2011, construction crews used two Vermeer Terrain Leveler surface excavation machines to excavate material from the tunnel site to facilitate the installation of utilities such as storm water management and firefighting equipment. The utility work commenced in September and October 2011. Concrete pouring commenced for the establishment of the footings, prior to the pouring and forming for the walls and tunnel roof.

Extension of Road 167 to the Otish Mountains

admin — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 18:19:03 +0000

$332 million

2012 Rank: 82

2011 Rank: New

Sector: Highway

Location: Baie-James Area in the Nord-du-Québec Administrative Region, Quebec

Owner: Province of Quebec, Ministère des Transports du Québec

Key Players:

Engineer: AECOM (consulting engineer); GENIVAR-AECOM Consortium (cost and delay control, quality control, maps, cartographic database, environment, civil works, geotechnics, structures);

Project/Construction Manager: AECOM (project manager)

Funding: Public/Private

Status: Under construction, with expected completion in 2016.

Description:

This project includes extending Highway 167 from the northeast end of Misstissini Lake 260 kms north to the Trans-Taiga road leading to the La Grande hydroelectric complex. The project falls under the Quebec government’s Plan Nord and the Nord-du-Québec Transportation Strategy. The purpose of the project is to open this region to mining, wind power development, forestry projects and tourism. It is currently only accessible by ice road.

Construction Begins on Windsor-Essex Parkway Project

Douglas McCallum — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 13:57:53 +0000

Construction has officially begun on the Windsor-Essex Parkway in Ontario. The 11 kilometre long extension to highway 401 is designed to reduce traffic in residential areas and provide improved access to the United States border. Windsor-Essex Mobility Group is the consortium selected by Infrastructure Ontario to undertake this design, build, finance and maintain project. The value of the contract is approximately $1.4 billion in today’s dollars.

According to David Bradley of the Ontario Trucking Association “this project will not only improve existing transportation networks, reducing travel times for commercial truckers and boosting job creation in the local economy, but it is an essential investment in the infrastructure needed to secure the future prosperity of the city, the region, the province and indeed of the country as a whole.” The new highway is expected to be completed by the fall of 2014, with landscaping completed by the summer of 2015.

Province Cancels Planned Niagara to GTA Corridor Project

Douglas McCallum — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 18:25:14 +0000

The planned link between Niagara Falls and Hamilton, with connections to the 401 and 407 highways in Ontario, has been put on hold pending further analysis. Ministry of transportation spokesperson Kelly Baker said “we are not going to just assume we need to pave a mega highway through the escarpment.” Proponents of the project, including Progressive Conservative party head Tim Hudak, believe that this project would have created jobs and promoted economic development in the area. However there has also been significant opposition to this project from environmental groups and the city councils of Halton region and Burlington.

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Douglas McCallum — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 20:12:54 +0000