After severe storms hit British Columbia in November 2021, AECOM provided emergency assistance to reinstate the Trans-Canada Highway at the Tank Hill underpass where road and rail infrastructure had been destroyed. AECOM mobilized a team to reinstate…
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Canal Lachine Bridge
The Canal Lachine Bridge is a signature, curved, cable stayed bridge in downtown Montréal, Québec as part of the $1.5 billion Design-Build Turcot Project. The 350-m long structure uses an innovative, highly redundant composite steel grillage system…
Infrastructure Vulnerability and Risk Assessment
Public Services Procurement Canada teamed with Tetra Tech to develop a multi-disciplinary study on the Infrastructure Vulnerability and Risk Assessment due to Changing Climate and Extreme Weather Events for the Alaska Highway. This unique solution is possibly
Taft Creek Bridge Rehabilitation
The Taft CK Bridge is a 4-span, steel girder, timber deck bridge with a total length of 68 m. The existing girders were showing signs of deterioration, and it was becoming essential to replace the timber with a concrete deck to protect the girders & pile substructure to…
CN Kitimat Subdivision Mile 9.5 Landslide Remediation
CB provided design and construction management services on the project. Timber pile installation and the relatively large fill volume across the highly disturbed, sensitive glaciomarine deposits had the potential to destabilize the slide area which required construction…
Deltaport Truck Staging Facility
The team delivered the Deltaport Truck Staging Facility (DTSF) using environmentally and culturally responsible, seismically stable, site appropriate solutions. The DTSF allows 145 container trucks with room for early arrivals and adds numerous safety improvements…
Centerm Expansion Project – Centennial Road Overpass Project
The Centennial Road Overpass Project is a 480m-long, 13-span bridge designed to reduce road congestion and improve the movement of goods to and from the Centerm container terminal at the Port of Vancouver. The overpass provides a rail and road grade separation…
Gellatly Road Bridge Replacement
The new bridge and roadway provides an aesthetically-pleasing, more-resilient bridge that will mitigate impact from future flooding to Powers Creek, adjacent properties, and local accesses. Fast track construction was facilitated in off peak months and in two separate…
Mosquito Creek Bridge Replacement
The Mosquito Creek Bridge, located on Marine Drive-North Vancouver, is known as a busy and often congested east-west corridor in the North Shore Community. The City of North Vancouver engaged COWI to improve the corridor’s safety & reliability by applying industry…
Highway 99 – Ten Mile Slide Stabilization
Monitoring data indicates the completed stabilization works were very successful and Highway 99 is back into full two-lane service. The project resulted in a safe, reliable highway alignment that is the most direct connection between Lillooet and Kamloops, is essential…
Highway 1 Illecillewaet Four-Laning Value Engineering
This project offered BASIS and EAC an opportunity to develop a cohesive and efficient design for the project owner. The project team closely collaborated throughout from concept through to construction, resulting in numerous cost saving…