MacLac
Senior Member
The contract hasn't even been awarded yet.....I believe at the END of 2023 it will be announced.....
See! For one: I had no idea there were 2 consortium bids already in place? When did these even come out? 2nd: hard to believe that there are actually 2 different companies - Aecon vs. Aecom. One is from Ontario and the other is a bastard child of what was once Lockerbie and Hole?Did a bit of digging this evening. The work happening at 23 Ave and 111 St is prep work and not the actual construction yet. I'm not sure if Ellis Don is doing all of the prep work for the SLRT extension to Heritage Valley, but they are certainly doing the prep for the tunneling.
Specifically:Capital Line - South | City of Edmonton
The Capital Line South LRT extension has selected a Design-Builder, and will begin construction in 2024.www.edmonton.ca
"EllisDon, the City’s contractor, will be excavating the area to install shafts for future tunnelling work. This work will result in a lane closure and pedestrian detours at the northeast corner of the intersection. This is part of tunnelling work at the intersection, which is expected to take approximately 18 months. "
So, we will actually see quite a bit of work at 23 Ave, but, it's just shafts for the eventual contractor to go in and start working from. Since this alone is taking 18 months, I'm guessing this will save a fair amount of time during the main contruction.
The two shortlisted consortiums bidding on the SLRT Design/ Build contract are:
Capital Line Design Builders (CLDB)- Aecon, Ledcor, AECOM
PCL-Graham South Line Solutions (PGSLS)- PCL-Graham JV
Where is all that info? Couldn't find it on the Capital Line website
Thanks! Still don't see where the shortlisted proponents are for Design/Build prime contractor though... that sounds like some interestingly proprietary information.
Thanks! Still don't see where the shortlisted proponents are for Design/Build prime contractor though... that sounds like some interestingly proprietary information.
Awesome thanks! Your googling skills are better than mine as neither JV name brought up anything for me.Not at all proprietary information. My source was different that what I'm going to link so, but, I believe my source is still public more or less.
None the less, I Googled one of the names and that lead to this page:
2024 Mid-Season LRT Construction Update | City of Edmonton
LRT expansion plays a critical role in enhancing mobility and access for Edmontonians and will transform the way people live, work and play in the city for decades to come.www.gov.edmonton.ab.ca
Oh for sure, and I am totally unsurprised at the opposition. I just hope the city doesn't give in and cancel it; being a resident of the general area, it would be great to have another option rather than having to go to Century Park, and with the ROW going past it, it's the perfect opportunity to construct it now. Almost kind of how now some people wish there was another station in between Southgate and Century Park.Twin Brooks as a neighbourhood is built like a suburban fortress. Seriously, for anyone who has never actually been in Twin Brooks, go drive through it sometime—6500 people live there in almost exclusively single fam detached homes—and there are only two roads in and out of the neighbourhood, both off 111st. It’s about as close you can get to a gated community without being a gated community, especially since it has zero commercial business inside.
So it surprises me very little those within have little interest in LRT, and especially when it’s easy to look at the social disorder just up the road that the Century Park station unfortunately brings with it.
Edit: just a clarification, this is not me saying anything about my own opinion of Twin Brooks having an LRT station; I think it absolutely should, but to explain the POV of residents and that they’re likely to put up a big fight.
It's the Blackfoot name for a traditional bison hunting ground."Ipiihkoohkanipiaohtsi" did someone mash their keyboard and blindly named this for the ward?