Valley Line LRT | TransEd/Marigold | City of Edmonton

Airboy said:
Steve G I agree with you. With the fee structure we are seeing less oversite. Consulting fees have dropped so much that to break even you have to cut back on site services. When I started on the consulting side about 15 years ago I would be at a project site every 2 weeks, now I am lucky to get to some projects once a month. There is a real lack of experience out there as well. one of my responsibilities is to train your engineers in field work. how to act and what to watch for. My first year in Construction was 1980, I knew most engineers and contractors after a few years. You knew who did the best work and who to watch out for. There is a real thirst for the knowledge but no funds to spend the time to learn. I did have a young EIT tag along with us recently on a large industrial project. the EIT was employed by the contractor. By the end he was over whelmed by what he learned but his willingness to learn was a good sign.

With the problems on the Valleyline so glaring I do not believe we will see the same issues on the other lines. On projects this large P3 may not be the way to go. The liability is just to great to try to nickel and dime it.

Currently have a project that has an experienced owner. We are on site once a week. This project is currently slightly under budget and moving along great. We will even hand it over on time if not a week or 2 early. I may have a year or 2 left in the industry but loads of time to train and pass on knowledge.
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Love hearing stories like the one you just spoke of at the end there.

Honestly the city is getting a harsh lesson in city building.
 
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I think one improvement that I'd suggest is a barrier (llike the one at Bonnie Doon Mall or Vimy Ridge School) between 90 and 95 Avenue. There are also residents living there, and it might prevent another accident with a pedestrian.
 
The_Cat said:
I think one improvement that I'd suggest is a barrier (llike the one at Bonnie Doon Mall or Vimy Ridge School) between 90 and 95 Avenue. There are also residents living there, and it might prevent another accident with a pedestrian.
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I don't think someone sleeping on the tracks counts as a pedestrian.
 
No, but there are barriers in other locations. There's also a multi-use trail there too. There still might be a lawsuit against TransEd.
 
The_Cat said:
No, but there are barriers in other locations. There's also a multi-use trail there too. There still might be a lawsuit against TransEd.
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Person sleeps on the tracks and that is TransEd`s fault how? people could very well do the same thing on any other line, so I would hope that, even if there is a lawsuit, they win (as much as I have issues with their terrible job with the line).

No one would be talking about suing CN or CP if it has happened with them... This whole hostility against the LRT is becoming exhausting already.
 
ChazYEG said:
Person sleeps on the tracks and that is TransEd`s fault how? people could very well do the same thing on any other line, so I would hope that, even if there is a lawsuit, they win (as much as I have issues with their terrible job with the line).

No one would be talking about suing CN or CP if it has happened with them... This whole hostility against the LRT is becoming exhausting already.
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Whilst in Portland I noticed they have low floor LRT as well. The train goes along city streets and through city squares with no barriers at all. I wonder how they fare?
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I agree it's not TransEd's fault, but there could be something with the result with the way it was reported.
 
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