Valley Line LRT | TransEd/Marigold | City of Edmonton

J_gordo said:
Okay then it’s capped at 40 hours (M-F) 7-3. So you’ll need 3 shifts total just for the weekdays. Good luck with that
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Didn't Marigold float a plan to triple its workforce this year? Maybe that's dependent on whatever is in this report getting approved?
 
bodsbods9090 said:
What world do you live in?

Of course this'll be OT work.
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It would only be OT if it was the same crew pulling longer than 8 hours per day. Three separate crews pulling 8 hours each (6 to 14, 14 to 22, 22 to 6) would not be OT but at least one of the crew would be getting night shift premium
 
AJo said:
It would only be OT if it was the same crew pulling longer than 8 hours per day. Three separate crews pulling 8 hours each (6 to 14, 14 to 22, 22 to 6) would not be OT but at least one of the crew would be getting night shift premium
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Like some have said, is there enough of a workforce out there to be able to pull that off?
 
AJo said:
It would only be OT if it was the same crew pulling longer than 8 hours per day. Three separate crews pulling 8 hours each (6 to 14, 14 to 22, 22 to 6) would not be OT but at least one of the crew would be getting night shift premium
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Bingo.

I don't quite get why we cannot do shift work on major projects such as this; it's how major projects get done around the world and how many of our everyday products also get produced.
 
I've seen projects slow walk the early stages when the critical path runs through procurement. Electrical and control equipment usually has very long lead times, so early scope could be detached from the completion date.

It can benefit your risk profile (in case of unexpected stuff underground) to get non critical items started early, it can get very expensive though as you pay site support/management costs for a longer duration.

IMO in large projects there's usually no free lunch, everything is trade offs. Even then Humans simply aren't capable of managing complex projects effectively; effective project management requires the right organization/institution and there's alot of waste no matter what.
 
IanO said:
Bingo.

I don't quite get why we cannot do shift work on major projects such as this; it's how major projects get done around the world and how many of our everyday products also get produced.
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I fully support moving to a shift model for disruptive infrastructure work.

Years ago I was in SLC for a conference and the 6 lane roadway near our hotel was completely torn up and redone over a long weekend with workers going around the clock. Fully paved, painted and open for traffic Monday AM.

If that project was done in Edmonton it would have stretched out to an entire season, maybe even two!

The premium for a high shift crew pales in comparison to the overall gains to businesses, commuters and the local community when costly disruptions are as brief as possible.
 
One thing that would make sense is if construction projects in Edmonton were running behind (with the possibility of fines) whether additional labour could be hired. Also, I wonder about whether certain intersections (e.g. 109 Street or 149 Street) could be assigned higher priority when track construction needs to be done.
 
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