INNOVATION May-June 2013

The South Fraser Perimeter Road is a new four-lane, 80 km/h route from Deltaport Way in Southwest Delta to 176 th Street in Surrey. The Eastern Section in Surrey opened to traffic on December 1, 2012 and Stantec has led the multidisciplinary design team providing project management, electrical engineering, environmental services, landscape architecture, municipal engineering, traffic engineering, transportation engineering, and water resources engineering. In delivering the project, the design team faced significant design constraints including: limited right of way, poor ground conditions and an accelerated schedule. Award of Merit 202 Street Bus Rapid Transit Project

Natural Resource, Energy and Industry Award of Excellence Wilson Farm Habitat Enhancement

Soft Engineering Lieutenant Governor’s Award of Excellence; Award of Excellence Seismic Retrofit Guidelines

Consultants: Ausenco with Bush, Bohlman & Partners; GENIVAR; Read Jones Christoffersen |

Owner: Ministry of Education | Client: APEGBC

Consultants: Kerr Wood Leidal Associates | Owner/ Client: Transportation Investment Corporation The Wilson FarmHabitat Enhancement Project within Colony Farm Regional Park encompasses 178,000 m 2 of aquatic and riparian habitat enhancement for fish and wildlife. The goals were to re-establish the tidal connection and fish access to the floodplain channels, improve drainage for wildlife habitat, and minimize disturbance to park users. Kerr Wood Leidal completed hydraulic modelling of habitat channels and prepared the detailed engineering design for the tide gates, overshot gate, and channels. The tide gates were opened in November 2011, and in 2012, biologists found young salmon in abundance in the reconnected channels. Award of Merit Gibraltar Development Plan 3 Consultant: Ausenco | Owner/Client: Gibraltar Mines Limited Ausenco provided engineering, procure- ment and construction management services for the third phase of the development and modernization of the Gibraltar copper- molybdenum mine, located in McLeese Lake, BC. This project will increase the milling capacity at the Gibraltar mine with minimal interruption to existing copper and molyb- denum production. The project included the construction of a new standalone concentra- tor, as well as a standalone molybdenum separation plant. The GDP3 project will in- crease Gibraltar’s overall processing capacity to 85,000 tons per day with an annual copper production averaging 165 million pounds.

In 2004 the Ministry of Education initiated a $1.5 billion seismic mitigation program for public school buildings. A unique col- laboration between government, academia and the engineering community resulted in the 300+ page Seismic Retrofit Guidelines and companion web-based Seismic Perfor- mance Analyzer. This Analyzer accesses a database containing millions of non-linear incremental dynamic analyses for different structural systems and high-risk partition walls, evaluated for earthquakes expected to occur in BC. Users can rapidly and with province-wide consistency determine the seismic risk of an existing building, and op- timize the extent of new structure required to achieve “life-safety” seismic performance.

Award of Merit Deh Cho Bridge

Consultants: Hatch Mott MacDonald with MMM Group; McElhanney Consulting Services; Delcan; CMS Focus | Owner/ Client: Transportation Investment Corporation The 202 Street Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Project was completed to accommodate regular scheduled bus service over the new Port Mann Bridge. The scope included a new transit exchange, a 679-stall park and ride lot, road alignment, highway overpasses, on- and off-ramps, and expanded wildlife/ fisheries habitats. The consultant team developed cost-effective and innovative solutions, managing costs and schedule while maintaining quality. Technical challenges included compressible soils, traffic management, drainage, environmental protection and properties acquisition. Project operation began on December 1, 2012.

Consultants: Associated Engineering | Owner/ Client: Government of the Northwest Territories The Deh Cho Bridge spans the Mackenzie River. Originally begun as a P3 project, the Government of the Northwest Territories as- sumed control after construction had com- menced, appointing Associated Engineering as Project Manager. The project manage- ment team acted quickly to maintain project continuity and resume control over sched- ule, budget, quality and risks. Quality was addressed by developing a comprehensive quality program and a risk matrix was devel- oped, constantly monitored and updated to ensure “no surprises.” Schedule and budget were quickly brought under control through meticulous monitoring and teamwork. v

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