April 25, 2008

Transportation

Management contract for Spadina subway extension in Toronto is worth $100 million

Subway project to last seven years

VINCE VERSACE

staff writer

Spadina Link Project Managers Team, a joint venture of Hatch Mott MacDonald, Delcan and MMM Group, has been awarded a $100 million project management services contract for the Spadina Subway Extension.

“The TTC is a very important client and we are very happy to be providing our services for this public transit project,” says Roger Toms of Delcan.

The $100 million contract spans seven years for the project which is expected to begin this year and end in 2015.

The Spadina Subway Extension has an estimated final cost of $2.63 billion and is the largest transit expansion project tackled by the Toronto Transit Commission [TTC] in 40 years.

The design aspect of the project is expected to take between two to three years and the construction, testing and commissioning will take from three to four years.

The Spadina Link Project Managers Team will be completely integrated with TTC staff and dedicated solely to this project.

“We have been seeing more agencies going this route of having people work from a dedicated project office,” notes Peter Overton of MMM Group.

The 8.6 km extension to the Spadina line will all be underground and result in six new stations. The six new stations will be Sheppard West, Finch West, York University, Steeles West, Highway 407 Transitway and Vaughan Corporate Centre.

The extension’s distance from the existing Downsview Station to Steeles West Station will be 6.2 km in Toronto. The extension will run another 2.4 km from Steeles West Station to Vaughan Corporate Centre in York Region.

Challenges for the project will vary from building subway tunnels under existing buildings to devising detour plans and impact plans for traffic on surrounding neighbourhoods when construction ramps up.

The project is funded by the federal, provincial, city and regional governments.

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