Projects / Bridges
New Samuel de Champlain Bridge
Montreal, Canada
- Client
- Infrastructure Canada, Canada
- Location
- Montreal, Canada
- Dates
- 2014 - 2019
- Construction cost
- $2.1 Billion
- Key services
- Owner’s Engineer (Lead Bridge and Civil Structure Senior Engineer)
- Tender Assessment
- Technical Compliance
- Prefabrication Quality Monitoring
- Typology
- Cable-Stayed Bridge (CSB)
- Continuous Box Girder Viaduct
- Span CSB: 124m + 240m
- Span Viaduct: 80.4m (typ)
Lead Bridge and Civil Structure Senior Engineer in the development of a Reference Design for the Highway Retaining Walls and St. Pierre’s Collector Protection System. Also responsible for liaising with AMT (Metropolitan Transport Agency) in the development of Light Rail Train design requirements. This project is the first time that Canadian public private-partnership procurement will include a Definition and Reference Design to cover the A15 Highway from Atwater to Brossard area.
The New Bridge will replace the existing Champlain Bridge and connect the Island of Montreal with the South Shore through complex highway junctions and smaller bridges including a new Île des Soeurs bridge. Lead Bridge and Civil Structure Senior Engineer to ensure that the Authority’s interests (Infrastructure Canada) are protected, during design, construction and operation of the future infrastructures.
Special attention is given to i) structure’s durability strategy (harsh winter conditions), ii) design/construction program to open the NBSL bridge section by December 2018 and iii) budget, among others for the success of this project.