Contract Admin/Inspection

Project Value: $30 million

This project consisted of three consecutive phases undertaken to expand and improve the 407 ETR main patrol yard. The three phases of work are as follows:

Phase 1 of the project included site grading, placement of granular subgrade material, erosion and sediment control measures, and installation of electrical infrastructure, temporary hot fences and lighting.

Phase 2 of the project includes ramp widenings, large scale precast culvert installation, linear and full-scale electrical infrastructure, underground stormwater management tanks, and a covered hot fence and maintenance building facility.

Phase 3 of the project includes linear and full-scale electrical infrastructure, signalized intersections, and a salt dome building facility.

Project Value: $8 Million

The City of Barrie initiated two Class Environmental Assessments (EA) in the downtown and BTE completed the two Class EAs under one assignment. The first EA was for the widening of Bell Farm Road (a major collector road) with improvements for pedestrians and cyclists. The work included investigation and evaluation of intersection configurations and roadway cross section improvements for both vehicular and active transportation. The project recommendations included: buffer bicycle lanes, sidewalks, continuous two-way left-turn lane, low impact development (LID) stormwater infiltration pond, utility relocations, lighting, pedestrian crossover, landscaping, low height retaining structures and visual screening (fencing along residential frontage). The land use surrounding Bell Farm Road is a mix of residential, commercial and industrial. All environmental and regulatory agency approvals were obtained and construction was initiated in 2020. Construction was completed in the fall of 2022.

The second EA was for the proposed widening and realignment of Ross Street (downtown arterial roadway) with improvements for pedestrians and cyclists as well as intersection improvements for the intersection of Ross Street, Collier Street and Bayfield Street.

Project Value: $18 Million (tendered), $1 Million (engineering fees)

BTE was the prime consultant and completed the EA, Detail Design and CA.

BTE led this Schedule C Municipal Class Environmental Assessment, preliminary design and detail design for a major urban arterial reconstruction project. This assignment delivered an $18 million urban renewal project including: replacement of the Bay Bridge Road CP Rail bridge, realignment and reconstruction of 150 m of Bay Bridge Road (4 lane arterial), realignment and reconstruction of 100 m of Old Bay Bridge Road (2-lane Collector), and reconstruction and widening of 1 km of Dundas Street West (widening to a 5-lane arterial) with the introduction of a widened and relocated intersection of Dundas Street West (former Highway 2) and Bay Bridge Road (former Highway 62). The designs were completed following the TAC – Geometric Design Guide for Canadian Roads. This project constructed a prominent southern entry to the downtown core of Belleville.

The project included complex elements such as: roadway designs (Dundas Street West widening to a 5-lane cross section and Bay Bridge Road to 4 lanes; Old Bay Bridge Road realignment (2 lanes); major new intersection with dual left-turn lanes; subsurface domestic waste consolidation and isolation of contaminants from release (MECP approvals); environmental monitoring and reporting to MECP; and water quality concerns from Quinte Region Conservation Authority for fill placement and roadway widening; property buyouts (2 houses removed within the new signalized intersection); new watermain; multi-use trail, streetscaping and gateway treatments; and approval by CP rail for a new grade separation agreement and occupation permit for the recreational trail. Mr. Taylor led the negotiations for MECP endorsement of a design approach for a new roadway embankment over a former landfill site (considering excavation and displacement approaches for the new 4-lane alignment over the landfill rather than removal of the waste – saving an estimated $1 million).

Project Value: $70,000.00

The City of Cambridge initiated two separate emergency repair construction contracts for the Black Bridge Road Bridge structure due to two separate vehicular accidents that damaged the structure and its appurtenances. BTE completed the design and contract documents, and provided CA and inspection services for the duration of work. The specific repair works included replacement of several truss members, guiderail, erosion and sediment control and painting touch-ups.

Project Value: $370,000

As part of a larger reconstruction of the Causeway, BTE completed a site reconnaissance of the bridge and noted that significant embankment scour damage has occurred at the Chemong Bridge structure on the James A. Gifford Causeway. Due to wave action and deteriorating conditions, the bridge’s embankment and previous slope paving had been lost, exposing the abutment footings. BTE recommended to the County that immediate repairs should be undertaken. A design was developed and environmental approvals obtained within one month of identification of the issue. BTE also complete the inspection and Contract Administration for the repairs.