Value Engineering Projects

Project Value: $4 Million

This project demonstrates the team’s ability to deliver a signature bridge properly scaled to the site. This project is for a vehicular, pedestrian and cycling facility adjacent to the Dalewood Reservoir and Kettle Creek. This will provide a vehicular crossing and active transportation link for the walkway around the reservoir.

The design team responded to the special setting with a very slender extrados steel bridge, which suits the special park setting while meeting all the functional requirements of a road bridge. The study included a Value Engineering and constructability review during design development which led to the innovative design of the extrados bridge type and traffic calming of the crossing using street narrowing. It also included a value engineering review post tender with the successful contractor, which resulted in an additional 10% reduction in the project cost. The project had to deal with public and agency issues, as the project will remove fish habitat and is located immediately upstream of the Kettle Creek Conservation Authority dam. The project has included obtaining MECP, KKCA and DFO permits and authorizations.

Project Value: $100 million

Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW) – twinning of the Credit River Bridge and major rehabilitation of the existing structure including upgrading a 2.6 km section of the freeway and associated works.  In support of the detail design assignment being completed by Morrison Hershfield (MH) for the QEW from west of Mississauga Road to west of Hurontario Street, BTE facilitated two constructability workshops. The first review took place in June 2017 at the 30% design stage, focusing on the rehabilitation and twinning of the bridge over the Credit River. This second workshop held in September 2018 had a more global focus on the project; project staging, overall schedule, utilities, but still had emphasis on the preferred design for the new Credit River Bridge, a concrete segmental box girder structure.

This VE Study was carried out by BTE for the Envari/Comcor/Stantec project team for the review of the preliminary design of the Robert O. Pickard Environmental Centre (ROPEC) cogenerator replacement and power utilization project at the 50% design milestone.

Project Value: $3 billion

BTE have a 2-year $2 million standing offer to complete technical reviews and value engineering of the 6 km subway extension. The subject project is the extension of the existing Bloor-Danforth subway line (10.8 m single bore) from the existing Kennedy Station approximately 6.25 km northeasterly to the Scarborough Town Centre.

The project includes a new major station at Scarborough Centre with an “at-grade” Bus Terminal. Technical reviews completed to date include the review of the $3 billion baseline cost estimate and a review of the schedule and cost risk analysis. The VE review focused on validation of the cost estimate, review of the risk analysis, review of the project delivery model and identification of value proposals that reduced life cycle costs and schedule. Ideas generated have the potential to reduce the capital cost in the order of 10%. This review met a commitment to City Council. Workshops have been completed at the 5% (2016) and 10% (2017) design development stages.