The City of Ottawa awarded EllisDon, as part of the Rideau Transit Group Partnership (RTG), a contract for the expansion of a maintenance and storage facility in Belfast, as part of Stage 2 of the Confederation Line. The CAD 106 million (USD 72.56 million) contract includes the early work package variation directives, preliminary work and site preparation that began in April 2017. The design and construction of the Belfast Yard Maintenance and Storage Facility (MSF) will be done by the OLRT Constructors Group, comprised of EllisDon, Dragados and SNC-Lavalin.
The completion of the Belfast Yard is scheduled for the end of 2018.
Under this new agreement, EllisDon and the RTG partners will design, construct and finance the expansion of the Belfast Yard facility, which will house and maintain the additional 72 light rail vehicles that comprise the Stage 2 fleet for Confederation Line. This expansion will include three new maintenance bays, a larger control room, and the replacement of the existing earth berm with a noise mitigating wall. The train yard, including utilities, tracks and systems, will be rearranged in order to accommodate the expansion.
The RTG is a consortium composed of EllisDon, ACS Infrastructure Canada Inc. and SNC-Lavalin, currently delivering Stage 1 of the Confederation Line in Ottawa. This contract will extend the consortium’s scope into Stage 2 of the project.
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