Infrastructure Ontario (IO) and Metrolinx have awarded a fixed-price contract of $255M to Strabag Inc. to design, build and finance the second underground segment of the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension, which includes a 500m tunnel from east of Jane Street to Mount Dennis Station.
The STRABAG team includes:
- Developer: Strabag Inc.
- Design: WSP Canada Inc. and Dr. G. Sauer & Partners Corporation
- Construction: Strabag Inc.
- Financial Advisor: Strabag Inc.
The Eglinton Crosstown West Extension Advance Tunnel 2 project underwent an open, fair and competitive procurement process overseen by a third-party fairness advisor. Strabag Inc. submitted the proposal that delivers the best value for Ontario taxpayers.
The project is being delivered through IO’s public-private partnership (P3) model, which transfers appropriate risks associated with design, construction and financing of the project to the private sector.
Enabling works for the project are underway and major construction is expected to begin later in 2024.
The Eglinton Crosstown West Extension Advance Tunnel Contract 2 scope of work includes:
- Design and supply of mining and tunnelling equipment;
- Detailed design and construction of the launch and extraction shafts and tunnel portal east of Jane Street;
- Detailed design and construction of the tunnel between the portal and Mount Dennis Station using the sequential excavation method;
- Modifications at Mount Dennis Station to accommodate extended Eglinton Crosstown LRT service; and
- Utility work and road modifications along Eglinton Avenue West to accommodate construction activities.
The Eglinton Crosstown West Extension (ECWE) Advance Tunnel 2 Project is the second tunnel package. The first Advance Tunnel Project is the $729M first phase of work for the 9.2km extension of the Eglinton Crosstown LRT (future TTC Line 5). The Eglinton Crosstown West Extension Project will run mostly underground, westward from the future Mount Dennis station to Renforth Drive.
The Eglinton Crosstown West Extension is being delivered in separate procurement contracts:
- A first advance tunnel between Renforth Drive and Scarlett Road.
- A second advance tunnel between Jane Street and Mount Dennis Station.
- Elevated guideway between Scarlett Road and Jane Street.
- Stations, Rail and Systems.
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