LRT Utility Design:

When we started with the NAIT LRT program we were contracted to locate 90 utilities in the arterial roads between the NAIT campus and downtown Edmonton. As some of the construction was already underway to relocate existing utilities and rebuild traffic signals at affected intersections, we ended up with a handful of new coordination issues. We worked directly with PCL, AECOM, the City of Edmonton roadways, local EMS dispatch and the LRT Design and Planning group from Stantec. As we proceeded South from NAIT we uncovered Edmonton’s history underground. The old road surfaces, Railway steel and ties, old building foundations, the old “rat-hole” concrete and a host of unknown, abandoned or forgotten utilities. Phase one was 150 holes, then another 80, and another 45, then 200 on the south side of the river. We've stopped counting but continue to provide the support and coordination for hydrovac utility investigation as the plans develop and the conflicts emerge.