Canada-based Canam-Bridge has been chosen to fabricate the superstructure for the Champlain bridge project in Montreal as well as to supply steel.
Marc Dutil, chief executive of Canam, a specialist bridge superstructure fabricator, expects at least 45,000tonnes of steel will be required for the 3.4km bridge that will span the St. Lawrence River which leads to the Great Lakes of North America.
The contract is expected to be completed after a formal deal is reached between the SNC-Lavalin consortium constructing the bridge and the federal government this summer.
The bridge has an estimated cost of US$2.5-4.1 billion. Canam-Bridges is the business unit that oversees the design and sale of steel bridges, structural bearings and expansion joints in the highway and railway bridge sectors in Canada and numerous states in the US.
The new bridge will span the St. Lawrence River from the île des Soeurs to Brossard, immediately downstream from the existing Champlain Bridge. It is expected to feature a three-corridor design, including two three-lane corridors for vehicle traffic and a two-lane public transport corridor capable of accommodating a light rail transit system. The new bridge will also include a multi-use path for pedestrians and cyclists.
World Highways reported in April that the Canadian government had awarded the multi-billion dollar contract for the Champlain Bridge, in the province of Quebec, to a consortium led by SNC-Lavalin. The firm, based in Montreal, will design, build, maintain and operate the toll bridge under a 35-year public-private partnership deal.
The consortium called Signature on the Saint-Lawrence Group includes Spanish firms4761 Dragados Canada and 917 ACS Infrastructures and the US firm 2758 Flatiron Construction. Other members are MMM Group, T.Y. Lin International, International Bridge Technologies Canada and 981 Hochtief PPP Solutions.
Marc Dutil, chief executive of Canam, a specialist bridge superstructure fabricator, expects at least 45,000tonnes of steel will be required for the 3.4km bridge that will span the St. Lawrence River which leads to the Great Lakes of North America.
The contract is expected to be completed after a formal deal is reached between the SNC-Lavalin consortium constructing the bridge and the federal government this summer.
The bridge has an estimated cost of US$2.5-4.1 billion. Canam-Bridges is the business unit that oversees the design and sale of steel bridges, structural bearings and expansion joints in the highway and railway bridge sectors in Canada and numerous states in the US.
The new bridge will span the St. Lawrence River from the île des Soeurs to Brossard, immediately downstream from the existing Champlain Bridge. It is expected to feature a three-corridor design, including two three-lane corridors for vehicle traffic and a two-lane public transport corridor capable of accommodating a light rail transit system. The new bridge will also include a multi-use path for pedestrians and cyclists.
World Highways reported in April that the Canadian government had awarded the multi-billion dollar contract for the Champlain Bridge, in the province of Quebec, to a consortium led by SNC-Lavalin. The firm, based in Montreal, will design, build, maintain and operate the toll bridge under a 35-year public-private partnership deal.
The consortium called Signature on the Saint-Lawrence Group includes Spanish firms
