RC113 JulyAugust 2024 - Magazine - Page 36
TOP100 PROJECTS
CAPITAL LINE LRT
2024 Top100 Projects Rank: 61 Value: $1.1 billion
THE CITY OF EDMONTON has selected its preferred bidder
to design and build Phase 1 of the Capital Line South
Extension from Century Park to just north of Ellerslie
Road.
The preferred bidder is Capital Line Design-Builders, consisting of team members Ledcor and AECOM.
The City will now enter negotiations with Capital
Line Design-Builders with the goal of awarding the
contract by the end of May 2024.
Construction of the 4.5-kilometre extension is
scheduled to begin later this year. Construction is
expected to take four to 昀椀ve years, followed by testing
and commissioning.
“We’d like to thank the bidding teams for participating in our procurement. We’re con昀椀dent our fair
and rigorous competitive process will ensure Phase 1
of the Capital Line South Extension will result in excellent value for Edmontonians and further strengthen our mass transit network,” said Bruce Ferguson,
branch manager of LRT Expansion and Renewal with
the City of Edmonton.
ARTS COMMONS TRANSFORMATION PROJECT
AFTER TWO YEARS of meticulous planning and design work, Calgary
Municipal Land Corporation (CMLC) and its partners at Arts
Commons and the City of Calgary revealed the architectural
design for the Arts Commons Transformation expansion—a new
building featuring a new 1,000-seat theatre and 200-seat studio
theatre, marking a signi昀椀cant step forward in the delivery of the
largest arts- focused infrastructure project currently underway in
Canada.
“The transformation of the Arts Commons campus is a more
than half-billion-dollar investment in Calgary’s arts and cultural future,” said Kate Thompson, president and CEO of CMLC.
“Together with our partners at The City of Calgary and Arts
Commons, CMLC has been working with the prime design team
since early 2022 to advance the concept and schematic designs for
this extraordinary city-building project. Today we’re ecstatic to
reach a monumental milestone: the public unveiling of the new
building’s design.”
Behind the expansion’s design is a team of internationally
recognized architects and designers from Toronto’s KPMB Architects, Calgary’s Hindle Architects, and Arizona’s Tawaw Architecture Collective.
Supported by project manager Colliers and construction
manager EllisDon, construction on the expansion is anticipated
to begin in late 2024, and the building is expected to open in Arts
Commons’ 2028/2029 season.
For additional details on this year’s Top100
Projects report. visit top100projects.ca
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CITY OF EDMONTON, CMLC
2024 Top100 Projects Rank: 96 Value: $480 million
