GORDIE HOWE INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE OPENING IN 2025

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GORDIE HOWE INTERNATIONAL
BRIDGE OPENING IN 2025
HAVING DELIVERED the busiest year of construction to date, the
Gordie Howe International Bridge project team announced
that construction completion is planned for September 2025.
Originally, the $5.7 billion project was scheduled for
completion in November 2024 with opening anticipated
by the end of that year. However, the project, like many
others, experienced unprecedented disruptions because
of the COVID-19 global pandemic. The disruptions were
even more prevalent for the Gordie Howe International
Bridge project given the di昀昀ering applicable restrictions
in the U.S. and Canada, combined with the ramping up of
construction activities in early 2020.
“After a three-year pandemic and considering the size
and complexity of the Gordie Howe
International Bridge project, our
project team is pleased that the
impact to the construction schedule
is limited to only 10 months beyond
the original contracted completion
date and that we could agree on
a reasonable adjustment to the
contract value,” said Charl van
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Niekerk, CEO, Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority (WDBA).
Like most public-private partnership (P3) contracts,
the contract between WDBA and Bridging North America (BNA) provides for the schedule and cost impacts of
certain risks to be shared. As a result, WDBA and BNA
have agreed to amend the contract to include the new September 2025 construction completion date, new measures
to ensure this date is achieved, and an updated overall
contract value of $6.4 billion.
“Through the great progress made in 2023 and collaboration with all our project partners, we are happy to have
minimized the impacts of the pandemic,” said David Henderson, Interim CEO, Bridging North America.
The Gordie Howe
International Bridge will
be completed in the fall
of 2025, at a total cost
of $6.4 billion.
After the pandemic and considering the complexity of the project,
the team is pleased that the impact to the construction schedule
is limited to only 10 months beyond the original completion date.
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