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Canadian Design-Build Award of Excellence
Toronto, October 3, 2008 - The Canadian Design-Build
Institute (CDBI) recognized excellence in Canada’s design-build industry
by presenting its 6th Award of Excellence on Friday (Oct 3, 2008) at
CDBI’s 2008 National Design-Build Conference held in Toronto, ON.
The project award recipient was:
The Anthony Henday Drive Southeast Leg Ring Road Project is the winner
in this year’s competition. Submitted information was thorough and
comprehensive, supplying complete factual and quantitative data. This
allowed the evaluation of the project’s merits on all criteria. The team
and client also dealt with financing, operations and maintenance issues
expanding the design-build project into a DBFO, or Design Build Finance
Operate, an approach which minimizes capital and operating costs, as
well as construction time.
Among items of interest were innovative scheduling approaches, the
integration of the future operating team in the design process and use
of ISO standards. The project incorporated some innovative design and
construction techniques in order to reduce construction timeframes for
the fly over bridges, achieving remarkable time savings. It responded to
environmental impact concerns through proactive consultation and
corresponding wildlife habitat mitigation measures. The team achieved
all client goals.
The winning team is:
Design-Builder, PCL Construction Management Inc.
Consultants, MMM Group & Stantec Consulting Ltd.
Owner, Alberta Infrastructure & Transportation
Established in 2002, the CDBI Awards of Excellence are presented
annually to recognize excellence in Canada’s design-build industry and
to acknowledge design-build teams whose projects contribute to the
growth and stature of the design-build profession. Award recipients
demonstrate the highest standards and principles in the design-build
industry and the business community in pursuit of excellence.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
Canadian Design-Build Institute
Ms. Dianna Fournier
(613) 236-9455, ext. 408
diannaf@cca-acc.com
www.cdbi.org