FEATURES : Stantec Consulting earns Transportation Award

Stantec worked to replace two bridge crossings on Regina’s Ring Road

Stantec Consulting Ltd., is a team of designers, engineers, scientists and project managers who work in unison to improve the quality of life in the communities where it operates.

The Company

Stantec employs more than 22,000 staff in roughly 350 locations around the world. Stantec’s Regina office employs 87 people and the Saskatoon office has 100 employees.

The Achievement

Stantec recently received the Award of Merit Transportation as part of the Association of Consulting Engineering Companies-Saskatchewan 2020 Brian Eckel Awards and the Design Category Award with the Saskatchewan Heavy Construction Association.
The project that earned Stantec these lofty praises was the work it conducted on two bridge replacements on a portion of Regina’s Ring Road that crosses Wascana Creek.

Stantec provided engineering to remove and replace the bridges within a six-month period with new 75-year structures. This occurred on an expressway with an annual average daily traffic of 40,000+ and within the environmentally sensitive Wascana Creek.

This achievement required:

• Innovative accelerated bridge construction techniques that balanced conventional methods to achieve excellent constructability; and
• Open and clear communication with project team, stakeholders and regulatory agencies.

A unique tendering method was used in which alternate prices were obtained for a condensed schedule. This invoked creativity and innovation from the bidders and resulted in a submission that offered a reduced construction duration and significant cost savings.
This project demonstrated the benefits of successful dialogue and collaborative effort among the owner, the consultant and the contractor in achieving time and cost saving to accommodate the timely replacement of two bridge structures on one of the province’s busiest roadways.

The Team

Kevin Paul, P.Eng. and Dr. Hugues Vogel P.Eng., Ph.D was the Engineer of Record. Matt Bialowas served as project manager and associate structural technologist.