SNC-Lavalin Inc., the company that built the Canada Line, has won the bid to design, build and finance the Evergreen Line.
SNC-Lavalin was one of three companies shortlisted in tendering bid. The other two were EL Partners and Kiewit/Flatiron.
The $1.4 billion project will be financed by the B.C. and federal governments – which are contributing $583 million and $417 million respectively – and TransLink, which will pay the remaining $400 million.
The costs are comparable with the 19-kilometre Canada Line, which cost $2 billion.
The new 11-kilometre light rail system will link Burnaby, Port Moody and Coquitlam. It will run from Lougheed Town Centre in Burnaby to Douglas College in Coquitlam.
The system will include a two-kilometre bored tunnel and seven stations. It will link with the existing SkyTrain system via the Millennium Line and will connect to the Expo Line, Canada Line, West Coast Express and regional buses.
Subcontractors in the Evergreen Line project team include:
• SNC-Lavalin subsidiaries SNC-Constructors (Pacific) Inc. and.;
• Graham Building Services;
• International Bridge Technologies Inc.;
• Jacobs Associates Canada Corp.;
• Rizzani de Eccher Inc.;
• S.E.L.I. Canada Inc.; and
• MMM Group Ltd.
Preparatory work is already underway, and construction of the line is slated to begin later this year. It is scheduled to be in operation in the summer of 2016. The project will generate an estimated 8,000 direct and indirect jobs.
