Contract awarded for Metrolinx RER electrification

Written by Jenifer Nunez, assistant editor

Turner & Townsend, a program management and construction consultancy firm, has been selected to support a five-year project to modernize Metrolinx's Regional Express Rail (RER).

 

The RER project will involve the electrification of the transit system for the greater Toronto and Hamilton area in Ontario. This upgrade will increase capacity and reduce travel times for passengers.

Environmental and engineering consultancy CH2M has contracted Turner & Townsend to carry out cost estimation, risk and claims management support for the Project Management Office.

Turner & Townsend has been involved in other Metrolinx projects, including the Union Pearson Express in a cost consulting role for Infrastructure Ontario.

“We are delighted to be working once again with CH2M, bringing our global expertise from delivering some of the most challenging major transit and rail programs in the world, including Europe’s largest construction project – Crossrail in the UK,” said Dominic Leadsom, director for Turner & Townsend in Canada.

 

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