Metrolinx, Infrastructure
Ontario and the Toronto Transit continue to move forward on a commitment to
improving public transit in the Greater Toronto Area with the release of a
request for proposals to the three teams short-listed for the new Sheppard East
Maintenance and Storage Facility project.
The governments of Canada
and Ontario and the City of Toronto officially kicked off the start of
construction to revitalize Union Station and strengthen its position as
Canada’s premier inter-regional and intermodal transportation hub.
Infrastructure Ontario
has released a request for qualifications to pre-qualify and shortlist project
teams to design, build, finance and maintain a new maintenance and storage
facility for new light rail vehicles that will operate on the Sheppard East
Light Rail Transit and Scarborough LRT projects. The maintenance and storage
facility will be constructed on the corner of Sheppard Avenue and Conlins Road
in Scarborough.
Parsons Brinckerhoff is
expanding its operations in Canada and will co-locate with Balfour Beatty
Capital, which opened its Balfour Beatty Capital-Canada office in 2009 in
Toronto. Both companies are part of Balfour Beatty plc. Parsons Brinckerhoff,
founded in New York City in 1885, is the professional services division of
Balfour Beatty. Balfour Beatty Capital, headquartered in Pennsylvania, is a developer,
sponsor and operator of public infrastructure projects.
Ontario’s plan to save $4
billion by postponing the construction of Greater Toronto Area transit
infrastructure was met with uncertainty by various industry stakeholders, the
Daily Commercial News And Construction Record reports.
