Millennium Line - Evergreen Extension | Completed

[Metro-One]

Looks like he added a few more pics. You can clearly see the PoCo spur!

[SOSS]

Originally Posted by Metro-One

Looks like he added a few more pics. You can clearly see the PoCo spur!

Which image are you referring too?

The photographer has definitely been able to get some unique shots and angles. Nice work. I wonder how he's done it.

[Metro-One]

This one:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/grantmatticeimagescom/16038796986/sizes/l/in/photostream/

Unless this is where the new OMC will be as well?

Because if this is the spur, is it not occurring before Coquitlam Station, rather than after? Or would they add another platform at this station when the spur is completed in the future?

[SOSS]

Originally Posted by Metro-One

This one:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/grantmatticeimagescom/16038796986/sizes/l/in/photostream/

Unless this is where the new OMC will be as well?

Because if this is the spur, is it not occurring before Coquitlam Station, rather than after? Or would they add another platform at this station when the spur is completed in the future?

ahh. Thank you! Yup that is definitely the PoCo spur. I'm glad they planned and are constructing it to that extent.

[dpogue]

Originally Posted by madog222

This is definitely just before Coquitlam Station

Ahh, you're right... it's where it does that weird Y-split thing for the PoCo spur:

Photo: Grant Matice (Source)

This is the PoCo stub track:

Photo: Grant Matice (Source)

The track in that area does a weird splitting thing, which will probably make even less sense as an ASCII diagram, but why not:

IB ─┳───────────────────────── IB  Coq
    ╰──╮          ╭─────────── OB  Ctr
       ┣──────────┫
    ╭──╯          ╰─────── IB  PoCo
OB ─┻───────────────────── OB  stub

[AverageJoe]

On another note...

EVERGREEN RAPID TRANSIT HOLDINGS and SNC-LAVALIN EVERGREEN LINE HOLDINGS INC. have been listed on the World Bank Listing of Ineligible Firms & Individuals for fraud and corruption. SNC Lavalin and it subsidiaries are known for bribery and other underhanded business tactics but anyone have any idea what Evergreen is on for?

World Bank:
http://web.worldbank.org/external/defaul...querycontentMDK=64069700&theSitePK=84266

Story on Financial Post:
http://business.financialpost.com/2013/0...k-corruption-list-thanks-to-snc-lavalin/

[queetz@home]

Originally Posted by AverageJoe

On another note...

EVERGREEN RAPID TRANSIT HOLDINGS and SNC-LAVALIN EVERGREEN LINE HOLDINGS INC. have been listed on the World Bank Listing of Ineligible Firms & Individuals for fraud and corruption. SNC Lavalin and it subsidiaries are known for bribery and other underhanded business tactics but anyone have any idea what Evergreen is on for?

Nothing. "Evergreen" isn't on for anything.

"Evergreen" is on the list simply because it is a "child" company of SNC Lavalin, who the World Bank *really* wants to target. And for this particular criteria, the children would pay for the sins of the father, even though they have done absolutely nothing wrong.

I doubt "Evergreen Rapid Transit Holdings" and "SNC-Lavalin Evergreen Line Holdings Inc." will be bidding for any business contracts overseas anyway (SNC will just bear another child company for those purposes). They were formed by SNC to isolate the business activities that is solely part of the Evergreen Line project.

So my understanding is say if somewhere down the road someone in the Evergreen Line project working for "Evergreen" f*cks up and results in a massive class action lawsuit, "Evergreen" will be the one named in the suit as oppose to the parent company which is SNC Lavalin.

TO ADD: Technically the one building the Evergreen Line is "EGRT Construction". I'm no corporate lawyer but I suspect the holding companies you mentioned may simply be extra corporate entities that SNC may have formed with the intent of using them for the Evergreen Line or maybe they currently use them somehow behind the scenes. Companies form affiliates all the times for a variety of legal reasons.

[officedweller]

Ahh, yes, it's not a pocket track, as the middle track is getting wider.

Just corporate structuring - SNC's subsidiary that's part of the EGRT Construction joint venture could be the Evergreen Rapid Transit Holdings company.
Subsidiaries are used for tax planning and to isolate liability from the parent.

[Olden Retreiver]

There is indeed dirt coming out of the tunnel portal in Port Moody this morning.

I also believe there's a grouting operation underway in the middle of Clarke Road near the top of the hill.

[SOSS]

That is great news!

[Large Cat]

Woot!!!!!!!!!!! Someone find a sandworm gift lol.

[officedweller]

Webcam pics from today - beams being installed at Lincoln Station:


http://wcs.pbaeng.com/projects/R1_Transit


http://wcs.pbaeng.com/projects/R1_Transit


http://wcs.pbaeng.com/projects/R1_Transit


http://wcs.pbaeng.com/projects/R1_Transit

[TransitFreak]

Drove by Coquitlam centre during the holidays, and you can also see in OD's pic above, the columns in between the steel girder flyover north of the station and (out of pic range) to just south of Lafarge-Lake station are the same column and column caps that support the gantry assembled guideway beams. Does that mean for that short section the gantry will have to be dis-assembled and re-assembled when it reaches the steel girder flyover? It may have been answered previously, so my apologies if this is a repeat question..

[officedweller]

Yeah, you can see one of the columns in the last pic.

Assuming the gantry can't crawl over the steel box truss, I guess it would have to be disassembled and reassembled for the short stretch - but given the timelines, and how fast this Coquitlam stretch is being assembled, they probably have plenty of time to do it.

[officedweller]

Webcam today:


http://wcs.pbaeng.com/projects/R1_Transit


http://wcs.pbaeng.com/projects/R1_Transit


http://wcs.pbaeng.com/projects/R1_Transit

[Metro-One]

Thanks for the updates as always!

It is so strange to see downtown Coquitlam with skytrain guide ways! It really does add a larger urban touch to the area.

Going to be so cool that soon you will be able to go to and from Coquitlam, Richmond, The Airport, Downtown, and Whalley all on skytrain.

[red-paladin]

I'm sure that the mall parking lots, at least along Pinetree there, will be redeveloped in the medium term.
Hopefully they have plans to integrate the station, with a covered pathway to the mall etc.

[Metro-One]

Yeah, I am guessing they must have some proper connection plan in the works. Coquitlam Centre is a pretty busy / successful mall (at least the last time I was there it was) so the people running it aren't dummies I suspect. (As proven by their persistence to have Lincoln Station built for opening day).

[SOSS]

Also, are the owners of the mall part of the financiers for Lincoln station? Making it as convenient for their customers is a must. Any idea when the mall access is going to be redeveloped. If I'm not mistaken they are removing the left access from northbound Pinetree between Barnet and Anson. And redeveloping Anson Way to give left entry of Pinetree Way.

[jsbertram]

Originally Posted by officedweller

Yeah, you can see one of the columns in the last pic.

Assuming the gantry can't crawl over the steel box truss, I guess it would have to be disassembled and reassembled for the short stretch - but given the timelines, and how fast this Coquitlam stretch is being assembled, they probably have plenty of time to do it.

I'm not clear why the gantry can't walk over the steel trusses.

It has to walk over the finished concrete beams as each segment is complete, so why not the steel beams too?

I doubt a curved beam is much of an issue, since we know it had to walk over the curved concrete segments at Como & Clarke as they were finished.