Strandherd-Armstrong Bridge | 21.3 m | Completed

[waterloowarrior]

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/St...518/story.html

Strandherd bridge building to begin next month


BY MEGHAN HURLEY, THE OTTAWA CITIZEN MAY 16, 2010


Work on the Strandherd-Armstrong Bridge across the Rideau River is set to begin in June, Nepean-Carleton MP Pierre Poilievre said Saturday.

Poilievre, who hosted a public information session in Manotick Saturday, said construction of the eight-lane bridge should begin in June after the city awards a construction contract.

"It's going to be a magnificent project," Poilievre said. "It will connect Barrhaven and Riverside South and will take a lot of traffic out of Manotick."

[blackjagger]

Originally Posted by lrt's friend

I just drove by there on Sunday. There is a lot of activity but it appears to be relating to the completion of Strandherd westward from Prince of Wales. I didn't see anything happening relating to the bridge itself or approaches to the bridge.

All the work that is being done right now is widening Prince of Wales from Woodroffe to the new Standherd extention to four lanes and adding in a traffic light or two.

[waterloowarrior]

Strandherd-Armstrong bridge contract settled
http://www.yourottawaregion.com/news...ntract-settled
Completion planned for 2012

SOUTH OTTAWA - The contract for the construction of the Strandherd-Armstrong bridge has been awarded to ConCreate USL Limited of Bolton, Ont., and the order to start construction has been issued. The construction of the bridge is to be completed by 2012.

Project funding was approved in the City of Ottawa’s 2010 capital budget. The federal and provincial governments are each funding a third of the project under the Building Canada Fund as announced in June 2009.

Work continues on the multimillion-dollar projects to widen Earl Armstrong Road (on the east of the Rideau River) to connect with the bridge and the extension of Strandherd Drive on the west.

The bridge will also expected to improve the city’s cycling network, help improve emergency services, enhance economic development opportunities for south Ottawa, and provide wider access to parks and recreational facilities.

ConCreate has previously worked on important infrastructure projects in the Ottawa area including the rehabilitation of the Plaza Bridge and the Hunt Club Bridge.

The Rideau Valley Conservation Authority issued a permit for the construction of the Strandherd-Armstrong bridge on May 4.

[waterloowarrior]

work is underway!
http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa.../14640191.html

[Richard Eade]

Originally Posted by waterloowarrior

Strandherd-Armstrong bridge contract settled
http://www.yourottawaregion.com/news...ntract-settled
Completion planned for 2012

SOUTH OTTAWA - The contract for the construction of the Strandherd-Armstrong bridge has been awarded to ConCreate USL Limited of Bolton, Ont., and the order to start construction has been issued. The construction of the bridge is to be completed by 2012.....

Originally Posted by waterloowarrior

work is underway!
http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa.../14640191.html

So I'm a bit confused about the contract. From the "Your Ottawa Region", I see than ConCreate USL was awarded the contract; and from the "Ottawa Sun" article, I read

Work has begun on the long-awaited Strandherd-Armstrong Bridge with Ottawa-based Delcan Corporation contracted to head the construction....“We are delighted to have received this contract award from the City of Ottawa,” said Delcan vice-president Vic Anderson. “We previously completed the design of the Strandherd-Armstrong Bridge and are pleased that The City of Ottawa has awarded us the construction contract as well.”

So is Delcan sub-contracted by ConCreate USL? Or has the City changed the award?

[waterloowarrior]

found this press release

PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release

Delcan Corporation Wins Construction Services Contract for the Strandherd-
Armstrong Bridge in Ottawa, Ontario

Ottawa, Ontario, July 7, 2010 – Delcan Corporation, an award winning, multidisciplinary
engineering, planning, management and technology consulting firm, is
pleased to announce their most recent project win with the City of Ottawa for the
construction of the new Strandherd-Armstrong Bridge.
Delcan has been contracted by the City of Ottawa as the lead consultant for
providing construction services on the Strandherd-Armstrong Bridge that involves
comprehensive engineering and on-site inspection services. The design of this new
signature multi-arch bridge over the Rideau River (a UNESCO World Heritage Site)
was recently completed by Delcan and now Delcan will proceed with construction.
This project is scheduled to be completed in Spring 2012.
In acknowledgement of this new project win, Mr. Vic Anderson, Executive Vice
President of Delcan’s Structures Division commented, “We are delighted to have
received this contract award from the City of Ottawa. We previously completed the
design of the Strandherd-Armstrong Bridge and are pleased that The City of Ottawa
has awarded us the construction contract as well.”
http://www.delcan.com/pdfs/Strandher...%20Release.pdf

[sgera]

i drove by it on the canada day long weekend and the trees have been cleared and clearly they are prepping the site for bridge construction....the path across the river is clearly visible now....prince of whales widening in the bridge vicinity is well underway too.

[IntoTheCore]

http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa.../14784201.html

Hi-tech bridge project underway
By JON WILLING, Ottawa Sun

It’s not often in Ottawa that bridge construction draws a crowd, but the city is already predicting a spectacle when a new overpass slides into place across the Rideau River.

The $50-million Strandherd-Armstrong bridge, which will span the river at Earl Armstrong Rd., has a completion date of early 2012 and work has already started. The city recently awarded the building contract to ConCreate USL, headquartered in Bolton, Ont.

It will be the first bridge built across the Rideau River in Ottawa since the Hunt Club Rd. bridge was constructed in 1986.

In the case of the Strandherd-Armstrong bridge, construction won’t happen across the river. Instead, workers will built the bridge at a staging area and use a track system to slide it into place between River Rd. and Prince of Wales Dr.

The bridge will be constructed on tracks on the east side. At the same time workers are assembling the bridge, others will build a trestle system across the river so they can eventually push the bridge into place.

“This is going to be an impressive engineering feat,” Gloucester-South Nepean Steve Desroches said.

Desroches, who represents the area, said he has been receiving calls from residents already wanting information on where they can watch the bridge being built. The calls have prompted City Hall to start thinking about how they can accommodate spectators when the bridge is slid into place.

That could happen in fall 2011, but there are no time restrictions.

The last time a bridge commanded an audience in Ottawa was in 2007 when the province replaced the Island Park Dr. bridge at Hwy. 417. The replacement happened overnight after workers built the bridge in a staging area.

Hundreds of people filled bleacher seating to watch the climactic moment of the bridge construction.

Rolling the Strandherd-Armstrong bridge across the river could bring back that excitement.

“I expect there will be the same level of interest,” Desroches said.

There are several advantages to building the bridge on land rather than over the river.

Marcel Delph, the city’s manager of the project, said environmental impacts are minimized and worker safety is enhanced.

“We will be casting the concrete deck in the bridge’s final location because it weighs more and jacking the steel superstructure would be very heavy,” Delph said.

The bridge will weigh about 8,000 metric tonnes when it’s slid into place.

Delph said this construction plan is unique for such a large bridge.

Before the Hunt Club bridge was built in 1986, did people have to go north to Billings Bridge to cross the Rideau?

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by IntoTheCore

http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa.../14784201.html



Before the Hunt Club bridge was built in 1986, did people have to go north to Billings Bridge to cross the Rideau?

No, you could cross at Heron, Hog's Back and Bronson to the north of Hunt Club, and you could cross at Manotick to the south.

[IntoTheCore]

Originally Posted by Acajack

No, you could cross at Heron, Hog's Back and Bronson to the north of Hunt Club, and you could cross at Manotick to the south.

Right! Clearly, I hadn't yet had my morning cup of coffee before I wrote that.

[waterloowarrior]

Strandherd-Armstrong Bridge construction update
Wednesday, 04 August 2010
Councillor Desroches would like to provide the community with the following update received from the Project Manager of the Strandherd Armstrong Bridge construction project:

"Within the next week or so bridge foundation installation at the Strandherd-Armstrong bridge site will commence on the east side of the river. These operations will include vibrating 1.8 m diameter steel tubes (caissons) through the soil to bedrock. Once the caissons have reached bedrock, they will be cleaned out of native soil and filled with concrete. The operation is expected to last approximately 2-3 months on the east side of the river and, when complete, a similar operation will take place on the west side of the river.

Given the soil type at the site we do not expect that vibrations will exceed tolerable levels or cause damage to nearby building foundations. However, the vibrating in and cleaning of the caissons will increase background sound levels in the area."

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 04 August 2010 )

[waterloowarrior]

several photos by southfacing (flickr) taken 18 Aug 2010


http://www.flickr.com/photos/23575605@N08/4907010804/


http://www.flickr.com/photos/23575605@N08/4905834975/



http://www.flickr.com/photos/23575605@N08/4908095783/

[Cre47]

You can follow the construction at http://sabridge.net/ There is a camera on each side of the site

[Cre47]

Note that the project should be marked as under construction.

Meanwhile, the Barrhaven/Ottawa South this week community paper has a series of reports on the bridge and its impact. The first article was in last's week edition.

There is also a photo of the construction site and its progression in today's paper (page 12)
http://www.runge.net/TempDownload/Do...otw-110331.pdf

[Luker]

Originally Posted by Cre47

Note that the project should be marked as under construction.

Meanwhile, the Barrhaven/Ottawa South this week community paper has a series of reports on the bridge and its impact. The first article was in last's week edition.

There is also a photo of the construction site and its progression in today's paper (page 12)
http://www.runge.net/TempDownload/Do...otw-110331.pdf

That paper also mentions our freinds from Saade International were involved in some unfortunate incident: "Police Services said the man was arrested
at the scene after the body of 23-yearold Jessica Riopelle was discovered at
the Saade International Inn at the corner of Bank Street and Rideau Road around 8:30 p.m. Saturday. Reports suggest Riopelle worked at the Diamonds Cabaret gentlemen club next door,"

[Richard Eade]

Things are progressing on the S-A Bridge structure.


East abutment - April 27, 2011


Looking across the river to the (soon to be) west abutment - April 27, 2011

[waterloowarrior]

cool video found at http://www.riversidesouth.org/forums...p?topic=2586.0

• Video Link

[Cre47]

Might be the most recent image of the bridge from a EMC article in late-August. You can see the Strandherd Drive section completed (well at least pavement). Though I've probably heard that the section of Strandherd is now open to traffic.

[DarkArconio]

I was driving down prince of wales at the end of the summer and I can confirm strandherd to completed to the river.

[rocketphish]

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