Agreement signed for Ontario Line elevated guideway and stations
The Trillium Guideway Partners (TGP) consortium has been tapped to deliver the Ontario Line Elevated Guideway and Stations contract.
The team, which is led jointly by Acciona Infrastructure Canada Inc. and Amico Major Projects Inc., has signed a development and master construction agreement with Metrolinx, under a progressive design-build contract.
The agreement incorporates a multi-stage design process called a development phase, according to the progressive design-build model. This phase allows for a collaborative approach between Metrolinx as the project owner and TGP as the contracting partner, who work together to finalize the scope, risk allocation and pricing of various elements of this contract.
The development phase is anticipated to take up to 20 months, although early works construction can commence during this phase. Once the development phase has concluded, Metrolinx will have the option to sign a final target-price agreement with TGP, which would include final agreements on detailed designs and a negotiated price.
Meanwhile, the scope of construction work includes three kilometres of an elevated guideway (bridge structures); five elevated stations (Riverside-Leslieville, Gerrard, Thorncliffe Park, Flemingdon Park, Science Centre), one emergency exit building, interface with the operations and maintenance storage facility as well as with the Eglinton Crosstown LRT Line 5 and sections of existing Metrolinx-owned rail corridor where Ontario Line trains will operate.
The Elevated Guideway and Stations project is one of many contracts the province has signed to deliver the Ontario Line, a 15.6-kilometre stand-alone rapid transit line that will connect the Ontario Science Centre to Exhibition/Ontario Place.