DETAILED INFORMATION
DATE:
2020 – 2022
LOCATION:
Fort St. John, BC
CLIENT:
Ministry of Transportation &
Infrastructure
VALUE:
$104 Million
($18.0 Million Infracon)
PROJECT SNAPSHOT
A joint venture between Infracon and Eiffage Innovative Canada Inc., the $104-million Halfway River Bridge Project consisted of a two-lane realignment of a segment of Highway 29 and the construction of a new 1-km-long by 10.98-m-wide, two-lane steel girder bridge over the Halfway River. The project involved soft and highly compressible soils, along with variable soil settlement and stability considerations.
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
- 215,000 m3 of Type D excavation, including 80,000 m3 of PAG material
- 45,000 m3 of gravel crushing and placement (self-performed)
- Earthworks for pier and abutment preparation
- 3.2 km of roadworks
- Environmental control measures
- River diversion and coffer dam installation, including a 15,000 m3 of Type A rock ripping/excavation
- 72,000 m3 of Type A rock ripping/excavation
- 220,000 m3 of granular borrow to fill
- 26,000 m3 riprap hauled and placed
- 5,719 Indigenous man-hours dedicated to the project
- 88 per cent of employees were B.C. residents
