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KICKING HORSE CANYON
Highway Infrastructure

Scope
Focus was selected by the British Columbia Ministry of Transportation to be the "Owner's Engineer" for the Kicking Horse Canyon Project. The project involves upgrading the TransCanada Highway to a modern four lane standard between Golden and Yoho National Park.  The highway will be upgraded using  both traditional  design-bid-build methods and alternate methods where industry will be engaged to design, build, operate and maintain portions of the highway.

As the Owner's Engineer, Focus has a multi-disciplinary team of experts that is providing the Ministry of Transportation with technical advice and services for the project planning, design, procurement and construction. The project is considered one of the most challenging highway projects in North America due to steep mountainous terrain, geotechnical difficulties, a winding existing alignment, significant traffic volumes, severe weather and wildlife issues.
   

2007 Transportation Association of Canada's Environmental Achievement Award

The Kicking Horse Canyon Project received the 2007 Environmental Achievement Award from the Transportation Association of Canada (TAC).

As one of five (national) nominations the award was presented to the British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure recognizing the project’s key environmental elements; which included air quality protection, revegetation and slope remediation, aquatic habitat, water quality protection and erosion control, roadway remediation, as well as reduction of animal-vehicle collisions and habitat fragmentation.

Premier’s Award in Innovation and Excellence – Innovation category

The Ministry Of Transport was also the recipient of the British Columbia’s 2006/2007 Premier’s Award in Innovation and Excellence in the innovation category.

Key innovations sited were:

The use of new construction techniques, including a cantilever structure over the Kicking Horse River; this reduced the environmental impact and enabled the build of a superior infrastructure more quickly and more cost-effectively.

A new method for working with their private-sector partner calculated to save $18 million dollars and finish 19 months earlier than traditional project delivery methods.
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