The Port Coquitlam Coast Meridian Overpass.

4 November 2011

Overpass Earns Industry Bouquet

Coquitlam British Columbia - Port Coquitlam's Coast Meridian Overpass has been recognized with an engineering award this year, again.
 
The city's design-build partner in the project, SNC-Lavalin Constructors (Pacific) Inc., received an Award of Excellence in the transportation category at the 2011 Canadian Consulting Engineers Awards (CCEA) gala on 1 Nov 2011 in Ottawa. The CCEA's are considered the highest form of recognition for the consulting engineering industry.
 
In March of this year, the CMO received an award of merit in engineering excellence in the transportation category at the Consulting Engineers of British Columbia Awards.
 
"This is further recognition of the outstanding engineering effort that went into the CMO," said Mayor Greg Moore. "The challenge of crossing a working rail yard forced us to be creative and innovative in the engineering and design. The results of that engineering excellence continue to be felt every day, in terms of improved access through our community."
 
The city's largest-ever transportation project, the 580-metre-long cable-stayed structure opened to the public in March 2010 after a two-year construction period. Spanning the Canadian Pacific Railway yards, the overpass bridges the north and south sides of the community with four travel lanes, sidewalk, and bicycle lanes.
 
The engineering community has also applauded the ingenuity and complexity of the cable-stayed design, which allowed for a two-metre reduction in the depth of the steel beams.