Project Summary
The Fort Nelson River Bridge project involved the replacement of the 430m single lane Acrow Bridge superstructure with a two-lane steel girder and concrete deck bridge for the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MOTI) on Highway 77. As part of the works, a detour route with bridge was required, as well as structural upgrades to the seven piers and both abutments, and the demolition and removal of the Acrow bridge following completion of the new structure.
Project Description
DWB was retained by Forbes Industrial Contractors Ltd for both engineering and environmental services. This included design of the detour road, bridge, steel erection, and cast-in-place deck design, as well as the removal plan for the Acrow bridge superstructure. Quality and traffic management plans were developed and executed by the engineering department. The environmental department developed the Construction Environmental Management report, provided environmental monitoring services and reporting services.
ENGINEERING SERVICES INCLUDED:
- Quality management and plans
- Traffic management and plans
- Demolition plans
- Steel erection
- Concrete deck sequencing
- Onsite quality supervision
- Soils and compaction testing
- Concrete testing
- Design
- Detour road, including geometric road design
- Detour bridge
- Cast-in-place concrete deck redesign
- Bridge slide
- Removal of Acrow bridge
- Value engineering proposal for the concrete deck
- Record drawings
- Quality control reporting to MOTI
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES PROVIDED:
- Construction Environmental Management Plan
- Environmental monitoring
- Hydroacoustic monitoring
- Erosion control
- Water quality monitoring
- Revegetation plans
- Environmental reporting
The Fort Nelson River Bridge is an ongoing project that has incorporated both the engineering and environmental departments over several years. DWB has been and continues to be involved in the continuing works onsite, as the project nears completion.
“FIC is pleased to have DWB work as part of our project team once again. As usual DWB has contributed a high level of expertise in multiple fields and gone above and beyond to help us succeed.”
Andrew Forbes, P.Eng.
Forbes Industrial Contractors Ltd.