EllisDon Infrastructure Transit (EDIT) was awarded a $175 million design/build/finance deal. They will be revamping the GO Transit's Rutherford Station in Vaughan, Ontario per RT and S.
EDIT is a consortium made up of EllisDon, Wood, Strasman Architects Inc., Mulvey & Banani International Inc., the Aquila Group, Condor Signals & Communications Inc. and NAK Design Strategies.
Besides working on the station itself, the contract entails the following:
- Building a new multi-level parking structure
- Redesigning the surface parking, kiss and ride, bus loop and pedestrian access areas
- Adding new rail platforms and a second heavy rail track
- Making provision for a future third express center track
- Rail/road grade separation on Rutherford Road
Construction is projected to begin in the spring of 2019 and completed by 2023 according to EllisDon.
The Rutherford GO Station is the oldest operating railway line in Ontario with passenger service that began in 1853. It is a train and bus station in the GO Transit network located in Vaughan.
According to Ellisdon, the EDIT team will bring together their extensive expertise in complex, multidisciplinary infrastructure design, construction and financing.
"We look forward to delivering this project that will improve the transit experience for commuters and help Metrolinx achieve their vision of providing faster and more frequent service across the GO rail network. I am very proud of our team and our continuing work on the Metrolinx RER program."
EllisDon Civil Vice President & Area Manager | Max Mantha
EllisDon has been in business for more than six decades and their very first project was a small London, Ontario schoolhouse. Since then, they have delivered thousands of projects across four continents and they credit their successful business on repeat clients which comprise of 80% of their projects.
EllisDon is a world-leading construction and building services company that completes in excess of $3.5 billion worth of contracts annually, in every market and across the globe. They have grown from being a general contractor to a multi-faceted company that can deliver any aspect of a project.
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