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Metro Vancouver, BC

The Millennium Line was constructed using a strategic blend of design build and bid build project delivery methods. The guideway was designed to 30% and tendered as a design-build project, allowing maximum opportunities for creative engineering and problem solving on the part of the contractor. The resulting design consisted of segmented pre-cast concrete sections that could be cast off-site and transported to the site in small modules. The stations were taken through full design documentation and tendered as individual design-bid-build contracts. This allowed the work to be spread among many contractors in the region, put the work within the reach of contractors too small to undertake the overall project, and allowed mobilization of several parallel contracting teams to reduce the total construction time.

VIA Architecture

301 - 1050 Homer Street, Vancouver BC, Canada V6B 2W9
tel 604 683 1024
fax 604 683 0774

1809 Seventh Avenue, Suite 800, Seattle WA, USA 98101
tel 206 284 5624
fax 206 624 5624

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