This project was initiated by the City of St. Catharines and involved the complete reconstruction of Queenston Street from Page Street to Eastchester Avenue. The project included the replacement of 800m of 200mm to 250mm sanitary sewer, 700m of 375mm to 675mm storm sewer and 820m of 100 to 300mm watermain. The road design included enhanced streetscaping, street lighting, and traffic signal upgrades. The road redesign also included widening as the City had mandated the addition of bicycle lanes. The design of this project was complicated by the fact that existing ROW was narrow. Queenston St. is an active bus route lined by multiple businesses and on street parking. This left very little room for servicing reconstruction.
As soon as construction started, it was noted that the existing Clay encased Bell conduits were not in the locations that had been provided by Bell and were in direct conflict with nearly all the southern curb line. The decision was made to have the contractor expose this conduit while KTH worked on a design change that would minimize the amount of relocation required. While the contractor excavated the opposite side of the road, KTH was able to modify the design by incorporating narrow curbs and gutters and making subtle elevation changes that would move the southern curb away from the Bell conflicts. Approximately 600m of bell conduit was initially impacted. The relocation of this conduit would have been at a significant cost to the City and delay to the construction. KTH was able to redesign the roadway meaning that only a few specific conflicts were left and the cost to the City was shared by Bell. Despite the significant design changes, the project finished in 2018 under the $3.5 mil budget.
This project was initiated by the City of St. Catharines and involved the complete reconstruction of Queenston Street from Page Street to Eastchester Avenue. The project included the replacement of 800m of 200mm to 250mm sanitary sewer, 700m of 375mm to 675mm storm sewer and 820m of 100 to 300mm watermain. The road design included enhanced streetscaping, street lighting, and traffic signal upgrades. The road redesign also included widening as the City had mandated the addition of bicycle lanes. The design of this project was complicated by the fact that existing ROW was narrow. Queenston St. is an active bus route lined by multiple businesses and on street parking. This left very little room for servicing reconstruction.
As soon as construction started, it was noted that the existing Clay encased Bell conduits were not in the locations that had been provided by Bell and were in direct conflict with nearly all the southern curb line. The decision was made to have the contractor expose this conduit while KTH worked on a design change that would minimize the amount of relocation required. While the contractor excavated the opposite side of the road, KTH was able to modify the design by incorporating narrow curbs and gutters and making subtitle elevation changes that would move the southern curb away from the Bell conflicts. Approximately 600m of bell conduit was initially impacted. The relocation of this conduit would have been at a significant cost to the City and delay to the construction. KTH was able to redesign the roadway meaning that only a few specific conflicts were left and the cost to the City was shared by Bell. Despite the significant design changes, the project finished in 2018 under the $3.5 mil budget.
路 Construction Survey
路 Project Management
路 Sanitary Sewer Design
路 Storm Sewer Design
路 Road Design
路 Watermain Design
路 Utility Coordination
路 Contract Administration
路 Site Inspection
February 17, 2016