Golden Ears Bridge P3 Project receives international award

Artist’s rendering of Golden Ears Bridge

Infrastructure Journal in the UK has selected the Golden Ears Bridge project in BC as the recipient of the "Global Deal of the Year". This is the highest award given annually by Infrastructure Journal and considers projects in all sectors around the world.

The award recognized the project’s complexity, the innovative financing, and the speed with which the project reached financial close. Bilfinger Berger BOT is providing design, construction, financing, operation, maintenance, and rehabilitation services to TransLink (the Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority) for the bridge and its associated road network. Under the direction of the Implementation Manager, Collings-Johnston Inc., Associated Engineering is providing technical consultation services to TransLink for this project.

Associated Engineering’s team, led by Project Manager, Norm D’Andrea, P.Eng., developed the conceptual design of the bridge and roadworks for the Design-Build-Finance-Operate (DBFO) project, and is now assisting TransLink with technical review of the implementation phase of the DBFO project. The Associated Engineering technical review team includes Don Kennedy, P. Eng., Jack Jiao, Chris Cheng, P.Eng., Grant Harder, and Audrey Lin.

Located in the Lower Mainland of BC, the Golden Ears Bridge will be a new six-lane crossing of the Fraser River, connecting the communities of Pitt Meadows and Maple Ridge in the north to Surrey and Langley in the south. Construction of the bridge and 14 kilometres of associated roadworks is currently underway and completion is expected in 2009.

The Golden Ears Bridge project has already received a number of awards including the 2006 Consulting Engineers of BC Award of Excellence and the 2006 North American Deal of the Year from Project Finance International magazine.