2023 Award for Design and Contract Preparation - Roads

Nominees

The nominees for the 2023 Award of Excellence for Design and Contract Preparation – Roads are:

R.F. Binnie & Associates Ltd.

Project: Illecillewaet Brake Check and Four Lane
Location: Approximately 42 kilometres east of Revelstoke, B.C.

The completed Illecillewaet four-laning and brake-check project significantly improved safety for people who travel along this section of Highway 1.

The project included two kilometres of highway widening from two lanes to four, and new median barrier for enhanced safety and to prevent cross-over crashes. The four-laning project also provided a safe location for staging vehicles in the event of a closure. The project also expanded the existing brake-check area to accommodate up to 15 commercial trucks (up from the previous capacity of 5 trucks), added acceleration and deceleration lanes for commercial vehicles entering and leaving the brake check, and expanded and improved the site’s lighting and washroom facilities.

The widening of this segment of Highway 1 and the expansion of the brake-check makes this a safer, more reliable drive for everyone from locals, to tourists, to commercial truck drivers carrying goods.

Urban Systems Ltd.

Project: Highway 97, Racing Road and Quesnel Hydraulic Road Intersection Improvements
Location: Highway 97 at Racing Road and Quesnel Hydraulic Road

This project widened over one kilometre of Highway 97 and improved intersections at Racing Road and Quesnel Hydraulic Road.

Urban Systems Ltd. worked within significant utility and other constraints to develop innovative closed-drainage designs with minimum impact to residents and local businesses. They worked closely with the contractor, local stakeholders and the ministry team to deliver a project on time and under budget, and were able to work with the city to repurpose excess materials providing a benefit to the city and the project.

Winner

Urban Systems Ltd.

Project: Highway 97, Racing Road and Quesnel Hydraulic Road Intersection Improvements
Location: Highway 97 at Racing Road and Quesnel Hydraulic Road