This award recognizes initiatives that demonstrate excellence in the use of best practices to deliver safe, durable, and efficient transportation infrastructure, with a focus on major road, highway, and urban transportation assets.

Originally presented June 27, 2023

WINNER Project: Kingston Third Crossing (Waaban Crossing) Submitted by: City of Kingston, Ontario, in partnership with Hatch, SYSTRA-IBT, and Peter Kiewit and Sons  Presenters: Biljana Rajlic and Mark Van Buren  The Waaban Crossing is a new $180-million, 1.2-kilometre bridge across the Cataraqui River that connects previously divided communities, improves transit and active transportation, provides a new emergency detour route, and reduces motorist travel times by up to 40%. Optimization work in the design phase led to notable improvements including a six-metre reduction in pier height, halving of the in-water footprint, and $12 million in material savings. The project represents the first use of an integrated project delivery model for a bridge crossing in North America, which enabled the client to partner with its engineers and contractors to share risks and rewards and deliver the best possible crossing within the budget.

FINALISTS

Project: 9 Ave S.E. Bridge Replacement

Submitted by: City of Calgary, Alberta

Presenter: Evan Fer and Francis Weston


Project: Pioneering Innovative Rapid Bridge Replacement Technology in Ontario 

Submitted by: Ontario Ministry of Transportation

Presenters: Scott Reid and Frank Vanderlaan


Project: Nancy Pauw Bridge 

Submitted by: T own of Banff, Alberta, in partnership with StructureCraft

Presenters: Drew Willms

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