AtkinsRéalis, formerly SNC-Lavalin, will be responsible for designing the approaches to the Île d’Orléans bridge.
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The company, which has been called AtkinsRéalis since late 2023, was awarded a contract for the “design of roads, interchanges, approach spans, land structures, landscaping and related works on both banks of the St. Lawrence River,” she announced Tuesday in a press release.
This contract is part of the general mandate granted to the Groupe Héritage Île-d’Orléans consortium. He obtained a $1.8 billion contract for the bridge.
$2.75 billion
As announced last week, the total cost for the future bridge will be $2.75 billion, since it also includes fees for planning and monitoring the project, a reserve for risks, overheads and construction costs. financing assumed by the Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, the cost of related activities, including acquisitions, environmental compensation programs, redevelopment work on the Côte du Pont and those aimed at deconstructing the current bridge and putting it into operation. value.
“This emblematic project of the new Île d’Orléans bridge marks an important milestone for AtkinsRéalis. It will be the result of a collaboration between our team from the Quebec region and more than a hundred professionals across Canada,” indicated Stéphanie Vaillancourt, president, Canada, at AtkinsRéalis.
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