Project Summary

Client
Vancouver Fraser Port Authority

Budget
$500 Million

Services
Quality and Inspection Services

Market
Marine

Project Description

The Centerm Expansion and South Shore Access projects were devised to help meet anticipated near-term demand for containers shipped through the Port of Vancouver (PoV). The tasks involved with these endeavours included:

  • A reconfiguration and expansion of the existing Centerm container terminal;
  • A new overpass on Centennial Road to remove road and rail conflict;
  • Changes to Waterfront Road to create a continuous port road from Canada Place to McGill Street;
  • The removal of the Heatley Road overpass.

Our Role

RAM provided Quality Management services to the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority, overseeing the quality of materials and workmanship on the project. Our team’s scope of work involved:

  • Providing site surveillance audits;
  • Performing external audits of the contractor’s quality management processes and systems;
  • Performing internal audits of Vancouver Fraser Port quality management processes and systems;
  • Conducting reviews of project quality records.

Project Highlights

Improvements from this project benefitted the local community by:

  • Increasing the capacity at Centerm to support Canada’s growing trade demand for goods shipped in containers;
  • Providing a continuous port road from Canada Place to Highway 1;
  • Reducing travel delays for PoV users and businesses by building an overpass over two rail crossings and removing one rail crossing on port roads;
  • Reducing port-related traffic on local roads in the Downtown East Side neighbourhood and East Vancouver (“East Van”).