Project Summary

Client
Aecon Infrastructure Management Inc.

Budget
$615 million

Services
Quality and Inspection Services

Market
Transportation

Project Description

Deerfoot Trail is Alberta’s busiest freeway, and a critical component of Calgary’s transportation network for both commuter travel and goods movement. Since the road’s initial construction in the 1970s, Calgary’s population has doubled, leading to a significant and continuous increase in vehicular traffic. Improvements are needed to bring the road’s capacity closer to the current and projected traffic demands, as well as improve the safety and reliability of this important transportation corridor.

Improvement Areas:
  • Ivor Strong Bridge
  • Anderson Road & Bow Bottom Trail
  • Southland Drive
  • Glenmore Trail
  • 16 Ave NE
  • 64 Ave NE
  • McKnight Boulevard NE
  • Beddington Trail NW & 11 Street NE

Our Role

As the independent Quality Auditor, RAM is responsible for planning, performing, and reporting quality audits once per year to verify the project team is completing work in accordance with ISO 19011:2018, ISO 9001:2015 and the Project Quality Management System.

These independent quality audits are performed for Aecon’s two contracts. The first contract comprises the design and construction of improvements from Douglasdale Boulevard to north of Glenmore Trail, where the scope features additional lanes, seven bridges, and new ramp and interchange configurations.

The second contract comprises construction improvements at Beddington Trail Northwest and 11th Street Northeast, where the scope features additional north- and southbound lanes, alongside a new ramp connecting 11th Street with Deerfoot Trail North and Beddington Trail.

Project Highlights

Since the project began, approximately 40 kilometres of lane have been widened across multiple improvements areas, and new lighting has been successfully installed across approximately 77% of the Deerfoot Trail freeway.

Capacities of exits across multiple improvement areas will be increased to reduce congestion on Deerfoot Trail, and significant improvements will be made on 77% of the freeway, as well as eight interchanges.  Additionally, seventy kilometres of lane will be resurfaced across multiple improvement areas. There is also a plan to rehabilitate two existing bridges, and seven new bridges will be built across multiple improvement areas.

All of these updates will greatly improve Deerfoot Trail’s current traffic capacity, proving it to be a reliable and successful transportation corridor.