Project Summary

Client
Coast Tsimshian Northern Contractors Alliance Limited Partnership (CTNCA)

Budget
$28 Million

Services
Construction Management

Market
Infrastructure, Marine

Project Description

The Coast Tsimshian Northern Contractors Alliance Limited Partnership (CTNCA) is a multi-disciplinary construction contractor in the North Coast of British Columbia, most specifically the traditional territories of the Metlakatla and Lax Kw’alaams First Nations.

Prince Rupert Port Authority expanded Fairview Terminal wharf to 800m in length to enable an increase in throughout capacity to 1.2 mil TEU per annum. The project included both a northern and southern expansion of the terminal and was comprised of:

  • Site clearing and demolition;
  • The dredging and construction of a 155-metre long, 40-metre wide piled concrete wharf;
  • Reclamation of 3ha of land at the north end of the terminal;
  • Excavation and construction of a container park located east of the terminal;
  • Upgrade of rail capacity and installation of additional rails and cranes on the new wharf extension.

Our Role

RAM was retained by CNTCA to complete a detailed estimate for the Fairview Terminal Expansion. The work included detail unit pricing from productions, crew buildup, equipment resources, and indirects.

Project Highlights

Our team was required to complete many tasks in preparing a commercial submission, including taking the following challenges into consideration:

  • A very tight time frame from award to required completion;
  • Placing material in tidal areas;
  • Rock blasting within very close proximity to the existing infrastructure;
  • Small footprint constraint of the contractor’s work area.