Project Description

This three-year project consisted of the construction of a 13.6M-litre underground water holding reservoir within Meagan Anne MacDougall Park in Surrey, B.C. The scope included the construction of two reservoir cells, the main valve control chamber, access structures, and tie-ins to the Greater Vancouver Water District and City of Surrey’s systems.

On completion of commissioning, the project reinstated and remediated a local park and public use playground.

Our Role

RAM was retained by Metro Vancouver to provide Construction Management services, including the following:

• acting as Construction Managers overseeing works on behalf of Metro Vancouver, which entailed coordinating efforts between Metro Vancouver, their EOR, and the general contractor.  Construction scopes each included Civil, Structural (both steel frame and reinforced concrete structures), Electrical, and Mechanical work packages;
• structuring RFI efforts between the EOR and general contractor and implementing document control procedures;
• weekly and monthly reporting in which RAM provided analysis and commentary on the general contractor’s end-of-month schedule and budget submissions;
• chairing and minuting weekly project coordination meetings, weekly construction engineering services meetings, and weekly environmental and safety walks, among others;
• supporting Metro Vancouver and their EOR during commissioning efforts;
• managing project close-out and handover of all QC records.