Project Description

This Richmond project, completed in the first half of 2026, was a component of the Highway 99 Tunnel Program and was delivered in advance of the Steveston Highway – Highway 99 crossing works. The project addressed many of the safety, congestion, and mobility challenges at the interchange for all modes of travel, entailing the following:

• Upgrading the interchange to be consistent with modern design standards;
• Reducing vehicle queues for northbound off-ramp traffic and transit to Steveston;
• Improving transit operations at the interchange;
• Providing new cycling and pedestrian connections along Steveston Highway across Highway 99;
• Improving mobility for east-west traffic on Steveston Highway.

Our Role

Our Quality Management team was retained by the B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MoTI ) to provide its services for the project, ensuring that the quality management system requirements for the project were established, implemented and maintained in accordance with the ISO 9001:2015 standard. RAM’s role included:

• Developing and implementing the Ministry’s quality plan and related procedures to ensure an effective project quality management system;
• Reviewing and approving Design Builder quality management plans and records, including inspection and test plans and work plans to ensure contract compliance;
• Monitoring and auditing daily site work activities to ensure compliance with the Design Builder’s quality management plans, procedures, work plans and inspections and test plans;
• Serving as an expert resource and primary representative for the Ministry on all matters relating to quality management;
• Supporting the Ministry’s site personnel (project manager, construction mangers, and field representatives) in issuing and communicating opportunities for improvement and nonconformance as an output from field surveillance and audits;
• Championing the continuous improvement and collaboration with the Design Builder and End User to prevent reoccurrence of rework or deficiency items, and actively working with all stakeholders to close out deficiencies;
• Auditing ongoing work to ensure records are complete and accurate in preparation for project completion.