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Award recipient (20-minute presentation)
City of Toronto – F.G. Gardiner Expressway: Section 2 Rehabilitation Project
In partnership with Grascan Constructon Ltd, Torbridge Construction Ltd, Stantec, Doug Dixon and Associates, Province of Ontario, Parsons
The F.G. Gardiner Expressway Section 2 Rehabilitation Project showcases excellence in delivering modern infrastructure, while renewing a critical segment of one of Canada’s busiest transportation corridors. The 700-metre elevated structure between Dufferin Street and Strachan Avenue carries more than 150,000 vehicles daily. Its superstructure needed replacing, and its substructure needed rehabilitating across 35 spans — all while keeping four lanes of live traffic moving above the complex GO Transit, streetcar, and LRT operations and construction activity below. As the City of Toronto’s first transportation project delivered using a Design-Build model, it achieved faster delivery, collaborative designs, and innovative construction solutions. The project team used precast prestressed concrete box girders to streamline fabrication and nighttime installation, erecting up to seven girders per night within tight urban constraints. Through careful staging, premium durability materials, and concurrent construction activities, the project achieved a design life of 75-year and reopened to six lanes in October 2025, 18 months ahead of schedule. This achievement sets a new benchmark for complex urban expressway rehabilitation.
Presenters: Joe Stoner, Grascan Construction and Matt Thomson, Grascan Construction
Award finalists (10-minute presentations)
Ontario Ministry of Transportation – Highway 401 P3 Expansion from Credit River to Regional Road 25
In partnership with Infrastructure Ontario and West Corridor Constructors (a Joint Venture between Parsons, Aecon, and Amico)
Presenter: Wayne Bell, Ontario Ministry of Transportation
Ministère des Transports et de la Mobilité durable du Québec – Conception et mise en œuvre innovantes d'un pont en arche
Presenter: Étienne Gill-Lachance, Ministère des Transports et de la Mobilité durable du Québec
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