Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba recognizes St. Andrews Lock and Dam Bridge Deck Replacement project with 2024 Team Achievement Award

Yesterday, at the Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba 2024 Awards Ceremony and Recognition Lunch, our project team on the St. Andrews Lock and Dam Bridge Deck Replacement project was presented with the Team Achievement Award in recognition of the project's ingenuity, impact, complexity, and ability to meet the client's needs! This award honours a group who demonstrates excellence in, and major contributions to, the concept, design, and implementation of an engineering or geoscience work.

Project Mananger, Stephen Chiasson, along with Associated Engineering's team members (Justine Meyers, Alex Lyon, Tracey Kucheravy, and Scott Arran) and two client representatives from Public Services and Procurement Canada were in attendance to accept the team award.

Public Services and Procurement Canada retained Associated Engineering to provide full engineering services for the planning, development, and implementation of the deck replacement and rehabilitation measures for the historic St. Andrews Lock and Dam facility, located in Lockport, Manitoba. Following a comprehensive detailed inspection in 2017, it was determined that existing bridge deck on the main truss spans was past its useful life and needed replacement. As part of the bridge deck replacement, Public Services and Procurement Canada also wanted to make functional upgrades to the bridge deck, rehabilitate the structure to extend its useful life span, as well as make accessibility upgrades to the facility.

Associated Engineering completed the rehabilitation and strengthening design for the St. Andrews Lock and Dam traffic bridge in Winter 2021, with construction commencing in Summer 2021. The scope of the assignment included the replacement of the bridge deck with a wider deck – incorporating proper driving lanes, as well as a divided sidewalk. It also included the general rehabilitation of the bridge so that the structure could carry full legal highway loading.

Congratulations to all of our team members, client partners, and subconsultants (Donald Luxton & Associates, WSP Canada, Hanscomb, Pinchin, TREK Geotechnical, Vista Environmental, and Joro Consultants)!