Very high level with outline routes. Expect issues with getting accurate geotechnical information (a big problem with the recent Contractor) and cost: far too soon to be specific, even high level. C$ 2.5M equates to some 10,000 - 15,000 manhours!
He goes on to say later that the SE is a class 3 estimate; North is a class 5 (and I believe the core had gotten lumped in with the north earlier in the process)
I had forgotten about that.
An estimate is only valid and reliable for a limited period of time (say 3 to 6 months, if that), why? Qualifications attached to it e.g. escalation prediction; design presumptions e.g. type of rail track and fastenings, method to construct tunnels; contract e.g. risk and reward and whether split between design and implement, EPCM (Silver book), NEC etc.; staff envisaged; extent of City's value engineering requirements; availability of geotechnical information at 'green areas' and restrictions applied to its ownership and use; national or international builder - ability to select a competent national or local Contractor; design capabilities - remember they are only as good as the information provided to them; competency and capability of Green Line company management board; Flyvberg's principles for undertaking a megaproject should be understood by principal parties and stakeholders etc. etc. etc. Politicians are a menace and believe that for the money spent that they will get what they want yet do they know: the cost of financing and releasing funds in staggered stages; the availability of funders; basics and fundamentals of construction; the envisaged Contract etc. etc. etc? Don't get too optimistic about the 2015 GL FSD report: it is like forecasting US $ v C $ v Euro at moments in time.
Lol their work is an acute percentage point of the project's costs. Yeah they're fine at what they do but I can tell you no one is sitting up and taking notice. They're bit player in the Green Line snow ball. They'll get their $2.5M for essentially giving us an updated version of this.
God Noooo!
Any other AECOM fans in the house? I can’t say I’ve ever seen someone quite so excited about a specific engineering consultant conglomerate before.
A love affair? He he he!
Well, to be fair, we often geek out and fawn over architecture firms. We would lose our minds if we found out Foster and Partners were gong to do a supertall in Calgary for instance. Maybe others who are more dialed in and enthusiastic about infrastructure feel the same way about some engineering firms.
