Steve X
Senior Member
There was a report at that time that stated they couldn't get the small businesses to work faster or they'll push them to bankruptcy. Unless they media was totally wrong, that is what is said at the time. I couldn't find much from the time but here's one.As for small companies working on St Clair, I don't know what you call EllisDon who screw up some of their work. The bulk of the work was done by one company who has and is doing most of TTC track work with very little issues. TTC had them jumping around out of phase a lots of time and delay finishing off areas later than sooner as plan. They did the Queensway. Then, TTC doesn't hire the contractors in the first place, the city does, with TTC being a sub to the contractor.
How the price tag doubled for the St. Clair line
Lack of central oversight, construction add-ons blamed for the cost skyrocketing to $106-million
www.theglobeandmail.com
The TTC is already looking to replace the mishmash of small contractors that built St. Clair with larger contractors capable of co-ordinating sprawling projects. Teams of communications staff will keep people abreast of Transit City developments; one employee with 16 other projects on his watch handled communications for the St. Clair line, Mr. Mihevc said.