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2025
SHOWCASE
- AWARDS -
AWARD OF
EXCELLENCE
–
TRANSPORTATION
INFRASTRUCTURE – ROADS,
INTERCHANGES, AIRPORTS,
MASS TRANSIT
–
TRANSPORTATION
INFRASTRUCTURE –
TRANSPORTATION
STRUCTURES
WEST CALGARY
RING ROAD -
HIGHWAY 8
TO OLD BANFF
COACH ROAD
SEGMENT
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Transportation Infrastructure – Roads,
Interchanges, Airports, Mass Transit
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Transportation Infrastructure –
Transportation Structures
The West Calgary Ring Road - South Project completes the 101 km ring road around
Calgary and its decades of planning, engineering and construction. It provides
safe access to adjacent land uses and communities while significantly reducing
congestion. This final segment (Old Banff Coach Road to Highway 8) includes five
km of highway, four interchanges, seven structures and a pedestrian underpass.
Calgary Safelink Partners selected the CIMA+ and Hatch joint venture, with support
from WSP, D.E.S. and Morrison Hershfield, for delivery of the design. The West
Calgary Ring Road opened on December 19, 2023, ten months ahead of schedule.
JUDGES’ COMMENTS
This was a very complex project requiring a large amount of coordination
and collaboration. In the midst of COVID-19 the team managed a huge
risk and a good degree of difficulty.
FIRM: JOINT - HATCH & CIMA CANADA INC.
(CIMA+)
CLIENT/OWNER: ALBERTA TRANSPORTATION
AND ECONOMIC CORRIDORS
LOCATION: CALGARY, ALBERTA
SUB CONSULTANTS: WSP, D.E.S. ENGINEERING
LIMITED, MORRISON HERSHFIELD LIMITED (NOW
STANTEC CONSULTING LTD.)
CONTRACTORS: CALGARY SAFELINK PARTNERS
JUDGES’ COMMENTS
Coordinating a massive project like the West Ring Road is a feat of
modern engineering. It is reassuring to know that this kind of engineering
talent is available in Alberta.
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