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CANADA,UNITED STATES : ARCHER WESTERN CONTRACTORS awards $12 million Memorial Bridge Contract to STRUCTAL-BRIDGES
Publish Date : 24-Jan-2012
Canam Group Inc announced that its division Structal-Bridges has completed an agreement valued at around $12 million for the fabrication of the steel structure that will replace the Memorial Bridge, a lift bridge on U.S. 1 between Kittery, Maine, and Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Structal-Bridges received a project from Archer Western Contractors includes fabrication of three through truss spans, each measuring 300 ft. (91.4 m) in length, and two 163-ft. (49.7 m) towers for the moveable section of the bridge.
The company will also deliver the steel structure to replace the approaches to the main bridge.
“We appreciate the confidence demonstrated by Walsh Construction Company towards our expertise and know-how. This is the fourth major mandate that they have entrusted to us over the past three years,” said Robin Lapointe, Vice President, Structal-Bridges.
Mr. Lapointe said, “Thanks to recent investments made to expand and modernize this plant, Structal-Bridges is now well positioned to execute large-scale projects in the U.S.”
In September 2012, the supply is expecting to commence and is schedule for completion in February 2013.
Initially estimated to reopen in spring 2014, the new bridge will be operational a year earlier, in July 2013, which will be made possible using accelerated bridge construction techniques.
