Toronto Eglinton Line 5 | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx | Arcadis

[steveintoronto]

The contract says they need to deliver by that time.

Good point!

[...]
But in a joint statement released Thursday night, Metrolinx, Crosslinx and Infrastructure Ontario said they had reached a settlement that “fairly addresses the challenges that (Crosslinx) has encountered” and ensures the project will be “delivered on time.”

The agreement, which was first reported by the Globe and Mail, will see Metrolinx dip into a contingency fund to compensate Crosslinx for what the transit agency describes as “reasonable” claims.

In an interview, Metrolinx president and CEO Phil Verster would not reveal how much was in the fund, but said about half of it would be used. He argued that because the contingency fund was built into the original project budget, the LRT costs have not increased as a result of the settlement.
[...]
Crosslinx, which is made up of industry heavyweights Aecon, ACS, EllisDon and SNC-Lavalin, will use the settlement to pay for costs related to issues that have affected scheduled work, such as remediating soil contamination. In order to catch up to the construction schedule, some work will have to be accelerated or done in parallel with other jobs. Verster said in some cases crews could be working 24 hours a day, but only if it wouldn’t result in disruption to local communities.

Some payments under the settlement are contingent on Crosslinx meeting the planned September 2021 opening date, Verster said. Under the original terms of the contract, Crosslinx was already facing additional costs if it didn’t meet that deadline.
[...]
According to the joint statement, the “paramount objective” for all parties involved “is to open this new and exciting transit line for customers in September 2021, on time and on budget.”
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https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/20...ettlement-with-builders-of-crosstown-lrt.html

 

[BB ON]

The contract says they need to deliver by that time. Of course they know the timeline is very tight. That can't be any mistakes. ML will never reveal any problems till the very end. Crosslinx sued ML last year and ML paid them an undisclosed amount to keep the timeline. Let's see how that goes.

Well, here's the plan straight from the horse's mouth:

 

[Allandale25]

^ Good catch!

 

[steveintoronto]

Well, here's the plan straight from the horse's mouth:

lol...I note the fire alarm actuator at the top left of the chart. Serendipity?

 

[drum118]

By the looks of the flow chart, the line is a year behind schedule.

The guideway at Black Creek was to be done by April 2018, but only ready for track this year in April.

If the line is to be completed in Sept 2021, lots of 7/24 hours to do it with more manpower.

6 Revenue vehicles were due in July 2020, but show up Feb 2019

 

[Dan416]

27 months for Metrolinx to figure out that some of their station names are dumb as nails. Although they never figured it out on TYSSE so I guess I shouldn't hold my breath.

 

[Aplus23]

By the looks of the flow chart, the line is a year behind schedule.

The guideway at Black Creek was to be done by April 2018, but only ready for track this year in April.

If the line is to be completed in Sept 2021, lots of 7/24 hours to do it with more manpower.

6 Revenue vehicles were due in July 2020, but show up Feb 2019

I don't think you read that correctly / April 2019 is what it says for track work at the guideway.

10km of trackwork to be done by 2018 which they did

 

[smallspy]

6 Revenue vehicles were due in July 2020, but show up Feb 2019

No, what it means is that the consortium needs to have 6 revenue vehicles ready for use by July 2020. Bombardier had to deliver the vehicles by February 2019 in order for the consortium to do all of their testing and then fit-out.

Dan

 

[EastYorkTTCFan]

Metrolinx and IO have been saying September 2021 (27 months away) for years - I just have a hard time believing it, looking at the photos, the further east you get.

I wonder if that's the date that crosslinks plans to hand it over to Metrolinx and the TTC for training and not actual operations?

 

[EastYorkTTCFan]

I heard from a YouTube called Dash DAT who found out that they will repaint the flexity freedom vehicles. The grey is only temporary.

that would be an interesting turn of events after Metrolinx said they will be grey because the subways have a metallic finish on them and because they will be underground like a subway then the will be gry so they are like t metal finish on the subways

 

[nfitz]

I wonder if that's the date that crosslinks plans to hand it over to Metrolinx and the TTC for training and not actual operations?

No, that's the operation date ... and has been since 2015. https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/tr...stown-to-open-a-year-later-than-expected.html

Of course remember what happened to Crossrail, where they suppressed all the news of the delays, and months before opening, suddenly they were 2 (maybe 3 at this rate) away from opening.

 

[Monarch Butterfly]

that would be an interesting turn of events after Metrolinx said they will be grey because the subways have a metallic finish on them and because they will be underground like a subway then the will be gry so they are like t metal finish on the subways

"Grey"? They look "red" to me.

From link.

 

[EastYorkTTCFan]

"Grey"? They look "red" to me.

From link.

Those were the only models of trains that were painted all others since have been unpainted.

 

[EastYorkTTCFan]

Of course remember what happened to Crossrail, where they suppressed all the news of the delays, and months before opening, suddenly they were 2 (maybe 3 at this rate) away from opening.

the only opening date I'm actually concerned with is when they announce an actual day saying September 2021 is meaningless until there is a day attached to it as they are still extremely vague and anything can push it back at that point.

 

[nfitz]

the only opening date I'm actually concerned with is when they announce an actual day saying September 2021 is meaningless until there is a day attached to it as they are still extremely vague and anything can push it back at that point.

There'd be an in-service date in the contract ... offhand right now, I can't see a particular date other than it's in September 2021, but it would be in the contract. I guess there's nothing to say they couldn't open it earlier ...

The November 2015 announcement of the award of the contract says "Though most construction work will be completed by early 2021, commissioning and training for the service will be carried out through to 2021 to meet the in-service date for the LRT".

The best indication will be how far they are able to run the cars, in early and mid-2021. I don't think anyone would be shocked if service started on time, while some works continued at some stations (which we saw on the Spadina line), or if a particularly problematic station didn't open day one.