Basing cost-estimates on more detailed plans, talking to property experts about tricky land acquisitions and including OC Transpo as soon as possible are some of the key recommendations contained in a long-awaited “lessons learned” report that sheds light on what the city could take from the early days of its Confederation light-rail project and apply to the proposed $3-billion expansion.
Two years into construction of the $2.1-billion Confederation line, the city hired consultants to offer an assessment of the challenges faced during the planning, preparation and procurement of the largest infrastructure project in Ottawa’s history.
Consultants from Deloitte and local firm Boxfish Group conducted interviews with 19 city staff members, advisers and government officials who have been involved in the Confederation project from the early planning stages right up to its current construction.
Although it was only released to councillors on Friday by city manager Kent Kirkpatrick, the report — or an earlier draft of it — was used previously to justify awarding a sole-sourced $60-million contract to plan the next phase of LRT. For the full article click here
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