Builder selected for the Gordie Howe International Bridge

Bridging North America to build long-awaited Gordie Howe International Bridge

The construction group was announced Thursday morning as the winning bidder for the multi-billion dollar project to create a public border crossing between Windsor and Detroit.

"It's history in the making," said Dwight Duncan, chairman of the board of directors of the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority. "I'm proud to be part of it."

This is one of the most important announcements about the project since its inception in 2001 and its official nomination in 2015.

question of who will build the bridge has been a close look for more than two years. In early 2016, six international teams applied for the historic infrastructure project and were drafted for three promoters.

At the same time as Bridging North America, Legacy Link Partners and CanAm Gateway Partners were shortlisted. ] Requests for Proposals were formally issued by the Bridge Authority in November 2016.

Each of the tender call teams is composed of several firms from fields such as construction, construction and construction. Engineering, architecture, finance, law and bridges. America includes ACS Infrastructure Canada Inc., Fluor Canada Ltd., Moriyama and Teshima Architects, Smith-Miller + Hawkinson Architects, Dragados Canada Inc., Turner Construction Company, RBC Dominion Securities Inc. and more.

] Previous predictions have suggested a four-year construction schedule at the announcement of the winning bid.

The bridge will be a cable-stayed design that will cover 853 meters, making it the longest cable-stayed bridge in North America. According to the authority of the bridge, the towers will compete with the 73-story Renaissance Detroit Center.

Once completed, the Gordie Howe International Bridge will have six lanes – two more than the Ambbadador Bridge – and will have separate lanes for pedestrians and pedestrians.

Asked about the continuing efforts of the owners of the Ambbadador Bridge – the Moroun family – to block the Gordie Howe International Bridge, Duncan described Thursday's work. "We have been successful in repelling every conceivable challenge," Duncan told reporters.

"I can badure you that the governments of Canada and Michigan […] remain determined to do nothing, only to get this thing built, but to start as soon as we can."

The work has already started on the site of the Canadian end of the bridge, in the Brighton Beach area, in Windsor, and on the American side, in southwest Detroit.

– to be attached to the Herb Gray Parkway – will be the largest Canadian port of entry at the Canada-US border

Estimates of the total value of the project range from $ 2.1 to $ 4.5 billion

Windsor Mayor Drew M. Dilkens welcomed this announcement as a major step in the completion of the crossing and said he looked forward to the cable-stayed bridge becoming the new symbolic symbol of the city and region.

"This will be the backdrop of the postcard. Dilkens predicts

But Thursday's fanfare was long over for the city of Windsor. Dilkens pointed out that the legal battles of the municipality with a "special interest group" – the Moroun family – have been going on since his first election to the city council in 2006.

"We brought the masters up to the end of the day. at the Supreme Court of Canada. We were ready to do it because we wanted to protect our city, and we wanted to protect Sandwich Towne. "

" It is one of the largest infrastructure projects in our country – and it will be built right here in our own garden, employing many people for a long period of time. .. I am just delighted and super excited about this project.

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Who will build the highly anticipated Gordie Howe International Bridge? We will know this morning.This is one of the most significant announcements on the historic project of several billions of dollars that has been going on since 2004. @GordieHoweBrg #Windsor #Detroit pic twitter.com/LG7qG7sgzZ

– Dalson Chen (@WinStarChen) July 5 2018