Bow River Bridge Presentation

Calgary’s growing population led the Government of Alberta and the City of Calgary to begin planning for the Calgary Ring Road (Stoney/Tsuut’ina Trail) in the 1970's to improve community access to Calgary's roadway network. The Ring Road has created a 101km-long free-flow circuit around Calgary that reduces traffic congestion and improves commuter access to major road arteries from greater Calgary communities. The Ring Road includes the completion of the northwest section which includes the first Stoney Trail bridge over the Bow River.

This session will discuss the project to twin the Bow River bridge which involves road and bridge components, and the construction of a new a new five-span river crossing, a 470m-long bridge over the Bow River, directly west of the existing Stoney Trail bridge. The new bridge was segmentally cast-in-place using a balanced cantilever method - meaning the superstructure was built out from each of the piers and abutments in six separate sections and joined together at completion – a rarely used bridge construction method.

Andrew is a project manager and structural engineer with more than 25 years of experience in structural design and construction-based project management. Andrew has been part of the leadership of many Calgary based projects such as the 17 Ave SE Bus Rapid Transit phase 2 crossing of the Bow Valley (MAX Purple), the Airport Trail tunnel, Airport Trail interchanges, and Twinning of Stoney Trail over the Bow River in NW Calgary. Andrew was brought into the Bow Bridge twinning project in late 2019 as the project manager for Stantec’s role as design engineer, during the construction phase of the project.

5:30pm Registration & Networking
6:00pm Dinner
6:30pm Presentation
7:30pm Closing Remarks

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Danish Canadian Club, 727 11 Avenue Southwest, Calgary, Canada