Armtec to supply concrete for Calgary's LRT project

{reg} Armtec Infrastructure Income Fund recently announced that it has recently been contracted to supply precast concrete components as part of the West Light Rail Transit ("LRT") line project for the City of Calgary, Canada.

The two contracts awarded to the company, are valued at around $19.8 million.

According to a report by CNW, the first contract is an $11.2 million deal to supply the segmental precast concrete components for construction of the elevated guide way of the Calgary LRT line.

The report added that the project consists of 444 segmental precast units. Each of these units will be post tensioned together to form a continuous elevated guide way set to be part of the eight-kilometer line from downtown Calgary to just beyond Crowchild.

Manufacturing, according to the report, has commenced at Armtec Prairie Region's Calgary Engineering Plant. It is expected to continue into October of this year. The total amount of concrete to be used is estimated to exceed 6,000 cubic meters and over one million kilograms of galvanized reinforcing.

Armtec also entered into a second contract, worth $8.6 million, with Stuart Olson Contractors Inc. to manufacture and install over 750 precast components for the West LRT Parkade located at 69th Street and 17th Avenue SW. According to the publication's report, the precast components, which include double Ts, columns, beams, spandrels, stair stringers and walls, will also be produced at Armtec Prairie Region's Calgary Engineering Plant between June and September.

They will be erected on site through to October of this year. The total amount of concrete that will be used in this project will be in excess of 5,700 cubic meters, with over 380,000 kilograms of rebar and over 161 kilometers of high tensile steel strand.  

"These contracts are important awards for Armtec as they continue to build our visibility as a key player in Western Canadian infrastructure markets and further establish our track record in high-profile projects in the region," said Charles Phillips, President and Chief Executive Officer. "They also highlight precast as the product of choice for the timely and efficient construction of large physical structures, as well as our unique capacity to manufacture and deliver a diverse range of innovative, highly engineered precast concrete solutions to our customers." {reg/}

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