{"id":86630,"date":"2021-06-21T10:26:28","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T14:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/formationconstruction.com\/uncategorized\/an-eco-responsible-deconstruction-for-the-old-champlain-bridge\/"},"modified":"2022-10-31T09:56:57","modified_gmt":"2022-10-31T13:56:57","slug":"an-eco-responsible-deconstruction-for-the-old-champlain-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formationconstruction.com\/en\/articles\/an-eco-responsible-deconstruction-for-the-old-champlain-bridge\/","title":{"rendered":"An eco-responsible deconstruction for the old Champlain Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"
Its dismantling, which began in July 2020\u00a0 on the longest section that spans the St.Lawrence River will continue until the end of 2023<\/strong> .<\/p>\n
Before being disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the work was to be completed in 2022.<\/p>\n
This bridge was inaugurated in 1962 built to cost as little as possible …<\/strong> about $ 35 million (1962).<\/p>\n
Including the approaches and the Bonaventure Expressway, the total cost was approximately $ 52 million.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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Today, we still plan to respect the initial budget of 400 million for deconstruction work<\/strong> , despite the delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n
The contract awarded to the NHSL consortium is 225.7 million, but this sum does not include the costs incurred for the sanitary protection of the site.<\/p>\n
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The development of the deconstruction plan was developed around challenges with serious consequences\u00a0 for fauna, flora and climate.<\/p>\n
This unique project is carried out with the aim of minimize the ecological footprint<\/strong> .<\/p>\n
Indeed, melting the materials of the bridge would generate large quantities of greenhouse gases.<\/p>\n
The strategy: reduce, reuse, recycle, recover and then eliminate.<\/p>\n
A public consultation was held in 2019 and allowed more than 4,000 citizens to comment on various aspects of the deconstruction of the bridge.<\/p>\n
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”\u00a0 The ideas collected fed into our action plan. As this bridge has been paid for by taxpayers, they will be able to reuse its materials against a symbolic sum for architectural, recreational, tourist or artistic projects.\u00a0 ”<\/p>\n
says Vincent Guimont-H\u00e9bert, engineer and manager of sustainable development for the federal corporation Les Ponts Jacques Cartier and Champlain Incorpor\u00e9e.<\/em><\/p>\n
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Some pillars along the banks will be kept for the commemoration of the old bridge as part of the project ”\u00a0Champlain heritage<\/strong>\u00a0 \u201d, Which also includes the development of the shores at Nuns’ Island and Brossard.<\/p>\n
This part of the project will not be completed until 2025.<\/p>\n
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This vast eco-responsible deconstruction project is a first in Quebec.<\/strong><\/p>\n
”\u00a0 We hope to create a precedent and promote better practices, among other things at the time of the deconstruction of the \u00cele d’Orl\u00e9ans bridge, scheduled for around 2028, underlines Vincent Guimont-H\u00e9bert. Even if our Champlain Bridge upgrading project will not be perfect, if it acts as a spark plug for the future, it will already be very good.\u00a0 !\u00a0 ”<\/p>\n
underlines Vincent Guimont-H\u00e9bert.<\/em><\/p>\n
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History of the old Champlain bridge<\/h3>\n
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\n Technical characteristics<\/p>\n <\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
\n Type<\/th>\n Cantilever girder bridge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Length<\/th>\n 3,440 meters<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Main staff<\/th>\n 215.5 meters<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Width<\/th>\n 23.8 meters<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Height<\/th>\n 49 meters away<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Clearance<\/th>\n 36.6 meters<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Materials)<\/th>\n Steel,\u00a0 reinforced concrete,\u00a0 Prestressed concrete<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/p>\n Construction<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
\n Construction<\/th>\n 1955-1962<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Commissioning<\/th>\n