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The City of Ottawa, in partnership with the Ottawa Chamber of Commerce and the Ottawa Business Journal, will be hosting an OLRT Trade Show on February 9, 2012 at the CE Centre (4899 Uplands Drive). Ottawa companies, labour associations, trade schools, colleges and universities are invited to participate in the tradeshow with the opportunity to interact and engage with the three selected consortia competing for the OLRT contract. The three consortia, made up of world-class firms with extensive expertise in transit ... Read more

The final phase of the drilling program for the Geotechnical and Hydrogeological Investigation for the Ottawa Light Rail Transit Project (OLRT), which started in March 2011, was completed in late October. Golder Associates Ltd. has started geophysical logging of the borehole samples. Monitoring wells will be installed in some boreholes and the remainder will be decommissioned. The decommissioned geotechnical boreholes will be filled with concrete and the decommissioned environmental boreholes refilled with original materials. The final Geotechnical Data Report (GDR), detailing ... Read more

21 Oct 2011 (l-r) Councillor Wilkinson, Mayor Watson, Councillor Deans and John Jenson, Director of Rail Implementation announce the OLRT shortlist. Watch on LRTv Firms to Compete for the OLRT Project Contract Ottawa – Companies from across Canada and the world participated in a rigorous, competitive Request-for-Qualifications process that evaluated their design, construction, maintenance and financing abilities to deliver the highest quality LRT project – on time and on budget. “This is an important step forward in implementing light ... Read more

The following firms have participated in Industry Outreach Information Sharing Sessions prior to the release of the RFQ No. 19511-92594-Q01 on June 30, 2011.  The City is now in a Procurement Process, and the Industry Outreach Information Sharing Sessions are no longer available.  However, interested firms who have not yet met with the City’s Rail Implementation Team can contact the undersigned to discuss sending information packages that will be available for the successful consortium to review and contact. We also encourage ... Read more

Ottawa, 14 July 2011 – Today Ottawa City Council unanimously voted to advance the Ottawa Light Rail Transit project, as announced by Mayor Jim Watson on July 7th.  The approved report contains an updated cost estimate – within the budget of $2.1 billion – a new design plan and a clear and affordable path for OLRT implementation. “The vote today signals this Council’s strong support for our improved plan to build an efficient, functional and affordable light rail system for our ... Read more