Project Name: Kemano HDPE & Aggregate

Client: Rio Tinto

General Contractor: Frontier-Kemper / Aecon JV

Date: September to November, 2017

Contract: Unit Price / Time & Materials

Value: $500,000-999,999

Scope: Preparation for the T2 camp pad included: supply 58,300 m3 specified aggregate for sub-base and base; excavate, compact and grade camp laydown areas and access roads; trench, install and backfill 1889 m of HDPE utility pipes; supply, place, and finish insulated concrete-rebar slabs.  Vegetation on the airfield was also cleared and disposed of.

Challenges: Remote location with barge-only access; end of season weather conditions at high elevation requiring snow removal.