Annual Archives: 2016

Started in May 2016, the major structural steelwork to reinforce the Jacques Cartier Bridge will continue until 2019. The work aims to extend the operating life of this Montreal icon. St. Lawrence Erectors, a subsidiary of Canam Group, will carry out work for The Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorporated (JCCBI) until the summer of 2017. Inaugurated on May 24, 1930, this historic structure was built to standards that permitted…

St. Lawrence Erectors proceeded to the lifting of the first girder of the new Highway 15 bridge over the Lachine Canal. This structure will be erected as part of the roadwork completed by KPH Turcot, which is responsible for the design and construction of the main infrastructures of the Turcot interchange in Montreal, QC. The mandate given to St. Lawrence Erectors includes the installation of the structural steel and the…

Canam Group has begun fabricating steel components for the Dorval interchange reconstruction project in Quebec at its Quebec City and Shawinigan plants. Canam-Bridges will supply 14 box girders, the heaviest weighing in at 84 tons, and 16 standard girders. These components will be used in building two parallel flyover bridges that will pass over six railway lines. In terms of coatings, the exterior of the box girders will be metalized and…

St. Lawrence Erectors is taking part in the replacement of Gardiners Bridge in Nova Scotia. It is a two-span 120-foot (37-meters) long truss bridge. Since the bridge has a rather short span, the launched-girder erection technique without launching nose is used. Let us not forget that Canam-Bridges has already designed, fabricated and delivered 85 tons of steel components, and has provided Goodco Z-Tech bearings and expansion joints for this project.…