Client ends Bilfinger work on Seymour-Capilano

摘要

Metro Vancouver has announced plans to seek a replacement contractor for the Seymour-Capilano tunnels. It claimed it had no option but to terminate Bilfinger Berger's involvement on the project over the contractor's suspension of part of the works since January, despite efforts to agree a new construction plan and method to reduce the safety risk caused by geological conditions. Bilfinger Berger claimed that the geology along the alignment was significantly different from the assumed conditions that were presented in the bid documents. The contractor claimed that the construction planning and method were, therefore, not suited to the ground conditions expereinced at the site.