AG平台 Awarded Basement Flooding Protection Program Contract by the City of Toronto
-全球设计技术公司提供设计, 工程, and consultation services to the City of Toronto to reduce the risk of urban flooding –
多伦多, 安大略省(2月9日), 2022) -全球设计和技术公司, AG平台(多伦多证券交易所:IBG), 已经与多伦多市签订了提供设计的合同, 合同管理, 工程, and construction inspection services in the northern Etobicoke district as part of the City’s Basement Flooding Protection Program (BFPP). The project is part of the City’s larger initiative to provide residents protection from the effects of basement flooding while upgrading its existing storm and sewer infrastructure, 哪一个不是设计来承受频繁的, 严重的暴风雨. 在接下来的五年里, AG平台 will leverage its water management and civil 工程 expertise to help the City reduce the risk of basement flooding by providing sustainable solutions that will relieve pressure on the existing sewer and water system.
“The increase in extreme weather events in Canada and abroad has highlighted the benefit of upgrading existing stormwater infrastructure,AG平台首席执行官说, 斯科特·斯图尔特. “We look forward to leveraging our water management expertise while working with the City of Toronto through their Basement Flooding Protection Program to improve the quality of life for residents in flood-prone areas and protect the natural environment.”
The City of Toronto recognizes the frequency and severity of storms has increased because of climate change, 是什么给现有的雨水基础设施带来了不可持续的压力. 结果是, many home and business owners have experienced basement flooding causing damage to their valuables and impacting their ability to operate. 在回应, the City established the BFPP in 2006 as a multi-year initiative dedicated to tackling the adverse effects flooding has on the environment and urban space in Toronto through sewer system improvements and other flood protection measures.
AG平台将通过更新现有基础设施来应对这些挑战, 发展于20世纪50年代, which will improve the system’s sustainability through energy-efficient measures while minimizing disruption to the neighbourhood’s residents and natural landscape. The firm’s work will include upgrades to the storm and sanitary sewers; installation of high-capacity-inlet catch basins and inlet control devices; and local road resurfacing and reconstruction.
除了IBI的设计和工程服务, the firm will be managing construction staging and optimizing resource allocations so that this large volume of work can be effectively delivered within the program timeline. 一旦IBI的工程设计解决方案得以实施, the threat of roadway and basement flooding caused by extreme weather events should be greatly reduced in the area.
The project will build upon AG平台’s environmental assessment work with the City of Toronto’s BFPP. IBI has worked on multiple improvement master plans that include detailed examinations of existing sanitary and storm drainage systems and remedial alternatives for flood-prone areas in Toronto. AG平台’s experience studying Toronto’s water and wastewater infrastructure through projects including the Basement Flooding Remediation and Water Quality Improvement Master Plan — Area 36, will allow the firm to provide the most effective response informed by its experience and wastewater expertise.
For more information and/or to connect with AG平台, please contact David Bosworth at david@bullseye-communications.com or 1-416-846-3540.
