REM articles of the day
Lot of REM stories this week, with La Presse finding out about massive cranes named Anne and Marie and various media covering the technology being used to build the section in the West Island.
Brossard residents are waking up to the possibility of more traffic in their streets near the REM station. I’m noting this Journal’s immediate reference to the “train de la caisse de dépôt” in the lede, because that reference has been cropping up – a little late.
A friend told me recently he had chatted at his gym with a guy working as a site supervisor at one of the West Island REM sites, and the guy said he’d never seen such chaotic ad-hockery on a big site before. For what it’s worth.
Spi 10:14 on 2019-06-19 Permalink
They’re following a design-build process for the construction of the REM. Meaning the design and plans aren’t finalized before construction begins, rather they are done simultaneously so it makes sense that there would be a certain level of ad-hockery.
Mark Côté 12:36 on 2019-06-19 Permalink
Agile construction? huh
Blork 13:23 on 2019-06-19 Permalink
That’s what I was thinking. It can work well for software, but for “hardware?” Are they following an actual method or just winging it?
dwgs 14:04 on 2019-06-19 Permalink
I make stuff for a living and teach young people how to make stuff. Design build in that sense can work well for furniture and other small scale stuff but rail lines and stations?!
Mr.Chinaski 16:09 on 2019-06-19 Permalink
People confuse design-build with fast-track. DB is a single-point of responsability (contractor). Fast-track is to have project delivery shorter in time by having specific tender information as specs (called PFT – Programme fonctionnel technique in french) where a builder must apply his project to these specs.
qatzelok 18:35 on 2019-06-19 Permalink
This is another sign that the REM is a project to enrich the 1% rather than a way to provide convenience to the other 99. Each dollar is weighted, contracts are written between closed doors with no public input, and the building process is spontaneous – ad hoc.
This should have been a public project, if there is any public left, that is.
*goes back to staring at cellphone*