Procurement Authorization - Installation of Suspended Scaffolds

for Replacement of Walkway Beams on the Prince Edward Viaduct

(Don River - Ward 24)

The Urban Environment and Development Committee recommends the adoption of the following report (February 26, 1999) from the General Secretary, Toronto Transit Commission:

Recommendation:

Requesting approval for weekend closures to road traffic on the Don Valley Parkway on June 4 and 11, 1999 and October 8 and 15, 1999 to accommodate the installation and removal of temporary access platforms required for the replacement of walkway beams in Span 2 of the Prince Edward Viaduct.

Background:

At its meeting on Wednesday, February 24, 1999, the Commission considered the attached report entitled, "Procurement Authorization - Installation Of Suspended Scaffolds For Replacement Of Walkway Beams On The Prince Edward Viaduct."

The Commission approved the Recommendation contained in the report, as listed below:

"It is recommended that the Commission approve:

1.acceptance of the tender submitted by Scaffold Connection Corporation for the contract period February 24, 1999 to December 31, 2000, in the upset limit amount of $1,305,847.98 for the design, supply, installation and removal of Multi-Point Suspended Scaffolds (MPSS) on the Prince Edward Viaduct to facilitate the removal and replacement of all walkway beams in 1999 and 2000;

2.forwarding this report to the City of Toronto Council requesting approval for weekend closures to road traffic on the Don Valley Parkway on June 4 and 11, 1999 and October 8 and 15, 1999 to accommodate the installation and removal of temporary access platforms required for the replacement of walkway beams in Span 2 of the Prince Edward Viaduct."

The Commission also agreed that if a decision is made in the future to install a permanent Inspection Platform on the Prince Edward Viaduct that staff consider an amendment to this contract to permit the necessary work to be carried out.

The foregoing is forwarded to the Urban Environment and Development Committee and Toronto City Council for consideration of the Commission's request for weekend closures to road traffic on the Don Valley Parkway on June 4 and 11, 1999 and October 8 and 15, 1999 to accommodate the installation and removal of temporary access platforms required for the replacement of walkway beams in Span 2 of the Prince Edward Viaduct.

(A copy of TTC Report No. 10 dated February 24, 1999, appended to the foregoing communication was forwarded to all Members of Council with the agenda of the Urban Environment and Development Committee for its meeting of March 31, 1999, and a copy thereof is on file in the office of the City Clerk)