What's New

New Project - Alpine Ski Club Mudslide, Town of The Blue Mountains

On March 14 and 15, 2012, during the spring melt, a slope failure occurred on the Alpine Ski Club ski hills, creating a mud slide that wiped out a watercourse and all the trees in its direct path before depositing thousands of tons of mud and debris in the rear yards of two homes at the base of the ski hills.  To date, the slope failure and mudslide have stabilized as a result of the remedial measures implemented by the club.  CCTA and Golder and Associates Inc. have been retained by Alpine Ski Club to evaluate the cause of the mudslide and recommend immediate remediation and long-term rehabilitation measures to manage the site and mitigate the potential for similar occurrences in the future.

New Project - Tottenham Bypass/South Simcoe Transportation Plan

Simcoe County recently awarded CCTA this master plan study, which will entail a comprehensive review of traffic operations and road safety issues in South Simcoe, particularly the Town of New Tecumseth.  Commercial goods movement will be a significant focus of the study; the work will include an origin destination survey of major manufacturers and shippers in the study area (including Honda's Alliston plant) as well as formulating alternative solutions to address truck issues in the community of Tottenham.

New Project - Port of Orillia Dock Replacement

This project to revitalize the Port of Orillia is proceeding in two concurrent contracts, both to be completed for the 2012 boating season.  Phase 1 is installation of 220 new floating dock slips, complete with composite decking, lighting, power and water services for each slip.  Phase 2 is for new onshore electrical power to serve the docks.  Work will proceed immediately and must be completed prior to the opening of the Trent Severn waterway on the Victoria Day long weekend.

New Project Repairs to Wooden Decked Bridges, Township of Muskoka Lakes

The Township of Muskoka Lakes has retained CCTA to design repairs to two existing bridges which have wooden decks in poor condition. The bridge on Rosseau Lake Road 3 near the Town of Rosseau was recently damaged by overweight vehicles while the wooden bridge deck on Island Park Road near Port Carling is in very poor condition due to age and inappropriate previous repairs.

The structure load restriction was lowered to 6 tonnes last fall after CCTA completed the biannual inspection. Both bridges will get new wooden decks and code appropriate railings while the Island Park Road Bridge will also get new steel support beams. Due to the inability to access the properties beyond the bridges from any other route the repairs will need to be completed in as short a time frame as possible and with the least amount of disruption to area residents. Tenders will be available in early May with construction expected to commence in early fall 2012.

Project Completion - Diamond Valley Estates Water
Supply Pumphouse, Oro-Medonte

CCTA was first retained for this project in 2002.  The water pumphouse was designed to supply drinking water to the 218- lot Diamond Valley Estates residential development, near Sugar Bush in Oro-Medonte. It comprises a groundwater well, a 372 m3 belowgrade  reservoir, chlorine disinfection, two high lift pumps and two fire pumps. Construction started in February 2006 and was originally scheduled for commissioning in January 2007.

However, the project was plagued with numerous delays, mainly a result of the downturn in demand for the type of housing proposed The facility sat idle for a long period of time, requiring equipment repairs and maintenance before commissioning could be re-started. After five years, the commissioning of this facility was completed, and Substantial Performance was issued, on March 26, 2012.