Infrastructure watch file /
Highway 388 in Rapide-Danseur — urgent replacement of culvert P-12090
- Abitibi-Témiscamingue
- Gré à gré
- Culvert
- Remplacement
- Situation d’urgence
- Urgence contractuelle
Summary
Event record
Date: October 17, 2024 (award of the main contract; date of the initial finding undetermined)
Location: Highway 388, Rapide-Danseur, Laplante watercourse; Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Asset: Culvert P-12090
Event type: Situation leading to an emergency replacement
The MTMD awarded contract 9103-24-0205 on an emergency basis to replace culvert P-12090 on Highway 388 in Rapide-Danseur. The public documents reviewed confirm the emergency nature of the contract, the direct-award method, the contractor, and the reported amounts. They do not establish the technical cause of the work or the exact date of the initial finding.
Document updates
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Report → Validation → Follow-up → Action
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Documented process
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Facts supported by sources
Consequences and intervention
Consequences: Traffic arrangements at the time the emergency was triggered are not determined in the contract documents reviewed.
Intervention: Replacement of culvert P-12090. A resolution by the Abitibi-Ouest RCM places the project in the Laplante watercourse and notes that a temporary right-of-way easement of 1,969.5 m² was required on either side of the highway.
Main contract
- Number: 9103-24-0205
- Client: Ministère des Transports et de la Mobilité durable
- Contractor: Construction Norascon inc., Amos
- Award date: October 17, 2024
- Initial amount: $2,444,000.00
- Reported additional expenditure: $439,912.54
- Reported reason: quantity variations and/or amendments to the construction or technical services contract
- Arithmetic total of the initial amount and additional expenditure: $2,883,912.54; this total does not constitute a final amount paid, which is not indicated in the source reviewed
- Contracting method: Direct award
- Emergency situation: Confirmed
Associated assignments identified
- 9103-24-HE04: supervision of replacement work, directly awarded on an emergency basis to 7518218 Canada inc. (HKR Consultation), for $216,300.68.
- 9112-24-KZ12: quality assurance for materials and soils during the work, directly awarded on an emergency basis to Englobe Corp., for $76,697.54.
- 9103-24-AP02: procurement of additional culverts for replacement of P-12090; supply contract awarded on an emergency basis. The amount is not included here because it could not be fully confirmed in the excerpt reviewed.
Reading of the file
What observable changes to the culvert approaches, in the watercourse, and around drainage could have been documented before, during, and after the work? An initial report can document the observable condition of the culvert. Subsequent observations can then enrich its history, compare its condition over time, and direct concerning changes more quickly to the appropriate professionals.
This reading does not allow us to conclude that this event was foreseeable or preventable. Vigie Réseau’s objective is to examine how more frequent, longitudinal observation could contribute to detecting and triaging observable changes.
Undetermined elements
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Next milestone
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