Cody Ave., Cyr Ave., Jeanne-Mance St., Kendall Ave., Levis Ave. and Savard Avenue Sewers, Watermains and Road Reconstruction. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

June 2017 - Nov 2018

Client: City of Ottawa, Contract No.: ISD16-5060
Contractor : C.A.C.E. Construction (1991) Ltd
Construction Value (Approx.) : $4m
Total Project Value (Approx.): $8m


My Responsibility: Senior Inspector

• Oversee the inspection of contractor operations for a variety of disciplines on-site, including grade, drainage, granular, environmental controls and asphalt. 
• Read and apply all contract drawings, tender documents and applicable Ontario Provincial Standards (OPS) to the site operations.
• Review, calculate, monitor and recommendations on progress payments and on operations for change orders. 
• Prepare and submit daily diaries and include payment statements.
• Review/comment on the contractor’s traffic control measures in accordance with OTM Book 7 requirements and comment on effectiveness.
• Review/comment on all Health and Safety concerns in the Contract Administrator Diary, as well as notifying the contractor immediately.
• Provide/maintain contract final information, to be delivered to the client at the project’s conclusion.

The work includes the following:
 The integrated road, sewer and watermain construction includes reconstruction of the roadways, including new concrete sidewalk and concrete curb, new sanitary sewer and lateral services, new storm sewer extensions, new catch basins, Hydro pole relocations on Savard and related Rogers and Bell utilities, new LED streetlight lamps, new tree and shrub plantings and reinstatement of all disturbed areas.
Also the City of Ottawa has coordinated with Hydro Ottawa /Bell/Rogers to relocate overhead and underground utilities on Savard Avenue.


The project limits are:
Cody Avenue from Montreal Road to Jeanne Mance Street
Cyr Avenue from Montreal Road to Jeanne Mance Street
Savard Avenue from Montreal Road to Jeanne Mance Street
Kendall Avenue from Montreal Road to Jeanne Mance Street
Levis Avenue from Cody Avenue to Olmstead Street
Jeanne Mance Street from Kendall Avenue to Olmstread Street

The original scope was limited to an integrated road, sewer and watermain reconstruction project for above mentioned streets.  The sanitary sewers were replaced due to age and condition with the exception of Jeanne Mance St.  The watermains were replaced due to age and the presence of lead services. Limited work was done on the storm sewers which created design and construction challenges.  Sewer and watermain service connections were replaced to the property line.  Due to the constrained Right of Way and the number of lateral service cuts the roads were reconstructed.

The site is located at the Montreal Road – Vanier Parkway intersection which is a very traffic intensive area comprised of commercial and residential properties including an Ambulance Post and several churches.  The Councillor’s office was fully engaged throughout the project.  Several change orders resulted in order to meet community needs.  Encroachments and private construction near the property line presented design and grading challenges.   On-going coordination was required for the installation and maintenance of temporary water services.  Mechanical rock removal was required including vibration monitoring of structures to ensure limits were not exceeded.  Additional survey was completed where required.  CCTV investigations were performed to City standards both before and after construction.  An ECA was prepared under the Transfer of Review process which was submitted to MOECC.   Throughout the project residents were regularly engaged with the CI, CA and PM to ensure access was safely provided, that issues were resolved and the Traffic Management Plan was enforced.  

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New Sanitary Pumping Station in Carleton Place, Ontario , Canada

2015 - In progress

Client: Corporation of the Town of Carleton Place , 175 Bridge Street , Carleton Place, ON, K7C2V8
Contractor:  Greenbelt Construction Inc.

Ainley Group has been engaged to do the detailed design , tendering and oversee construction of the pumping station near Highway 7 east of RONA as well as forcemains
Project Value (Approx.) : $5m (Phase 1).

My Responsibility:
Design Phase: Project Engineer
Construction Phase: Structural Site Inspector


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River Lane Reconstruction and Crichton St. Watermain Renewal (Keefer to Dufferin), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Jan 2016 - Dec 2016

Client: City of Ottawa, Contract No.: ISD16-3015
Contractor : C.A.C.E. Construction (1991) Ltd
Project Value (Approx.) : $1.5m

My Responsibility: Contract Administrator (CA)
•  Provide administration of  integrated road/sewer/water (IRSW) works construction projects
• Oversee and ensure Contract Administration deliverables are completed in accordance to client requirements;
• Lead, coordinate and monitor onsite inspection duties and tasks are completed, and inspector’s diaries are kept up to date and accurate;
• Promote and oversee implementation of health and safety regulations;
• Maintain a detailed daily diary of the contractor’s work, instructions provided, and overall issue and change management;
• Review contractor activities are in accordance with the contract documents and requirements;
• Provide oversight and confirmation of completed contract quantities are accurately calculated for processing progress and final payments;
• Review, interpret, and analyze the Contractor’s initial critical path schedule to determine conformance to the contract, and provide regular review and analysis of monthly critical path schedules;
• Supervise and perform quality assurance acceptance and inspection of construction works;
• Coordinate specialty inspection and testing by sub-consultants;
• Liaise with the contractor and client representatives;
• Chair and lead project meetings;
• Provide interpretation and recommendation of contractor submitted claims;
• Negotiate price agreements, change orders, claims and work directives;


The work includes the following:
- River Lane (Keefer Street to Dufferin Road): Installation of new storm sewer and catchbasins
replace existing watermain and water services, road reconstruction
- Crichton Street (Keefer Street to Dufferin Road): Replace watermain and water services, asphalt overlay, installation of traffic calming measures at Crichton and Keefer
- Dufferin Road (Stanley Avenue to Crichton Street): Replace watermain, road reconstruction

The contract includes the installation of approximately 300 meters of sewer, 500 meters of watermain, 500 cubic meters of rock excavation, 3,500 tons of granular and 1,500 tons of asphalt.

Mr Ramezani was the CA for this IRSW project, that included 700m of road rehabilitation, with 360m of watermains replacement, including laterals, valves and hydrants. Ainley was responsible for the design, replacement and extension of watermains, including looping, trench reinstatement, and rock removal. The existing watermain trench needed to be deepened in order to meet the minimum depth standard of 2.4m and that is what triggered the rock removal. We expect this will be the case with the Bank Street project. Construction challenges included; ensuring the Contractor and all the subcontractors installed everything correctly, Traffic Management, including re-routing trucks and buses, providing safe passage for pedestrians and cyclists. Mohammad effectively liaised with local residents, NCC representatives and the Contractors by maintained an open line of communication. Mohammad ensured the soil material dug up on site was either suitable for re-use or needed disposing offsite. Deep underground sewer structures required protection during construction. Mohammad provided full-range CA services throughout including help developing the construction schedule, general oversight, progress payments including PQR preparation/negotiation, regular meetings including agenda and minutes, change order creation/tracking, issuance of site instructions, quantity and cost estimates, diary maintenance and safety program monitoring. The project ran from July 2015 to December 2016 and was completed well under the construction budget of $2M.

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