City calls on consulting firms to submit draft plans for underground concourse
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This article was published 18/06/2018 (2109 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
City hall’s Portage and Main project took another step forward Tuesday, with the release of a request for proposal (RFP) for a comprehensive assessment of the downtown Winnipeg underground concourse and plan for its rehabilitation.
The RFP was not unexpected, as it follows the release of an RFP two weeks ago for a work plan to begin reopening the Portage Avenue/Main Street intersection to pedestrians by the fall of 2019.
City of Winnipeg chief administrative officer Doug McNeil said at the time a RFP for the underground concourse, which is city-owned, would be released shortly.
This RFP calls for consulting firms to bid on a contract that requires an upgrade plan for the electrical, mechanical and structural components of the underground and the building envelope, including openings and entrances.
The project does not include Winnipeg Square, the adjacent underground mall, which is privately owned.
By the numbers
The request for proposal to upgrade and modernize the City of Winnipeg-owned underground Concourse says the area, once known as the Circus, was officially opened Feb. 24, 1979.
The total area of the Concourse is 1,630 square metres (17,545 square feet) and is located 2.44 metres underground.
The winning consultant will be required to produce a plan on how to modernize the concourse and deal with several problem areas already identified by city hall, including water seepage and poor storm drainage, site access, connections to adjacent privately owned buildings and how the work can be completed while still being opened to the public.
This is the second part of the work city council authorized in October, when it set aside $1.5 million for planning on the concourse, $1.5 million for a plan to reopen the intersection and a further $500,000 for new sidewalks, curbs and trees for the plaza area in front of the Richardson Building.
The RFP states the city expects to award the contract by July 31, with the winning consultant required to submit a draft plan by Sept. 21 and a final report by Oct. 12 — 12 days before the Oct. 24 civic election.
The last council meeting before the civic election is Sept. 20.
The relevant dates for the intersection-opening RFP has that contract awarded by July 16, with a draft plan due Oct. 31 and a final report due Dec. 21.
aldo.santin@freepress.mb.ca