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" Although the Ontario Fire Marshal has ‘ lune l ‘ concluded its investigation. the cause has “We are ten iiiiitli tracking toward that ' notyetbeenreleased. date. theres rt'all\ no huge impediments." Grandla'nq had engineers and insurance l (irandhnq‘st (”1‘lele tinn Manager lohn professionals on scene and developed a lZ- l Almeitla said in an interview week remediation plan that included partial 1 That lest ml] lulu- plate on the (mt It from removal ofthe damaged roof. 1 Northfield lime to l rh and (alrllllnt‘ ‘streets A few mome were also replacedThe 1 r in W'alt'rltifl roof should be back on the building in Feb- 4 (iraiidlinq l\ the tonsortitim that Wlll mary. 1 design. build, firmnt in operate and lndlnlaln "We are going to have to really look at r the light rail transit system for the next 30 ~ what acceleration requirements are neces~ 1 years It tomes wllli a prlt‘t' tag of about $1 9 Construction workers pave a section at road along the light rail transit route earlier this year sary to get back on track to where we would 1 billion. GrandLinq, the consortium that will design, build. finance. operate and maintain the m otherwise be.” he said. 1 The team is made up of Plenary Group. Swem tor the 30 years. WM“ to have 3 $0050" ready fOf rail CU testing by JUN 1» What's ahead for 2016 will be much of the J Meridiam lnfrastrur ture. Aecon. Kiewn and mm Munom same as 2015 â€" just on different parts olthe l Kmlis. route. which stretches I9 kilometres from 4 It was (irandlinq‘s goal tn have about 50 "It takes Weather completely out of the "It's like a box of crackeriacks. you really Conestoga Mall in Waterloo to Kitchener's ‘ per cent of the constniction completed this equation." Almeida said. don't know until you get in there.‘ Almeida Fairview Park Mall. . year: Almeida said they wtll tall rust short of lhe domes will come down on April 15. said. "It's a lot more rail work." Almeida said. . j that goal. that piece of the construction puzzle. fin» There were other setbacks this year as and it includes both embedded tracks and "It's been a great tonstruction season,‘ he ishtng a grade separation so the road will well. Almeida said getting the appropriate the more traditional track with rail m That. said of the weather this year “liven at this run under the rail line. is a critical one. he permitswasachallenge for 20l5. plus this winter tlieoverheadcatenary poles time of year we’re typically ramping down if said. The other one is Duke Street. where gas "There are a lot of stakeholders for this will be installed. ‘ not shut down We are still in full production line work has delayed (irandlinq’s plans, project.” he said. listing (IN Hail. the two The infrastructure for four olthe light rail . mode We are still working asifit's May“ But work parallel to Duke Street on cities. the region. utility companies. stations has also been completed. and the But the weather won't hold, and with Charles Street hasn't been acakewalk either Metrolinx and the Grand Riverfonservation restareonthelbtforncnyear. some parts of the line running behind "Charles Street has been an adventure.” Authority, As the work continues. all eyes are on ‘ schedule. the company has to resort to some he said. He said (irandlinq does its best to to Waterloo Region. Almeida said the project is l atypical measures Much of that adventure has been because ordinate with all of the third~party groups. a big one. and it's his lob to orchestrate all (I The ltirltings for two domes have been of undisclosed underground infrastmcture, but timing and access have been hard to the moving parts to make sure the project is installed at King and Vtt tuna Streets in including wet utilities. 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