COQUITLAM TRANSFER STATION PROJECT

The new Coquitlam Transfer Station is being developed and it will include an administrative and maintenance building as well as attendant booths, scale house and recycling areas for convenient public drop off. M2K excavated and installed new infrastructure fresh water lines, fire suppression systems, and various other upgrades to the storm and sanitary systems for the community and local surrounding businesses. The scope of work included vertical well drilling to make way for the future LFG and leachate collection systems. The design schematics involved the installation of layered materials onto the prepared landfill area. The layers which make up the layered caps consist of gravel, sand, geomembrane, geotextile and topsoil, with a cap off of vegetation over the topsoil layer. M2K will further install and commission all associated pipe, network monitoring and valve device components integrated within the overall design plan.

Project Challenges:

M2K’s scope of work for the Transfer Station includes excavating through 200,000 m3 of fill material composed of incinerated garbage containing areas of dense site wide contamination. M2K developed and implemented site specific controls in order to mitigate the hazards of the workplace.

Project Highlights:

M2K succeeded in converting 40 acres of contaminated site refuse to non-contaminated run off assisting in having a beneficial impact to the environment and surrounding wildlife habitats. M2K’s scope of work will provide necessary and vital upgrades to public services within the City of Coquitlam.

Estimated value of project: $14,000,000