Client
Toronto Waterfront Revitalization
Location
Toronto, Canada
Construction cost
$27,000,000
Year
2006
The City of Toronto was selected as the host city for the International Dragon Boat Federation (IDBF) Club Crew World Championships (CCWC) in 2006. Several conditions were attached to the bid award. The first condition was that a new watercourse facility be provided in the Western Beaches, located west of Ontario Place. Following the bid award, the TWRC retained GENIVAR to undertake a Feasibility Study. The Study concluded that a new multi-sport watercourse facility meeting international paddling and rowing standards could be constructed in time for the 2006 CCWC event. However, the schedule for obtaining all environmental approvals, designing and constructing the watercourse would be extremely tight and would pose a major challenge. Based on the outcome of the Feasibility Study, the federal, provincial and municipal governments committed funding in the amount of $23 million in order to construct the new watercourse facility. GENIVAR was subsequently retained by TWRC to lead the multi-disciplinary team to undertake the Environmental Assessment and Facility Design for the Western Beaches Watercourse. Given the short available schedule for completing the assignment, the environmental assessment process and detailed design work were accomplished coincidently. The TWRC and the City of Toronto acted as co-proponents for the Coordinated EA Report, involving both federal and provincial EA processes.