EJQ2 - Fall 2024 - Journal - Page 19
These activities provide the local government (as the Project Leader) with some
comfort that their liabilities with non-compliance are covered, even if the project
is not 昀椀led on the Excess Soil Registry. In some cases, registry fees drastically increased in April 2024.
Some prominent Canadian property developers working in Ontario are still identifying excess soil management aspects of a project as merely line items and not signi昀椀cant concerns – but that could be a costly mistake.
It is certain that maintaining regulatory compliance will increase the project costs,
but by how much? Following are three project examples to analyze and illustrate
how compliance has already impacted the bottom line.
Rural road widening with drainage improvements
CUTLINE
This project was tendered in early 2024 and did not include the early preparation of
the planning documents by the County (Project Leader). The scope of work included
the reconstruction and widening of a rural road with drainage improvements and two
box culvert replacements. The excess soil to be relocated was estimated to be 16,400
cubic metres. The project was awarded for the spring of 2024 construction, but preparing the planning documentation was included in the contractor’s scope of work.
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