BD Hall Constructors Corp. | Barge loading facility

November 17, 2019

Project status
Permit issued

On April 16, 2021, a project permit was issued to BD Hall Constructors Corporation (the Applicant) to develop the Barge Ramp Installation project at 2320 Rogers Avenue in Coquitlam, British Columbia on federal lands and waters managed by the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority.

The project was approved subject to 48 permit conditions the Applicant must meet to ensure the project does not result in significant adverse environmental effects.

The project is anticipated to take up to 15 weeks to complete. For more information about the project and construction activities, please visit BD Hall’s website (www.bdhall.ca/news/barge-ramp-project-notification).

About the project

The Applicant, BD Hall Constructors Corp., plans to construct a shore-access barge loading facility on the north shore of the Fraser River at 2320 Rogers Avenue in Coquitlam, British Columbia. The purpose of the barge loading facility is to load barges with non-contaminated soil for disposal at sea with appropriate permits from Environment and Climate Change Canada. Barges would be up to 18 metres (58 feet) by 73 metres (240 feet) in size. The facility would also be used to import clean gravel. The source and destination sites of the soil and gravel would be various construction properties throughout Metro Vancouver.

Once constructed, site operations would include upland material storage, trucking of material to and from barges, barge moorage, and barge transportation. It is estimated that one to two barges would be loaded per week for disposal at sea. Vehicle parking, truck staging would not be within federal lands. The barge ramp facility would operate Monday to Saturday between 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Approximately 500 trucks per week or 83 trucks per working day, on average, would arrive at the Site during operations.

Project activities and components include

Installation of a pile-supported barge ramp at the south end of the facility
Use of land and marine equipment to access and construct at the site
Installation of twenty-two steel piles with a vibratory hammer on a scow:
- Eight piles would be used to support barge mooring
- Four piles to support the head frame
- Eight piles to support the barge deck and ramp
- Two piles within the foreshore to support the barge deck abutment
Installation of a prefabricated barge ramp and a headframe to piles, equipped with lights and mooring bollards
Installation of a prefabricated barge deck to piles
Installation of prefabricated barge to piles
Installation of habitat improvements along 25 metres of the beach west of the barge ramp to improve riparian and aquatic habitat, including:
- Regrading
- Strategic placement of rocks
- Vegetation planting

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Contact information
For more information about Applicant’s proposed project, please contact Dan Foulkes by email or phone at 604.455.2572.

For questions regarding the Project and Environmental Review of the proposed project, or to get in touch with our team, please contact us by email or phone at 604.665.9047.

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