CANADA CHROME RAILROAD FEASIBILITY STUDY
Hired by Canada Chrome Corporation to recommend a route and to produce a feasibility study for a 210 mile (338km) rail line in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. The $2 billion (USD) rail project, the largest in North America in nearly 50 years, is planned to provide service and a means to haul the massive chromite deposits in the Ring of Fire area to market.
With a potential mine life of fifty or more years, the proposed Canada Chrome Corporation rail line is the critical infrastructure for the development and support of the entire Ring of Fire mineral region. Krech Ojard & Associate’s engineers provided field reconnaissance of the project area to map possible alignment alternatives.
Based on this work, a string of high ground was discovered traversing the James Bay Lowland bog. Krech Ojard’s team and consultants, made up of civil, structural, and geotechnical engineers developed a massive GIS system They arranged for over 800 sq. km of aerial photo and LiDAR surveys. They managed a $12 million (USD) winter geotechnical program. KOA also developed a working horizontal and vertical alignment, prepared operating standards, generated hydrology & hydraulic information. KOA also provided Canada Chrome Corporation preliminary structural designs for more than 90 bridges.
