The Town of The Blue Mountains would like to advise residents that due to unexpected challenges following the removal of the Thornbury Pier’s concrete decking, the project’s budget has faced an increased cost, and is now anticipated to be complete by mid-August 2021.
The available drawings for the pier, which was built in the 1930’s, showed the concrete pad to be 1 foot, 2 inches in thickness. During the demolition process, the contractor removed the concrete decking of the pier, and found the decking was approximately 2 feet thick and required additional removal of materials and labour. Staff and the consulting engineer were onsite to view, photograph and confirm the thickness.
Following the concrete removal, the contractor also found significant variances in the height of the sheet piling. Although some variances were expected, it extended to the entire width of the pier. This required cutting all the steel pilings and now requires welding new steel framing to support the replacement deck component.
Due to the significant change in materials and labour required to complete the project, Town Staff requested an additional $140,000 through a Staff Report presented during the June 28th Council meeting through the Town’s Community Services Asset Replacement Reserve.
With Council’s approval to the additional funding of the Thornbury Pier’s Resurfacing project on Monday, the project’s reconstruction is estimated to take an additional 4 to 6 weeks to complete, with a full resurfacing now scheduled for completion by mid-August 2021.
The Town will provide updates on the Thornbury Pier Resurfacing project webpage as it is received from the contractor.
For more information, please contact:
Ryan Gibbons
Director of Community Services
519-599-3131 ext. 281