The new REM (R\u00e9seau\u00a0express\u00a0m\u00e9tropolitain) light rail station at Montreal\u2019s Trudeau International Airport will have a striking signature iceberg design.<\/p>\n
The station, one of the most complex on the 26-station, 67-kilometre network \u2013 the majority of which will be in service this spring \u2013 at 40 metres, will be the second deepest on the system, following the \u00c9douard-Montpetit station in central Montreal.<\/p>\n
Construction of the $600 million station, which is immediately opposite the airport\u2019s departures and arrivals area, began in March 2022 and is now 80 per cent complete.<\/p>\n
Still, that remaining 20 per cent will take another year-and-a-half to build with an expected opening in November 2027.<\/p>\n
The station will be at the end of one of the REM\u2019s four lines, with trains whisking airport passengers and workers from the suburban location to downtown Montreal in just over 20 minutes.<\/p>\n
Currently the public has increasingly had to struggle to get to the airport through heavily congested surrounding highway traffic<\/a>. A parking garage, being demolished and to be rebuilt, adds insult to injury.<\/p>\n The line will be the last REM segment to open.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Another unique aspect of the station is that unlike all the others on the REM, the airport administration, A\u00e9roports de Montr\u00e9al, oversees building it.<\/p>\n That\u2019s because of the project\u2019s distinct profile being in a \u201csensitive\u201d footprint where aircraft and ancillary vehicles and airport operations had to continue during the construction period. As well, the REM station will be a \u201csignature\u201d landmark as part of the airport campus as an introduction to the city.<\/p>\n This footprint necessitated the station\u2019s extreme depth so construction wouldn\u2019t interfere with aircraft movements, taxiways and runways.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s to make sure we have no disturbance on the ground level,\u201d project director Steeve Bouffard said. \u201cIt was decided to go very deep in the rock, which was 35 metres depth.\u201d<\/p>\n The train platforms descend a little further to 40 metres.<\/p>\n \u201cThat was one of the goals, to have seamless construction without any shutdown of operations,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd alternatively building around the airport would have cost more money.\u201d<\/p>\n The excavation took out material the equivalent of 53 Olympic size swimming pools.<\/p>\n Another reason for the construction\u2019s depth is the manner of excavation.<\/p>\n \u201cWe avoided using drill and blast, we used drill and mechanical rock-splitting,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Bouffard is a 30-year construction veteran who has worked largely in the mining and metals fields. But he also helped steer the massive $1.3 billion McGill University Health Centre near downtown Montreal, which was completed just over a decade ago.<\/p>\n At the airport station site, with no blast area, ground was broken at about one-and-a-half to two metres depth at a time. Excavation was completed in August 2023.<\/p>\n Since that time crews have been shoring up the open cut with rock anchors. There are 780 anchor bolts, 16 metres in length below the 40-metre base.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s holding the station at the bottom, otherwise the (ground) water pressure would have effectively made it float,\u201d Bouffard said.<\/p>\n When finished the station will have two sets of high-speed elevators for both platforms, rising or descending the equivalent of a 12-storey building.<\/p>\n The signature iceberg motif \u201cwas to reflect the Nordicity of Canada, Montreal also being a big city, we wanted to give a good experience for users,\u201d Bouffard said. \u201cWhen you get out on the platform you will see the iceberg from underneath.\u201d<\/p>\n There will also be skylights adding to the natural and fresh ambience.<\/p>\n The iceberg itself is 30 metres in height.<\/p>\n \u201cSo, it will give a huge impression like you are in the middle of the sea looking up at this iceberg,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n The overall colour scheme is black, white and gray.<\/p>\n The remaining work will comprise installing ancillary telecom, electrical, ventilation and finishes.<\/p>\n The two above-ground station floors also must be completed.<\/p>\n \u201cJust finishing all the elements will take some time,\u201d Bouffard said.<\/p>\n There also are numerous subcontractors working within a very confined space.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s really a challenge for us but we are confident we can reach the goal for next year.\u201d<\/p>\n The project has proceeded within budget.<\/p>\n Bouffard said he\u2019s \u201cvery proud\u201d to be part of the build.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is a really good signature for when you arrive in Montreal. As always, when you arrive in a new country the first element you see is the airport and the community surrounding it.\u201d<\/p>\n At its peak there were 170 workers per day on the site.<\/p>\n The architect is Jodoin Lamarre Pratte Architectes\/Saucier Perrotte Architectes and contactor Connect Cit\u00e9 (AECON and EBC).<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n [ad_2] [ad_1] The new REM (R\u00e9seau\u00a0express\u00a0m\u00e9tropolitain) light rail station at Montreal\u2019s Trudeau International Airport will have a striking signature iceberg design. … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1037],"tags":[357,295],"class_list":["post-35308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-commercial-news","tag-blog","tag-technology","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35308\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Shown](\"https:\/\/cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/RendusADM_Station1web.png\")
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