About the Project
The Ontario Line will be a 15.6-kilometre subway line that will make it faster and easier to travel within Toronto and beyond.
The line will bring 15 new stations to the city and will run from Exhibition Place, through the heart of downtown, all the way to the Ontario Science Centre. It will give people more time back in their days, with a trip from one end to the other taking less than 30 minutes, compared to the 70 minutes it takes on transit today. There will also be significant relief from crowding throughout the existing transit network thanks to connections to more than 40 other travel options along the way, including the TTC’s Line 1 and Line 2, three GO Transit rail lines, and the Eglinton Crosstown LRT.
Project Highlights
Number of stations: 15
Connections to other transit options: 40+
Route length: 15.6 km
PM ERA’s Assignment
Client: Metrolinx
Assignment:
Provide scheduling for Ontario Line with three major P3 contracts.
Analyze, design, implement and handover dashboards for
Permit management
Property acquisition
Submittal management
Agreements
Tools used: Primavera P6, Tilos, Excel, Power BI
PM ERA conducted the constructability review and prepared schedules based on the different tunnelling options (twin-bore, single-bore bore and mega-bore).
The dashboards designed and built by PM ERA were all tailor-made to suit different levels, from operators to executives.
These dashboards collected data from various sources and integrated data of this project with other projects at the subways program level. The data were then transformed and analyzed in the dashboards to visualize the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that were developed in conjunction with the subject matter experts in Metrolinx. The KPIs facilitated smooth project delivery and pinpointed the bottlenecks and the areas for improvement.
Dashboard users could easily get to the info using a safe link sent to their work Microsoft account. They could access the dashboard from any device using a web browser, viewing data based on their individual access level.
The dashboards had slicers that allowed users to drill down to the specific information they wanted with just a few clicks.
Metrolinx has benefited from the dashboards by saving on resources required for the manual generation of regular reports.
Permit Dashboard
PM ERA studied the PLA process through various techniques such as interviews, document reviews, research, etc. and introduced a harmonized tracking system that was implemented throughout the agreements with different parties, from the technical advisors to subcontractors. Regular data updates collected from approximately 28 parties through the so-called tracking system were then analyzed, consolidated and integrated with other project-related data into the Permit Dashboard.
The provision of the Building Transit Faster Act (BTFA) was foreseen in the permit dashboard – in case an escalation was needed for the issuance of any permit.
By analyzing the previous records of various permit types, the dashboard provided a basis for future agreements with the authorities having jurisdiction.
Property Dashboard
PM ERA supported the enhancement of Metrolnix’s property acquisition management databases and integration of the data from the pre-acquisition and acquisition phases. The Property dashboard collected, integrated, and analyzed the data from huge databases that recorded every revision of different acquisition types throughout the entire process’s life cycle.
Submittal Management Dashboard
The submittals dashboard allowed users to effectively track the status of document submissions to various parties.
Agreement Dashboard
The agreement dashboard provided a visual representation of the status of Metrolinx agreements with external organizations. This allowed users to readily identify agreements that carried higher risks for Metrolinx projects due to potential delays occurring at any stage, spanning from negotiations through execution to completion.
Added Value
– PM ERA brought its professional knowledge and experience from the previous similar projects such as TYSSE (Toronto-York-Spadina Subway Extension) and ECLRT (Eglinton Crosstown LRT)
– Saving resources and time in generating regular reports
– Integrated data from different data sources into a user-friendly dashboard
– Enhanced accessibility to information
– Enhanced security of information (secured online report vs pdf files/paper reports)
– Red flags and highlighted bottlenecks
