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| I don’t know about you, but I’m not a big fan of cold weather, especially in April. If you live in the northern part of the United States, chances are that as I am writing this, you’ve experienced snow in the last few days. Yes, in April.
There are some parts of the world where cold is an everyday reality. A project that took place in such cold is the cover story of this month’s PM Network®. The Arctic region is one of increasing economic importance, as oil and gas development start to ramp up. The only way to get supplies to the Canadian Arctic port of Tuktoyaktuk (aside from flying) was via an ice road only open four months per year.
The Canadian government has had a permanent road in mind for 50 years. Recently, the 137-kilometer road linking the Arctic with Inuvik, Northwest Territories, was completed. Challenges for the project team were many: equipment had to run 24 hours a day because of the cold; the road had to be built without destroying the natural landscape that is the cultural heritage of indigenous communities; the impact on wildlife had to be taken into account; and the road couldn’t damage the permafrost, lest it become a boggy mess each spring. Early thaws of the permafrost forced the project team to cut eight weeks from the four-year project timeline.
The project should reduce the cost of living for Tuktoyaktuk residents and save the government the annual cost of building and maintaining a winter road. The government will monitor environmental impacts to help it optimize future infrastructure projects in the Arctic.
Have you been involved in projects taking place in extreme climates? Please let us know in the comments.
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