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Originally Posted by Muta
I told you guys it'll be an open competition.
Anybody who wants to respond to the RFP can when it comes out. If people think they know how to better design a bridge, and know how to make a bridge better than Calatrava and for less money, then have at 'er.
Although, if the location of the Calatrava bridge got people all up in arms because of it's location to other pedestrian bridges, wait until they hear where the new one supposedly going to be.
This should be interesting to watch.
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You think the next bridge's location will be more controversial? I actually don't think so. It's at the tip of St. George's Island connecting East Village toward Bridgeland, both communities that can expect pretty large population increases in the next few decades. There isn't any good pedestrian or cycling access across the Bow River anywhere near there. Even Rick Bell recognized that the rickety little wood suspension style bridge is inadequate (an only connects over to St. George's Island).
As for the competition, I wonder how it will work. Typically they will send out a request for qualifications and from that large list of applicants will create a short list, providing a stipend of say $50,000 to come up with a design concept. This is how the Cantos Competition is being carried out.
Or, it could be a wide open competition with any firm submitting a design concept and those designs being shortlisted for further refinement.