The contractor consortium led by SNC-Lavalin Group that is building the $3.1-billion Champlain Bridge in Montreal is in talks with federal officials in a bid to ease steep contract penalties triggered by the team’s recent announcement that it won’t meet the project’s long-awaited Dec. 21 deadline.
Signature on the St. Lawrence (SSL) announced Oct. 25 that it now is pushing to deliver the project no later than next June.