Kicking Horse Canyon – Phase 4

The Kicking Horse Canyon Phase 4 project successfully realigned and widened roughly 4.8 km of the Trans‑Canada Highway through one of BC’s most challenging canyon sections. Completed in mid‑2024, this significant phase replaced winding two‑lane stretches with a four‑lane, 100 km/h divided highway, added median barriers and wider shoulders for cyclists, realigned 13 curves, and introduced new bridges, viaducts, wildlife crossings, avalanche‑mitigation structures, rock‑fall catchments, and fencing—substantially improving safety, mobility, and resilience.

Charter served as a key advisor to the Owner, providing independent cost estimating, constructability analysis, schedule validation, and technical review services. Our team supported the planning and procurement of this complex highway upgrade through one of BC’s most challenging mountain corridors. By identifying construction risks, staging constraints, and critical cost drivers early in the process. Charter’s success on the project was underscored by the accuracy of our cost estimating—our independent construction estimate was within <5% of the successful market bids—demonstrating the reliability and rigour of our analysis in a highly constrained and technically challenging environment.