F
or nearly a century, Graham Construction has contributed
to the construction industry’s biggest and most innova-
tive projects—in fact, the company’s inaugural project
was no less than building railway stations for the Canadian Pacific
Railway. Today, Graham is a multi-billion dollar company with
a roster of industrial, building, and infrastructure projects that
have shaped Canadian communities and contributed to the
quality of life for millions.
In 2018, Graham added to this prolific legacy through partic-
ipation in a railway station of another kind, the Metrotown
Station and Exchange Upgrade project in Vancouver. Orig-
inally built in 1986, the station now serves 50,000 trips
daily, and the bus exchange over 25,000, well beyond its
original capacity.
TransLink (the authority responsible for the regional
transportation network of Metro Vancouver) chose
Graham for the $49.4 million contract that would
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