{"id":3072,"date":"2013-08-08T07:47:26","date_gmt":"2013-08-08T12:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vivanext.com\/blog\/?p=3072"},"modified":"2013-08-13T08:45:11","modified_gmt":"2013-08-13T13:45:11","slug":"countdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/2013\/08\/08\/countdown\/","title":{"rendered":"countdown"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As we get closer and closer to the time when the Highway 7 rapidway will be ready for service, our teams are working hard to finish all sorts of little details.\u00a0 With much of the construction complete, we\u2019re now focused on the final stages of completion and testing, and then getting ready for handover, when the system is officially turned over to York Region and YRT, the system owners and operators.<\/p>\n

Handover means just what it says \u2013 it\u2019s the moment in time when a system is handed over to the owner for care and custody.\u00a0 From that time going forward, a system \u2013 which until then has been the responsibility of the Contractor\/Design Builder \u2013 becomes the private property of the owner, and anyone needing access to do any additional work needs to get the permission from the owner for access.<\/p>\n

Because the formal handover is such a significant development, especially on a major infrastructure project like the vivaNext rapidway, it\u2019s important to ensure everything is in perfect working order. \u00a0The various steps involved in commissioning, which is the testing period that takes place before handover, vary depending on what is being handed over.\u00a0 For example, with the fare equipment, we make sure the ticket vending machine [TVM] prints properly.\u00a0 With the traffic signals, once they\u2019re programmed the permanent signals are turned on and each phase is tested individually, and all the push buttons are tested to make sure they work.<\/p>\n

Streetlights are inspected to ensure all the wiring is according to the drawings; that the bases are level, and the power connections are all correct.\u00a0 The teams go out at night to actually turn on the lights, to ensure all the lamps come on and nothing is flickering.\u00a0 Lighting is an important safety feature for both pedestrians and vehicles.<\/p>\n

Viva driver testing<\/a> is completed to make sure drivers know how to use the rapidway, its signals, and the stations.<\/p>\n

Every single detail is inspected through a visual walk-down and a list of the things that still need to be finished or perfected is created with items graded from most serious to least serious.<\/p>\n

Once handover takes place, legal ownership and responsibility is transferred to the owner, and the Contractor\/Design Builder\u2019s warranty period begins, just the way it happens when a homebuyer takes possession of a new house.<\/p>\n

Handover in this case means some elements of the rapidway, like the rapidway, stations, boulevards and planters, are transferred to the Region.\u00a0 Others, like the sidewalks and streetlights are transferred to the local municipality to maintain.<\/p>\n

Ultimately, everyone who has a stake in vivaNext wants to see it work as designed, to provide a reliable, efficient rapid transit system and beautiful streetscape.\u00a0 Because, at the end of the day, the ultimate owners are the people who are depending on it to work well: the public of York Region and we all want this to be a system to be proud of.<\/p>\n

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As we get closer and closer to the time when the Highway 7 rapidway will be ready for service, our teams are working hard to finish all sorts of little details.\u00a0 With much of the construction complete, we\u2019re now focused on the final stages of completion and testing, and then getting ready for handover, when […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[96,62,30,67,19],"tags":[39,18,943,27,350,114,47,14,34,61,11,939,6,7,70,9],"class_list":["post-3072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-construction","category-live-work-play","category-rapidways","category-stations","category-urban-planning","tag-bus-rapid-transit","tag-city-planning","tag-construction","tag-environmentally-friendly","tag-growth","tag-highway-7","tag-markham","tag-rapid-transit","tag-rapidway","tag-richmond-hill","tag-transit-only-lanes","tag-urban-planning","tag-viva","tag-vivanext","tag-vivastation","tag-york-region"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3072"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3072\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3076,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3072\/revisions\/3076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}