Harbourside Engineering Consultants of Dartmouth, N.S. was so certain that the company had devised a superior concept for the Indian Sluice Bridge replacement project in Yarmouth, N.S. that its engineers worked with client Dexter Construction to submit an alternate design for the new structure.
The new Indian Sluice Bridge is a three span, twin trapezoidal steel box girder bridge spanning over Indian Sluice Bay that replaces a century-old, deteriorated structure connecting the mainland to Surette’s Island in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. During preliminary designs, Harbourside identified significant concerns regarding the constructability of the parent design and completed a value engineering alternate design during the tender period. The new bridge was opened to traffic in June of 2014, nearly four months ahead of the original schedule.
