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Harbourside is constantly growing, changing and innovating. Whether we are developing a new geotechnical process for a client, or welcoming someone new to our team, there’s always something new happening in one of our offices. Follow us on social media for even more news and updates from across the Maritimes.
Toronto’s Port Lands opens to the public
The Globe and Mail — This is a historic moment. The Toronto Port Lands project was one of the largest in terms of re-naturalization of an industrialized landscape, and in terms of flood prevention.
2025 Annual Harbourside Retreat
Every year, Harbourside thanks it’s amazing engineers and staff with an annual retreat. This year, we celebrated our team, and our families at the Mill River Resort.
Dexter Nova Alliance Honored with the Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Excellence in Engineering
Dexter Nova Alliance Team, which is made up of Dexter Construction, Nova Construction, WSP, Harbourside Engineering Group and the Department of Public Works has received the 2025 Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Excellence in Engineering.
‘Unique’ heavy bridge transports key to Toronto’s revamped waterfront
Article by Heavy Lift: Toronto’s long-running waterfront transformation has reached a defining milestone with the opening of the Port Lands redevelopment, a project that owes much to a complex series of heavy transport operations involving four major bridge structures.
The journey behind the Port Lands bridges
he four new bridges at the Port Lands in Toronto were an engineering feat and all were installed using different methods and techniques. The bridges are part of the Port Lands Flood Protection Project, led by Waterfront Toronto, which created a new mouth for the Don River in the middle of the Port Lands between the Ship Channel and the Keating Channel, as well as the foundations of a new urban island, Villiers Island.
Second phase of Hwy 104 twinning now complete
The twinning project began with the construction of the two South River crossings — steel box girder designs, each on three piers. General contractor was Nova Construction Co. Ltd. of Antigonish and Harbourside Engineering was the designer.
Steel bridge detour saves time in Shubenacadie
"If you’re building a bridge across the Shubenacadie, you want to avoid interaction with the river in the summer and the heavy icy flows in winter," says Kyle Boudreau, structural engineer with Harbourside Engineering Consultants (HEC) which has its head office in Dartmouth.

