Our Projects
Raising the Bar at Every Turn
Engineering Design and Innovation
Every project that Harbourside undertakes is backed by our commitment to engineering excellence. Our work is characterized by thorough communication and comprehensive design. We see the whole picture. At every step, Harbourside redefines the meaning of quality engineering. With seasoned professionals from every sector of the industry, we are able to solve even the most technically challenging projects. Both throughout Atlantic Canada, and on the international stage, our work has been recognized by highest supervising bodies. The award-winning projects below are a testament to the calibre of the engineering performed at Harbourside.
Paradise Intermediate School Roundabout Design
Harbourside provided the detailed design of the new roundabout on McNamara Drive for the Paradise Intermediate School in Newfoundland. The work included upgrades to the intersection and the access road, and servicing to the new school in the form of water main installation, storm water collection and conveyance, and wastewater collection. Harbourside created the detailed design of single lane roundabout at the intersection of McNamara Drive and new access road, with the provision of expansion to a multi lane roundabout for the future.
Team Gushue Highway Interchange Study
Harbourside Transportation Consultants was retained by the Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Transportation and Works to complete a detailed traffic analysis on the Team Gushue Highway and the existing Pitts Memorial Drive and Robert E. Howlett Memorial Drive interchange. Work began with a review of past transportation planning documents, models, and traffic studies followed by stakeholder consultations to identify regional growth and development projections. The end goal was to develop alternatives for connecting these and ancillary roadways.
Galway Road Network Design
Harbourside Transportation Consultants was hired in 2015 to provide the consulting design services for the creation of three multi-lane roundabouts in the Galway development of St. John’s, Newfoundland. The developer, two municipalities, the Provincial Department of Transportation, and a municipal services consultant all had to be kept apprised of the development. The Galway development is now accessible through its Mount Pearl connection, improving transportation throughout the city.
City of Corner Brook Traffic Signal Systems
The City of Corner Brook, Newfoundland, retained Harbourside Transportation Consultants in November of 2017 to complete a comprehensive evaluation of the city’s traffic signal systems. The systems consisted of fifteen signalized intersections and five signalized pedestrian crossings. The goal of the study was to document existing conditions at each traffic signal system and to recommend upgrades as required. This helped inform the city on next steps for modernizing roadways and improving accessibility throughout the city.
Karwood Market Area Traffic Study
Harbourside Transportation Consultants was engaged by the Town of Paradise, Newfoundland, to prepare a Traffic Study determining required road network improvements for the Karwood Market and Octagon Pond development areas over both a five-year and ten-year planning period. Harbourside’s scope of work included information gathering and data collection, trip generation and distribution, existing capacity analysis, conceptualizing the road network and improvements, future capacity analysis, and active transportation considerations.
Portugal Cove – St. Philip’s Street Classification
Harbourside Transportation Consultants conducted a comprehensive traffic and roadway study in Portugal Cove, St. Philip’s, Newfoundland. The goal was to have Harbourside re-classify streets as necessary and create a new town map to illustrate the street reclassifications. The reclassification of streets in Portugal Cove, together with the previous traffic study and traffic calming policy, represents a modernization of the town’s transportation infrastructure.
Town of Portugal Cove – St. Philips Traffic Calming Policy
Harbourside was brought on as transportation engineers in 2016 to address traffic and pedestrian safety issues within the Town of Portugal Cove, St. Philips, Newfoundland. We developed a Traffic Calming Policy with the goal of assisting the Town of Portugal staff in managing traffic calming requests and addressing vehicular and pedestrian safety in a consistent manner. The proper application of the Traffic Calming Policy by town staff ensures that transportation throughout Portugal Cove is safer and more reliable.
Shannon Park Development Traffic Study
Harbourside Transportation Consultants was retained by the Canada Lands Company (CLC) in 2016 to prepare a traffic study for the redevelopment of Shannon Park in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Initial meetings took place with the CLC and the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) to confirm the scope of work, and Harbourside reviewed the base information and gathered traffic counts at eight intersections in the study area. We developed a series of recommendations for improvements to accommodate the redevelopment.
Mount Pearl Integrated Transportation Study Phase 1B
One year following Phase 1A, the City of Mount Pearl engaged Harbourside Transportation Consultants to complete the second phase of the Integrated Transportation Study, with a goal of examining the immediate and long-term transportation infrastructure needs in and around the city. Phase 1B was intended to collect and update the information that would be required to complete the Integrated Transportation Plan, and all data points had to be easily interpreted by others.
Route 2 Traffic Study
Harbourside Transportation Consultants was retained in 2015 by the Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Transportation and Works (NLDTW) to study the potential impacts of a new interchange being proposed on Route 2, between the Route 1/Route 2 cloverleaf interchange and the Fowler’s Road interchange. Trips generation rates were developed by Harbourside for the years 2020 and 2030 and entered as new zones in the City of St. John’s 2025 VISUM models, which was used to distribute the traffic associated with the growth scenarios.

