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.
Carter’s Point Wharf 410 Reconstruction
Carters Point Wharf was an existing creosote timber crib structure that was deteriorated and require replacement. Harbourside Engineering was hired by DFO Small Craft Harbours to design the demolition and reconstruction work.
Pointe-Sapin Shore Protection
Structures at the Pointe-Sapin wharf were deteriorated and required repairs or replacement to ensure safe passage and use of this harbour. Harbourside was hired by DFO SCH to develop a tender package to rehabilitate and extend the life of these structures, while protecting the ecologically sensitive areas around the harbour.
Highway 102/107 Overpass
Harbourside Engineering provided the preliminary and detailed structural bridge and geotechnical design services for the highway 102 / Highway 107 overpass. This project was awarded the 2025 CISC Award for Excellence in Bridge Design.
Ocho Rios Berth 2 Rehabilitation
Harbourside was hired by the Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ) to perform a condition assessment of the existing Berth 2 at the Ocho Rios Cruise Terminal in Jamaica. The berth was damaged by a cruise vessel in February 2024.
Barrack Point Potash Terminal Facility Condition Assessment
Harbourside was engaged by the Port of Saint John to assess the Barrack Point Potash Terminal Facility’s infrastructure at the Port in Saint John, New Brunswick. The purpose of this investigation was to evaluate the condition of the structures throughout the facility and estimate their remaining service life.
Georgetown Harbour Planning & Reconstruction
Harbourside Engineering Consultants was hired by DFO Small Craft Harbours to design a replacement structure for half of the Georgetown pier and a new containment cell to place all the excavated sediments form under the structure footprint. The project’s design phase was complete in 2018, and construction was completed in 2024.
Petit Cap Wharf Reconstruction and Expansion
Small craft harbours are the heart of the Maritimes. In 2021, Harbourside was hired by DFO Small Craft Harbours through a Standing Offer to develop two separate tender packages. These were created in order to design and replace the existing marginal wharf structure for the Petit-Cap Harbour, New Brunswick.
Port Lands Flood Protection and Redevelopment
Harbourside was retained to provide Erection and Fabrication Engineering and Quality Verification Engineering services. This was for the fabrication, transportation and erection of the steel arch Port Lands bridges. These would be transported by barge from Halifax, all the way to Toronto!
Victoria Bridge Erection
The original Victoria bridge was a two-span structure, built in in 1926. It served as the main arterial connection, connecting Old South and downtown London via Ridout street over the Thames River. After nearly a century of use, the bridge was in need of replacement. The new structure had to include features that would benefit active transportation and consider the effects of climate change and flooding.
Botsford Launching Ramp Replacement
Botsford wharf is a fisheries harbour located in Murray Corner, New Brunswick. Harbourside Engineering Consultants was hired by DFO Small Craft Harbours to design a replacement for the existing launching ramp which was deteriorated and considered unsafe for use.
Little Harbour (L’Ardoise) Reconstruction
Little Harbour (L’Ardoise) is in Richmond County, NS. This core fishing harbour generally serves up to 25 commercial fishing vessels. Harbourside has provided engineering design and construction services for a number of projects in this harbour, but this project was focused on reconstruction of the Berlin-wall marginal wharf, on the west side of the harbour.
Hampton Structures 404 & 603 Reconstruction
Hampton Harbour is a small craft harbour used primarily for commercial fishing vessels. The wharves were in overall poor condition, and the timber retaining structures appeared to have failed. Harbourside was hired by DFO Small Craft Harbours to design the reconstructed structures.
Old Champlain Bridge Deconstruction
The Old Champlain Bridge, joining Brossard to Montréal, Quebec, was open to vehicular traffic from 1962 to 2019. The bridge contained six travel lanes and was the busiest vehicular bridge in Canada upon its closure in 2019. At this point, it was replaced by a new cable stayed bridge. The bridge was replaced due to ongoing structural deterioration, that was deemed economically unmanageable to maintain.
Highway 104 Twinning (Part 3)
Working as part of the Dexter Nova Alliance (DNA), Harbourside Engineering Group completed the design of all bridge structures, including inspection, rehabilitation, and replacement; geotechnical engineering design, soil testing, foundation testing, and inspection; and alignment and interchange designs.
Feltzen South EII Reconstruction
Feltzen South wharf is in Lunenburg County, on the Atlantic Ocean. This wharf operates year-round and is primarily used by fishermen. Harbourside Engineering Consultants was hired by Public Works to design a replacement structure for the outer ell wharf.
Saint-Édouard-De-Kent Containment Cell
Due to environmental requirements, a new containment cell for dredge spoils was needed at the Saint-Édouard-de-Kent Harbour in Kent County, New Brunswick. Public Services and Procurement and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Small Craft Harbours, retained Harbourside Engineering for this project in 2021.
Groundhog River Bridge Demolition
The former Groundhog River Bridge, at 80 years old, was approaching the end of its service life. In 2021, Harbourside was contracted by Facca Incorporated to provide alternative options for demolition of two such structures that spanned the Groundhog River waterway.
Peggy’s Cove Infrastructure Improvements
Peggy’s Cove is one of Nova Scotia’s most iconic tourist attractions, drawing approximately 700,000 visitors annually. In recent years, the popularity of Peggy’s Cove has created issues in relation to crowds, traffic, servicing, and vehicular and pedestrian infrastructure. To address this, Develop Nova Scotia commissioned the Peggy’s Cove Master Plan…
Halifax Harbour Bridges : Annual Inspections
Halifax Harbour Bridges (HHB) owns and operates two long span suspension toll bridges, the Angus L. Macdonald Bridge and the A. Murray MacKay Bridge. Harbourside Engineering Consultants has completed annual structural inspections of both suspension bridge structures, along with a variety of ancillary bridge (multi span steel box girder, rigid frame, multi-span voided post tensioned concrete slabs) and retaining structures (cast-in-place cantilever, bin-wall) from 2010 to present.
Port of Charlottetown Cruise Berth Expansion
Amongst many marine projects successfully completed by the team over the past 5 years, the work at the Port Charlottetown is arguably the most well rounded civil marine project that showcases the team’s exceptional experience in assessment, design, project management, and construction of marine works.