Kyle Boudreau
Kyle Boudreau P.Eng.
Partner, Senior Structural Engineer
Primary Office: Stoney Creek, Ontario
Mr. Boudreau is a Structural Engineer with over 16 years of progressive experience in providing consulting structural engineering services for a wide variety of projects. These projects include the design of new and the assessment / rehabilitation of existing; bridge structures, marine structures, industrial facilities, offshore oil and gas structures, buildings, retaining walls, and temporary works to facilitate construction and demolition. Mr. Boudreau’s responsibilities include, but are not limited to: project management, preliminary and detailed structural analysis and design, preparation of technical specifications and construction cost estimates, preparation of technical design reports, field investigations and inspections, and quality verification engineering.
Kyle’s Projects
Harbourside Engineering is acting as the specialist bridge erection engineer for the Don Valley Parkway Bridge. In addition, Harbourside was also responsible for the Lower Don Enabling Works, and quality verification engineering (both structural and geotechnical).
The original Bay of Quinte Skyway Bridge was constructed in 1967. Though it had received some rehabilitation work in the 90s, it had been nearly 30 years since its last major maintenance project. Harbourside was hired to develop and design the erection sequence, erection methods, and temporary works. Early in its development, this project would earn the 2019 CISC Award of Merit in the category of Bridges.
The original Victoria Bridge, serving as the main connection between Old South and downtown London via Ridout street over the Thames River in Ontario, needed replacement. E.S. Fox Limited (ESF) was awarded the construction project and engaged Harbourside to provide erection and construction engineering services. The replacement of the bridge involved the removal of the two-span bridge and the construction of a twin-rib arch supporting structure along Ridout Street South. In 2024, the Victoria Bridge won the CISC steel design award for engineering excellence in Ontario.
In 2019, Harbourside Engineering was contracted by Capitol Steel, working for the Ministry of Transportation Ontario. The contract was to provide erection and construction engineering services for the replacement of the Bayfield River Bridge. The project involved the removal of the previous two-span steel deck truss, built in 1949, and the construction of a twin-rib cable-supported freestanding steel arch bridge along Highway 21.
In early 2018, Harbourside was approached by the Hamilton Waterfront Trust (HWT), to complete structural engineering design work for upgrades to the existing Hamilton Waterfront Piers 5, 6 & 7. For the majority of the near 1 km of marine wall to be rehabilitated, steel sheets were to be embedded into the existing clays with a tie & waler system for support at the top.
When the former Groundhog River Bridge, a vital piece of infrastructure on the Trans-Canada Highway in Fauquier, Ontario, approached the end of its service life, Harbourside was contracted in 2021 by Facca Incorporated to provide alternative options for demolition. Harbourside proposed a de-launch methodology that allowed for de-launch of the bridge superstructure on the approaches. Harbourside conducted a full analysis of the bridge during all phases of the demolition, as well as a full floating stability analysis for the barges supporting the bridge.
Dufferin Construction was awarded a design-build contract for the design and construction of two pedestrian bridges in Ontario, providing a link between Stanley Park and the Western area of Fort York grounds. ES Fox was subsequently awarded the contract for the bridge steel superstructure erections, retaining Harbourside to complete the erection engineering. Construction began in 2015 and was completed in 2019, and Harbourside was awarded the Award for Excellence in Bridge Projects from the Canadian Institute of Steel Construction.
The 2018 Bridge Rehabilitation Program included the full rehabilitation of two, three-span, concrete rigid arch bridges and three concrete box culverts in the Municipality of Meaford, ON. Harbourside conducted detailed analysis of the structures, oversaw repairs and construction, and worked with environmental representatives to preserve Barn Swallow nesting conditions.
The Burgoyne bridge is one of three crossings that span Twelve Mile Creek. It is an important transportation artery for the Niagara area, Ontario. By 2010, it was recommended that the bridge be replaced, and Harbourside was contacted by Pomerleau and Structal as a subconsultant to handle construction phasing and unique launch and design approaches, which began in 2014. After completion in 2016, Harbourside was awarded the Award of Excellence at the Canadian Consulting Engineering Awards Gala for the project in 2017.
The Shubenacadie River Bridges were in poor condition, so Harbourside Engineering Consultants produced detailed design and construction phasing drawings for the Nova Scotia Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal. The project included a full assessment of the existing structures, and the resulting report presented three options to address the problems with the structures. Harbourside undertook the complete erection package for the replacement superstructures, the complete demolition design of the existing superstructures, and the detailed construction phasing.
The Vimy Memorial Bridge (formerly the Strandherd Armstrong Bridge) is a multiple space-truss arch bridge that spans across the Rideau River in Ontario. The design of the bridge was completed by Parsons, while the general contractor for the project was Horseshoe Hill Construction. Harbourside Engineering Consultants provided the erection engineering for the project, completing the structure in July of 2014. The innovative design and erection method, designed by Harbourside, won the 2014 Engineers Nova Scotia Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Excellence in Engineering.
The Little Bras D’Or bridge acts as the only non-load related link to the Newfoundland ferry in North Sydney, Nova Scotia, and was slated for replacement in 2010. Following the development of the Little Bras D’Or Cofferdam and Trestle, Harbourside was involved with the replacement of the existing bridge structure. The bridge, located on Highway 105 in Cape Breton County, is a two span twin trapezoidal steel box girder bridge spanning over St. Andrew’s Channel, and it is integral to keep Newfoundland and Nova Scotia connected.
Awards and Recognition
News and Updates
Workers have reached another construction milestone on the Ontario Line project with the completion of the main arch for the Lower Don Bridge, a structure that will eventually carry subway trains over the Don River and Don Valley Parkway in Toronto’s east end. Harbourside Engineering have been acting as the erection engineering specialists on this incredible project
Sections of the DVP and Gardiner were closed from Friday, Jan. 30, at 11 p.m. to Monday, Feb. 2, at 5 a.m. to accommodate critical construction work for the new Lower Don Bridge that will carry Ontario Line trains across the Don River and adjacent highway lanes.
Construction will reach a milestone this weekend on the Lower Don Crossing, a new bridge for Ontario line 3 that is set to be slid into its permanent position over the river and the Don Valley Parkway. Harbourside Engineering has been acting as the erection engineering specialist on this monumental project.
Major construction has started on the new Lower Don Bridge that will carry Ontario Line trains across the Don River between the Corktown and Riverside communities. Harbourside Engineering has been acting as the specialist bridge engineer for this major project.
PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY — The Ontario government has completed major improvements to the Bay of Quinte Skyway Bridge that serves as an important connection to Highway 401 for communities in Prince Edward County and hundreds of thousands of tourists who visit wine country every year.
"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.
