A major component of the design was a
new 300-metre-long breakwater. Because
of the poor soil conditions in the area that
were revealed during the borehole inves-
tigation, the design had to be altered. A
traditional armour stone breakwater was
constructed to a +1.5 metre elevation for
the main section of the breakwater. That
section was then finished with a wooden
crib component filled with ballast rock to
provide maximum protection at high tide
and have acceptable slope stability.
The East Coast is home to Canada’s only
Canaport liquefied natural gas (LNG) re-
gasification terminal.The hazard with build-
ing and housing a structure like this is the
large environmental footprint it leaves. In
addition to obtaining the environment per-
mits for the project, Fundy worked with the
community to identify and reduce these
impacts — an industrial project essentially
became a community project. The environ-
mental aspect of the project brought with
it some fairly unique operations.
“One of our overriding values is that we are serving our clients’ needs first. It’s
only a few words, but it means a lot to us.”
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