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Don Kennedy

Don Kennedy

Bridge Engineer

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Senior Bridge Engineer

  • Education

    • McMaster University

      1987 - 1989
      Master's degree Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

    • Lakehead University

      1982 - 1984
      B.Eng. Structural Engineering

  • Experience

    • Buckland & Taylor

      Oct 1984 - Jun 1986
      Bridge Engineer

      Bridge engineer, including detailed design of the Ladner Creek Bridge superstrucure (Coquihalla Highway), preliminary and detailed design of the Skytrain Bridge cable stayed bridge pylons, tie-down piers, cables, cable dampers and cable connections, design checks on river span foundations and cofferdams, seismic design of pylons and piers. Construction site supervision on Alex Fraser Bridge during erection phase, cable installation, cable inspections and repairs.

    • Klohn Crippen Berger

      Mar 1989 - Jul 1994
      Bridge and Structural Engineer

      Bridge planning and design, bridge rehabilitation, seismic retrofit and safety assessments of bridges, dams, and powerhouses. Projects included the Vancouver Island Highway route selection, preliminary and detailed design, Coquihalla Highway bridge designs, Oak Street Bridge rehabilitation and seismic retrofit, large-scale seismic testing of bridge piers as constructed and with retrofits, Skytrain Bridge cable-stayed bridge (steel alternative) detailed design, Alex Fraser Bridge construction monitoring, cable inspections and repairs, Cleveland Dam (concrete gravity dam) seismic retrofit, Seymour Falls Dam (buttress dam) seismic retrofit. Show less

    • Beca Carter Hollings and Ferner

      Sept 1994 - Aug 1997
      Senior Bridge Specialist

      Senior Bridge and Structural Engineer on major bridge rehabilitation and seismic retrofits, new bridges, highway system planning and design. Projects included the Auckland Harbour Bridge retrofit and strengthening, SkyCity structural design, SkyTower Design Review.

    • Associated Engineering

      Jan 2012 - Apr 2024

      Managed Bridge Engineering Group involved in highway, railway, resource, and pedestrian bridges. Our Bridge Groups have approximately 40 engineers and technologists in Burnaby, British Columbia. our projects were located in Canada, the USA, Central and South America, Bermuda, Jamaica, and the Middle East. Provides technical, management, strategic, business development and engineering practice leadership to our offices across Canada.

      • Manager, Bridge Engineering

        Jan 2005 - Apr 2024

      • National Practice Leader, Transportation Structures

        Jan 2012 - Jan 2013

    • Associated Engineering

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      Technical leadership, project partnerships, business development, recruitment, proposal strategy, proposal writing, specialist reviews

      • Senior Bridge Engineer

        Jun 2022 - now

      • Vice President, Transportation Structures

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  • Licenses & Certifications

    • P.Eng. (B.C., Ontario)

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Don Kennedy
      R.A. McLachlin Memorial Award Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia Oct 2019 The R.A. McLachlan Memorial Award is the premier engineering award for the association of Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia (EGBC). Award winners have made significant technical and leadership contributions to professional engineering and have demonstrated substantial professional service and community service. Don received this award in October of 2019 for his contributions as a seismic specialist since the late 1980’s in the design, rehabilitation and seismic retrofit… Show more The R.A. McLachlan Memorial Award is the premier engineering award for the association of Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia (EGBC). Award winners have made significant technical and leadership contributions to professional engineering and have demonstrated substantial professional service and community service. Don received this award in October of 2019 for his contributions as a seismic specialist since the late 1980’s in the design, rehabilitation and seismic retrofit of bridge and transportation structures in Canada and abroad. He played a pivotal role in Canada’s development and formal adoption of performance-based seismic design methods and codes in the 2014 Canadian Highways Bridge Design Code and as a leader in the development of the Ministry and Transportation and Infrastructure seismic criteria through the 1990’s and their supplement to the CHBDC. Over his three-decade long career, he has worked on seismic rehabilitation projects throughout BC, improving community seismic resilience. He has provided seismic leadership in design for the seismic rehabilitation of many major bridges and fixed links crossing in the Lower Mainland, a densely populated area of high seismic risk. Major projects include the Granville Street, Oak Street, Knight Street, Cambie Street, and Mission Bridges, as well as the Auckland Harbour Bridge in New Zealand. He has reviewed and peer reviewed other retrofit projects including the Burrard, Ironworker’s Memorial Second Narrows, Port Mann (original tied arch), George Massey Tunnel, Agassi-Rosedale and many other bridges. Show less
    • Awarded to Don Kennedy
      ACI Awards of Excellence 2015, Repair and Restoration American Concrete Institute Nov 2015 Column jackets for confinement of rectangular bridge columns have typically used elliptical steel shells filled with grout. Reinforced concrete jackets have also been used, but both approaches produce thick, bulky and costly jackets. This is particularly so on large rectangular columns such as used on the Mission Bridge. UHPFRC gave us a new material with the stiffness and tensile strength needed to design a much thinner jacket. This bridge and site are simply beautiful, and the original… Show more Column jackets for confinement of rectangular bridge columns have typically used elliptical steel shells filled with grout. Reinforced concrete jackets have also been used, but both approaches produce thick, bulky and costly jackets. This is particularly so on large rectangular columns such as used on the Mission Bridge. UHPFRC gave us a new material with the stiffness and tensile strength needed to design a much thinner jacket. This bridge and site are simply beautiful, and the original designer, Knud Manniche of CBA Engineering, paid great attention to the aesthetics of the bridge, as well as to it's structural form. We wanted to respect the site and Knud's original design, as we had done on our previous retrofits of this bridge, without sacrificing seismic reliability. UHPFRC gave us a new approach to a longstanding challenge of confining large bridge piers. We believe that with testing and future design, UHPFRC column jackets can be further optimized, and may allow engineers to introduce a new retrofit design paradigm to the seismic retrofit of very large columns.https://www.concrete.org/aboutaci/honorsandawards/awards/projectawards/pastwinners.aspxhttp://www.architectmagazine.com/project-gallery/mission-bridge-seismic-retrofit_o Show less

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Leader

      Issued by Scouts Canada on Sept 2004
      Scouts CanadaAssociated with Don Kennedy