2025 Lieutenant Governor’s Excellence in Engineering Award Recipient
Apr 9, 2025 12:00 AM
2025 Lieutenant Governor’s Excellence in Engineering Award Recipient:
DEXTER NOVA ALLIANCE TEAM
Dexter Construction / Nova Construction / WSP / Harbourside Engineering Group
& Owner Nova Scotia Department of Public Works
Project: The Highway 104 Twinning Project.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Halifax, Nova Scotia, April 9, 2025
The Engineers Nova Scotia Jury Panel for the prestigious 2025 Lieutenant Governor’s Award is honoured to announce this year’s successful submission for Excellence in Engineering, is Dexter Nova Alliance, for the Highway 104 Twinning Project.
The $717.9 million project from Sutherlands River to Antigonish, Nova Scotia included 28 kilometres of new two-lane twinned highway and 10 kilometres of new four-lane twinned highway. There are two new interchanges, and a total of 19 new bridge structures along the route. Dexter Nova Alliance also upgraded the existing section of highway, which included repaving the entire section of old road coupled with the replacement of 10 existing bridges.
“It is a legacy project that all Nova Scotians can benefit from now and for future generations.”
“We celebrate this award and recognition with the owners, Nova Scotia Department of Public Works, as a successful conclusion of this Public-Private Partnership (P3) design-build project. The Highway 104 Twinning Project required not only world class technical abilities and experience, but also careful coordination between multiple engineering and construction disciplines. This truly was a project built for Nova Scotians, by Nova Scotians and will ensure economic, social, safety and environmental benefits for all residents and visitors to the province.” Dexter Nova Alliance
The Honourable, Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia, Mike Savage will present the award in a closed ceremony at Government House on Tuesday, May 13, 2025.
Video/Images credit: Dexter Nova Alliance History | Highway 104 Twinning
About the Award
The Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Excellence in Engineering is named in recognition of J.J. Kinley, P.Eng., the first and only Engineers Nova Scotia registrant to hold the title of Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Nova Scotia and the first professional engineer to hold the position of Lieutenant Governor of any Province in Canada. The award is given annually to a team, company, government department or consortium of professional engineers, who through original achievement or creative accomplishment in the application of engineering principles, demonstrates a high quality of professional engineering standards.
About Engineers Nova Scotia
Engineers Nova Scotia is the licensing and regulatory body for the 9000+ professional engineers and engineers-in-training in Nova Scotia. Our mission is to serve and protect the public interest, advance and promote the value and proficiency of the engineering profession, and support members in their professional practice.