A co-founder and principal of North Vancouver engineering firm Buckland and Taylor Limited will be among the 45 recipients of the Order of Canada this year.
Governor General Michaelle Jean will name Peter Taylor to the Order of Canada on Friday.
He is being recognized as an expert on cable-supported and other large bridges who is responsible for a number of innovative developments in his field after having designed some of the world’s longest cable-stayed and conveyor bridges.
Founded in 1972, the company has been involved in some of the most challenging bridge projects in the world including the Stonecutters Bridge in Hong Kong, the Rama 8 Bridge in Bangkok, Thailand, the Rion Antirion Bridge in Greece and the Confederation Bridge in Prince Edward Island.
The company has been involved in the design and engineering of many of B.C.’s key bridges, including the Alex Fraser Bridge, the Skytrain bridge between New Westminster and Surrey, the Expo Line Skytrain guideway and the Golden Ears Bridge between Langley and Maple Ridge. Since 1972, it has been involved in all significant upgrades to the Lions Gate Bridge.
The company has consistently ranked as one of the largest engineering firms in B.C with more than 60 staff in offices in Vancouver and Seattle.
Other British Columbians being recognized on Friday include Cornelia Hahn Oberlander, one of the world’s leading landscape architects, ecologist Stanley ‘Buzz’ Holling, ethno-botanist Nancy Turner, author and art curator Ian Thom and senior energy policy bureaucrat Roland Priddle.