PETER R. TAYLOR,
PhD., P.Eng., PE

Peter Taylor started his career in 1965 at Dominion Bridge Co., Canada's largest steel fabricator and erector. During this period he was seconded to a consulting firm to head the design team for the Papineau Cable-stayed Bridge in Montreal. He returned to Dominion Bridge to be project engineer for the construction of the bridge, thus having designed and built the longest span cable-stayed bridge in North America from 1971 to 1977. He joined the Burrard Inlet Crossing team as the earthquake and dynamics expert, and in 1972 co-founded Buckland & Taylor Ltd.

Since then, Peter Taylor has become a renowned expert on cable-stayed and other large bridges. He was Designer of Record of the award-winning Alex Fraser Bridge, the world's longest span cable-stayed bridge from 1986-1991. More important than size, it set a new trend in cable-stayed bridges with composite steel girders and concrete deck, and other innovations. It was the longest cable-stayed bridge in the Americas until the Cooper River Bridge opened in July 2005. Dr. Taylor was in charge of bid design and check of final design for the Design/Build Contractor for Cooper River Bridge.

He gave expert advice to the Design/Build Contractor of the Second Severn Cable-Stayed Bridge in the U.K., and the Design/Build Contractor of the Ting Kau Cable-Stayed Bridge in Hong Kong. He also headed the construction engineering team for the Cooper River Cable-stayed Bridge, SC, William Natcher Cable-stayed Bridge, KY and seven other cable-stayed bridges.

Other notable projects include the world's first replacement of a concrete bridge deck with a wider steel orthotropic deck during short night time closures (Lions' Gate Bridge, 1975), a technique since copied on George Washington Bridge, Golden Gate Bridge, and others. He also designed the world's longest span conveyor suspension bridge (Similkameen Ore Conveyor Bridge, 1981). He has been an invited key-note speaker at bridge engineering conferences in Hong Kong, France, Canada and the U.S. His papers are listed in the company publications list.

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