The Town of Bay Harbor Islands has awarded the contract for the development of the Shepard Broad Causeway bridge in Miami, Florida, USA. 

The project is expected to provide:

• multi-modal safety improvements, increase mobility;
• enhance hurricane evacuation capability; and
• ease daily and seasonal congestion.

The winner consortium Atkins, a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group is responsible for environmental studies, concept planning, full design packages and construction engineering and inspection services. SNC – Lavalin is supposed to use innovative digital technology tools, such as rendering visualizations and digital twin 3D modeling. The project aims to replace the aging Bascule bridge. It intends to meet current design standards and is consistent with United States Coast Guard (USCG) regulations.