In 1969, a newly minted bridge designer, Peter Taylor, met the head of a wind-tunnel testing lab in Ottawa, Ontario. Bob Wardlaw also knew another young bridge engineer named Peter Buckland. He suggested that they meet.
The duo went on to form the notable firm Buckland & Taylor, now a COWI subsidiary, which worked on the Alex Frazier bridge, the Lion’s Gate Bridge, the Ravenel Bridge and the Rion-Antirion Bridge, the new New York Bridge, the Milton-Madison Bridge replacement and scores of others.