Dennis Baxter

Dennis is a professional engineer with over 43 years of experience specializing in transportation structure design, bridge rehabilitation and inspection, asset management, structural planning and construction services. He has managed a wide variety of bridge design and rehabilitation assignments, including design of bridge structures over railways, navigable and non-navigable waterways, roadways and pedestrian thoroughfares, detailed structural inspections, detailed condition surveys, structural steel fatigue inspections, underwater inspections, timber inspection, load assessments, and emergency services.  

David has been a director and instructor for the Good Roads OSIM bridge inspection course for many years and is one of the pre-eminent experts in bridge inspection in Ontario. Dennis is registered in RAQS for Bridge Engineering: biennial inspections, wood bridge inspection, underwater inspection, bridge rehabilitation and bridge design and is qualified to carry out OSIM inspections by the MTO. In addition, Dennis attended the MTO OSIM Bridge Inspection Workshop in 2024.

Dennis was the recipient of the Good Roads Elaine Robinson Volunteer of the year award in 2023. 

David Grabel

David is a Manager at WSP Canada‘s team and a P.Eng. with over 22 years of experience. He’s been responsible for all contract administration duties involving project management and inspection services for earthworks, SWM ponds, underground servicing and watermain. Including road construction, tunneling, and landscaping for residential and ICI site plans and subdivisions, including all contract related documentation.  

David Gagné, C. TECH

David Gagné is a Senior Associate, Bridge Inspections Leader – Ontario and Atlantic Canada and has 34 years of experience specializing in bridge and culvert inspection, including detailed condition assessment inspection of more than 15,000 bridge and culvert structures. His bridge inspections have ranged in complexity from detailed timber investigations, visual inspections to condition surveys on all bridge components and underwater inspections. David has been a director and instructor for the Good Roads OSIM bridge inspection course for many years and is one of the pre-eminent experts in bridge inspection in Ontario.

David is registered in RAQS for Bridge Engineering: biennial inspections, and wood bridge inspection and is qualified to carry out OSIM inspections by the MTO. In addition, David has attended the MTO OSIM Bridge Inspection Workshop in 2024. David was the recipient of the Good Roads Elaine Robinson Volunteer of the year award in 2023. David graduated from the Leadership in Professional Service Firms , Harvard Business School, Boston Ma, USA, 2016. David was a MOL Working at Heights Instructor from 2011 – 2023.

David was confined space rescue trained from 2010 – 2023. David is considered a subject matter expert for bridge inspections by Stantec 

Dr. Colin Van Niejenhuis, E.I.T.

Colin has a BASc Civil Engineering, 2012, University of Waterloo, MASc Civil Engineering 2015, University of Waterloo PhD Civil Engineering, 2020.  He’s a Structural Engineer Intern/Bridge Designer at B. M. Ross and Associates in Goderich Ontario. His MASc research specialized in materials, specifically looking at the corrosion resistance of different grades of stainless-steel reinforcing steel in reinforced concrete structures. His PhD research focused on the structural performance of concrete structures containing glass fibre reinforced polymers. Colin also has extensive research into the effects of different chlorides on concrete strength and pore solution chemistry to determine how different concrete paste and chlorides interact. 

Christine Joli-Coeur, MEd, CRSP,CCPE

Christine is an experienced health and safety consultant and Canadian Certified Professional Ergonomist who has worked with both the public and private sector as part of the safe work associations in Ontario. Previous to this, she was involved in returning injured workers back to work safely. She has been helping employers in improving their health and safety programs in Eastern Ontario since 1999.  She has held her Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CRSP) designation since 2003.  In 2008, she completed the National Quality Institutes Healthy Workplace Certificate. 

Chris Traini, P.Eng.

Chris has been the County Engineer with the County of Middlesex for over 20 years.  Chris is a Good Roads Past President and enjoys being involved with a number of organizations including the National Association of County Engineers.  Chris is currently serving as a member of the Board of Directors of the Municipal Engineers Association. 

Bruce Brunsch

Bruce is a retired municipal police officer. Through his training as a Collision Reconstructionist (the CSI of the accident investigation field) he understands how collisions occur and how they can be prevented. His instructing style is both approachable and streetwise. Bruce is passionate about worker and road safety. 

Brian Salazar, C.E.T., LEED®AP

Brian graduated from Seneca College with a diploma in Resources Engineering Technology. He has been involved in the construction industry for over 40 years and obtained his LEED® AP designation in 2009.  

Brian started his career in the concrete industry in 1978, as a Quality Control Technician for independent testing firms as well as a major ready-mix producer in the Greater Toronto Area. In 1987 he joined Euclid Canada in a sales and marketing capacity. 

Brian Anderson

Prior to joining Intact Public Entities, Brian worked for both urban and rural municipalities as well as the Municipal Office of the Ministry of Transportation and Good Roads. Intact Public Entities assists’ client municipalities with their road safety issues. Brian is experienced in building, maintaining and managing municipal infrastructure. 

Bob Richardson, C Tech, RCSI

Bob is a certified engineering technician and he brings over 30 years of surveying and inspection experience to Good Roads’ courses. He’s taken all Good Roads courses available. He is currently certified as an rcca (Road Construction Contract Administrator), mica (Municipal Contract Administrator), and mii (Municipal Infrastructure Inspector) and also holds a PACP certification which is Pipeline assessment certificate.