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EastPoint Engineering Limited

EastPoint is an employee-owned, multi-discipline architecture and engineering consultancy based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, offering integrated architectural, civil, structural, marine, mechanical, electrical, building-envelope/commissioning and sustainability (energy, LEED) services across Atlantic Canada and nationally.

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// CLIPS FROM EastPoint Engineering Limited
Hot take · 42:24
what we're accustomed to here is well my father built it that way and his father built it that way
// LESSONS FROM EastPoint Engineering Limited
Commission the building envelope early in design — catching defects in design is exponentially cheaper than fixing them during or after construction.
EP 49 · Janet Tobin
Third-party envelope commissioners are welcomed by contractors, not feared — they provide independent validation that protects everyone, including trades proud of their work.
EP 49 · Janet Tobin
The new energy code's air-leakage requirements mean building owners will need envelope testing on all new projects — subcontractors should price for this work now.
EP 49 · Janet Tobin
Selling high-performance building products in Atlantic Canada requires mindset change before product demonstration — the market defaults to 'my father built it that way.'
EP 49 · Janet Tobin
Mass timber conversations in Atlantic Canada are accelerating faster than any other market segment the Rothoblaas rep has seen — budget over-runs, not lack of interest, are the primary bottleneck.
EP 49 · Janet Tobin
Invest in passive house envelope quality first (R40-R50, airtight) before adding renewable energy systems — the envelope lasts 50-100 years while mechanical systems last 10-20.
EP 49 · Janet Tobin
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// SELECTED PROJECTS
Maritime Link — HVDC converter / conversion stations
Completed
Power & renewable energy / industrial buildings · Woodbine, Nova Scotia & Bottom Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador · 2018
Architecture and engineering design for conversion-station buildings (self-attested on EastPoint sectors page)
Maritime Link is the Emera 500 MW HVDC interconnector linking Newfoundland and Nova Scotia; first power exchanged Dec 8, 2017 and went into service Jan 15, 2018 (project completion verified via primary press — ABB / Power Technology). EastPoint's specific design scope is self-attested on its own sectors page.
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Centre for Ocean Ventures & Entrepreneurship (COVE) renovations
Completed
Institutional / marine innovation hub · Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Renovations for Institute for Ocean Research Enterprise (per EastPoint sectors page)
Listed under Institutional sector on EastPoint's site as 'Centre of Ocean Ventures and Entrepreneurship (COVE) Renovations'. COVE is an established operating ocean-tech hub on the Dartmouth waterfront, so the work is treated as completed.
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Lunenburg Shipyard revitalization (former Smith & Rhuland shipyard)
In progress
Marine infrastructure · Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
Engineering services for Build Nova Scotia (per EastPoint sectors page)
Build Nova Scotia's Shipyard Revitalization Project on the Lunenburg waterfront is an active multi-year program (waterfront master plan adopted 2019; environmental clearance 2021); marked in_progress, not completed.
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Queens Marque streetscape
Status unconfirmed
Civil infrastructure / streetscape · Halifax, Nova Scotia
Civil infrastructure work for Armour Group Limited (per EastPoint sectors page)
Listed under Civil Infrastructure on EastPoint's site; exact role/dates not independently confirmed.
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Cheema Aquatic Club
Status unconfirmed
Community / recreation facility · Waverley, Nova Scotia
Architecture/engineering (per EastPoint sectors page; client also appears in an EastPoint testimonial)
Listed under Community Infrastructure on EastPoint's site; dates not stated.
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Sable Island microgrid
Status unconfirmed
Power & renewable energy · Sable Island, Nova Scotia
Engineering for Parks Canada (per EastPoint sectors page)
Listed under Power & Renewable Energy on EastPoint's site; dates/status not stated.
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// KEY PEOPLE
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Aubrey Palmeter
CEO (P.Eng., MBA)
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Nick Tobin
President (P.Eng.)
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William Morris
Chief Financial Officer (MBA, CPA, CMA)
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Jim Hanlonadvisor
Advisory Board member; former CEO of the Centre for Ocean Ventures & Entrepreneurship (COVE)
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// NOTABLE
EastPoint Engineering Limited was awarded a Public Services and Procurement Canada contract (engineering consultants — construction) dated Jan 21, 2025, valued at C$137,942.50, running to Mar 31, 2026.
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Aubrey Palmeter, EastPoint's CEO, was a finalist for Business Leader of the Year at the 2025 Halifax Business Awards (Halifax Chamber of Commerce).
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EastPoint is employee-owned and has grown from eight people in 2003 to a multi-discipline architecture and engineering firm occupying three floors at 1801 Hollis Street, Halifax; it cites 10,000+ completed projects and recognition on The Globe and Mail's Canada's Top Growing Companies list.
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