Renowned civil engineer Joseph Holder passed away yesterday. Details on the circumstances of his passing were not disclosed.
Holder, a retired Specialist in Bridges and Designs, was perhaps best known for designing and spearheading the construction of the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB).
It was during a two-week training programme in 1975 on the use of Acrow Panel Bridge (APB) structural and Uniflote (UF) flotation components in the construction of bridges that an inquiry by Holder saw the designing of the DHB with construction beginning a year later.
