An engineer who designed a doomed bridge in rural Saskatchewan can resume practicing later this year as long as he’s not working on a similar structure.

In September 2018, the Dyck Memorial Bridge in the RM of Clayton collapsed hours after it opened. The engineer responsible, Scott Gullacher, was found guilty of three counts of professional misconduct earlier this year.

He was barred from practicing in June 2022, pending the outcome of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan (APEGS) discipline process.

In its final order related to Gullacher’s misconduct charges, the provincial regulator ruled that Gullacher’s conduct warranted an 18-month suspension, backdated retroactively to when he was first stripped of the right to practice — meaning he can resume work as an engineer in Saskatchewan in December.

If Gullacher resumes practicing in the province, he will be subjected to three years of supervision and must complete five hours of ethics training annually during that time. He’s also banned from working on bridges and bridge projects in Saskatchewan for five years.

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