The Arthur Laing bridge in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada provides part of the main arterial route into and out of the city's international airport. Any damage to the bridge, necessitating closure would have a serious effect on operations at the airport.

Consultants, Sandwell Engineering and Construction Services Group, specified LUDs to utilise the strength in these piers that had free sliding connections to the deck. This was part of a complete seismic upgrade that included soil strengthening work, and bearing replacement. Richard Reynolds, Sandwell's project manager said, " With the LUDs installed, the piers made a bigger contribution toward the resistance of the superstructure's longitudinal seismic shears. This allowed us to avoid an expensive retrofit of pier columns yet still maintain the existing behaviour of the bridge."