Bridge Design
Independent engineer able to carry out a variety of activities involving the design, checking, and assessment of bridges, or elements of bridges, in the UK and overseas. Types of structure include highway bridges, rail bridges, temporary bridges, and footbridges.
Our particular area of expertise is with steel and composite bridges, and assessment of old wrought iron and steel bridges. Recent experience includes tender design of steel plate girder composite bridges, detailed design of numerous bolted girder splices, integral bridge design, and research into capacity of riveted railway bridges.
Our aim is to provide accurate, fast, and cost effective solutions to all our clients.
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Activities
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Analysis
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Assessment
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Checking
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Detailed design
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Inspection
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Preliminary and tender designs
Design Standards and Codes
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AASHTO
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BS5400
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Highways Agency - Design Manual for Roads and Bridges
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Network Rail - Group and Company Standards
Software
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Integer SuperSTRESS for frame and grillage analysis
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ADINA finite element program for buckling, nonlinear, dynamic, and specialist analysis
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Excel spreadsheets for fast application of complicated calculations and code clauses, e.g. section property calculations and splice design
Please contact us to discuss any requirements you have.