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Quality assurance for bridges
Geoff Bowden, Principal Structures Advisor, Structures Policy Team Highways Agency explains the National Highway sector schemes that affect steelwork. This …
SSDA 2010 – Other finalists
South Courtyard Infill, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Enhancing a Grade II listed building, this project’s design includes a contemporary …
Steel for joined up bridges
Why steel is usually the most suitable material for highway and railway bridges, footbridges and moveable bridges was highlighted at the Steel Bridges …
50 Years Ago: Steel bridges
SPEEDING THE FLOW The continued injection of new vehicles into the already sluggish flow along Britain’s main traffic arteries has long threatened the …
Eight steel bridges for new road to Bedford
Because of increased traffic volumes the existing A421 between the M1 and Bedford’s southern bypass is being upgraded with the construction of a completely …
Viaducts bypass Newry on new A1 link road
Steelwork has been completed on two viaducts which form an integral element of the upgrade of the A1 Belfast to Dublin route. The 200m-long Newry Viaduct …
40 Years Ago: Prize winning steel bridges
Taken from Building with Steel, 1968 The illustrations on this and the facing page show some of the steel bridges chosen for awards in 1967 by the American …
Steel bridges – looking forward with the Eurocodes
David Iles, of the SCI, considers when UK bridge designers will start using the Eurocodes, how the process and the outcomes will differ from those with BS 5400 …
Bridges will keep the traffic flowing
An innovative approach is being used to construct and erect bridges across the A1 between Peterborough and Blyth, where six roundabouts are being replaced with …
AD 317: Use of integral crossheads in skew highway bridges
Guidance Note 1.02 in the Steel Bridge Group publication Guidance Notes on best practice in steel bridge construction (P185) includes advice about the use of …
