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TIMBER BRIDGE DEVELOPMENTS

TIMBER BRIDGE DEVELOPMENTS. Julie A McMorran Civil Engineer for FCE. OUR AIM. Our Objectives: To provide a civil engineering service that meets customers' requirements at minimum cost. Innovative designs through research and testing Example: Glentress SLTA “The bridge to nowhere”.

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TIMBER BRIDGE DEVELOPMENTS

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  1. TIMBER BRIDGEDEVELOPMENTS Julie A McMorran Civil Engineer for FCE

  2. OUR AIM • Our Objectives: To provide a civil engineering service that meets customers' requirements at minimum cost. • Innovative designs through research and testing • Example: Glentress SLTA “The bridge to nowhere”

  3. Load Testing Analysis Test results Reused Timber deck to construct, Puggyline bridge at Fort William for the National Mountainbike Championship 2007 OUR PAST

  4. OUR PAST

  5. STRESS LAMINATED TIMBER ARCH

  6. OUR PRESENT • Normal construction cost: 80% Materials 20% Labour • Normal SLTA construction costs: 20% Materials 80% Labour • New working at height regulations • Solution: For short spans use prefabricated arch deck, deliver to site and place on abutments. Erect handrail on site. For longer spans, construct on site and lift into place. • This was first used at the Royal Highland Show & APF 2006

  7. OUR PRESENT

  8. OUR PRESENT • Modular construction We have used this for a stress laminated timber arch roof at the Royal Highland Show 2006 Modify this for Timber bridges.

  9. OUR PRESENT

  10. OUR FUTURE • Use glued and screwed construction prefabricated in our workshop and delivered to site. • Load tested to destruction!

  11. OUR FUTURE • First Glued and screwed bridge at the Royal Highland Show 2007

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