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TIMBER BRIDGEDEVELOPMENTS
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”
OUR PAST
• Load Testing • Analysis Test results• Reused Timber deck to construct,
Puggyline bridge at Fort William for the National
Mountainbike Championship 2007
OUR PAST
STRESS LAMINATED TIMBER ARCH
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
OUR PRESENT
OUR PRESENT
• Modular construction
We have used this for a stress laminated timber arch roof at the Royal Highland Show 2006Modify this for Timber bridges.
OUR PRESENT
OUR FUTURE
• Use glued and screwed construction prefabricated in our workshop and delivered to site.
• Load tested to destruction!
OUR FUTURE
• First Glued and screwed bridge at the Royal Highland Show 2007