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Forth Road Bridge Shortlisted for Prestigious Industry Awards

The project to tackle corrosion in the main cables of the Forth Road Bridge has been shortlisted for both the British Construction Industry (BCI) Awards and the Prime Minister’s Better Public Building Award. The BCI Awards are the UK construction sector’s leading awards, and the most rigorously judged. The Forth Road Bridge main cable project is also one of 22 projects shortlisted for the Prime Minister’s Better Public Building Award. The award winners will be announced at a ceremony in London on Wednesday 13 October.
Further Information: http://www.forthroadbridge.org/news/forth-road-bridge-shortlisted-prestigious-industry-awards

Strike it Out: preventing bridge strikes

Transport Scotland's 'Strike It Out' campaign is aimed at raising awareness of bridge strikes on the Scottish road network, proactively stressing the safety risks associated with overheight vehicles and calling for drivers to plan their journeys ahead using a freephone helpline and web page. For further information see campaign leaflet.
Further Information: http://freightscotland.org/press/j12054.pdf

Anchorage Investigation Plans Backed by Industry Peers

A group of leading bridge engineers have confirmed the need to carry out excavations in order to prove the long term structural integrity of the Forth Road Bridge’s main cable anchorages. The anchorages are concrete filled tunnels bored into the rock on either shore, which hold in place the bridge’s main suspension cables. Concerns over the possibility of corrosion were first raised in 2005 following the discovery of papers highlighting problems during construction, particularly in relation to early depletion of galvanising on the steel pre-tensioning strands that hold the concrete in the anchorages together. The initial cost of the work has been estimated at £7.5 million, although the full extent of the work required will not be known until the excavations have been completed
Further Information: http://www.forthroadbridge.org/news/anchorage-investigation-plans-backed-industry-peers