Services

Bridge Construction Engineering.

The work between “designed” and “built.” Practical, field-aware, signed and sealed.

Tub girder being threaded between bridge bents during erection

Erection engineering

Steel and concrete girder erection sequences engineered for the actual conditions on your job site: crane positions, pick weights, rigging, access restrictions. We deliver a full set of sequenced erection drawings that work in the field.

Plate Girders, Tubs, Concrete I-beams and U-beams, Trusses, & Flat Slabs. Odds are: we’ve seen it and we’ve done it.

Curved precast tub girder being placed at night over a highway

Stability during construction

Bridges spend months as half-finished structures. We analyze stability in every partially constructed phase in the highest wind-speed regions in the country. Contractors and inspectors get engineered answers before the question gets asked.

Concrete bridge in service over a rural alignment

Load ratings

Load ratings for steel and concrete bridges: truss, plate girder, prestressed girder, rolled beams, and flat slabs. Sealed AASHTO LRFR analysis for in-service structures, mid-construction modifications, and heavy vehicle or crane access. Ready for the rating archive.

Overhang bracket formwork supporting a bridge deck cantilever

Formwork design

Overhang brackets, deck forms, falsework, custom support frames. We design for the loads that actually develop during placement: fresh concrete, screed equipment, walkways.

Steel girders set on temporary jacking towers at night

Jacking & Lifting Analysis

Jacking plans for bearing replacements, settlement corrections, bridge slides, girder launching, and segmental lifts. We’ve done it all. We size the jacks, design the jacking frames and falsework, and check the bridge’s response at every stage of the lift. Signed-and-sealed plans the crew can execute from.

Sheet pile cofferdam during winter bridge pier construction

Temporary works

Cofferdams, work platforms, falsework, overhang brackets, temporary towers, tie-downs, and temporary beam bracing. Engineered to the actual load path, signed by a P.E., and detailed enough that crews can build them straight from our drawings.

Looking up at a steel girder underside with bolted splice details

Out-of-tolerance analysis

When a pile drives off-center or out of plumb, or a beam is set eccentrically on a bearing, you need a P.E. who can run the numbers and know if it’s an issue or not. We prevent rework by performing out-of-tolerance analyses on beams, bearings, pedestals, piles, shafts, and other items and try to demonstrate the as-built condition is acceptable when possible. We design the corrections when the as-built doesn’t pass.

High-rise crane lifting an F1 car for a Red Bull marketing event

Other construction techniques

Bridge construction throws problems that don’t fit any single category. Roll-in / slide-in installations, accelerated bridge construction (ABC), match-cast segmental work, post-tensioning sequencing, or a specialty pick that’s never been attempted before. If you’ve got a problem that needs an engineer who understands the construction side, that’s us.

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