The company's experience in bridge design has been developed over the past 30 years and has been proven by success in both a competitive Australian market and also in South East Asia, where Cardno has successfully competed with European, Japanese and North American companies.

Bridges brochure
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Bridge design and construction services include:

Route selection/bridge site selection
Feasibility studies and cost optimisation
Economic, social and environmental appraisals
Preliminary design to achieve optimisation
Traffic and transportation studies
Geotechnical investigation and foundation evaluation
Catchment hydrology and bridge site hydraulics studies
Final design and detailing
Documentation to local and international standards
Proof checking and design review

Tender evaluation
Construction engineering
Construction supervision and contract management
Temporary works design
Studies of existing bridges for maintenance purposes
Production of maintenance manuals
Load capacity evaluation
Heritage studies

Comprehensive Consultancy

With a team of highly experienced bridge engineers and designers, Cardno is able to offer a totally comprehensive consultancy service for all forms of bridging, using the full range of construction systems and materials. These include:

Cable stayed, suspension and balanced cantilever structures
Steel truss bridging
Steel and composite steel girder bridging
Reinforced concrete bridges (precast and in situ)
Pre-tensioned and post-tensioned concrete
Timber bridges
Modular bridges

Award-Winning Bridges

Our work overseas in countries such as Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea and the Philippines has involved the design and documentation of many complex bridges. In Australia, we have won many major bridge awards for our work, including:

Institution of Engineers Australia Excellence Awards, Sydney Division 1999, Highly Commended for Sydney Airport Elevated Roadway
Institute of Municipal Engineering, Award for Excellence in Local Government Engineering, 1995, for Blacktown CBD Ring Road Main Western Line Railway Bridge
Concrete Institute of Australia, Awards for Excellence 1993, for the Restoration of the Hickson Road Bridges, Sydney
Institution of Engineers Australia Excellence Awards, 1991 (Export Category) for Australian Steel Bridges for Indonesia

For more information, please contact Cardno.

Bridges

Bridges brochure(PDF 142 KB)

Bridges brochure
(PDF 142 KB)