Rijkswaterstaat steel bridge renovations

For this project, a sophisticated and detailed 3D bridge drafting model is linked to static and fatigue models, creating a new type of comprehensive 3D analysis.

Arup is also developing a Bridge Information Model (BrIM) to store, control, communicate and manage information during the complete project lifecycle.

Benefits of using BrIM include tight control and management, reusability of information and improved communication with all project stakeholders. All this will help ensure the highest quality standards throughout the work.

New and existing bridges can be modelled in the BrIM and modelling techniques will be integrated into the system.

Design 2010 - Arup's Design Yearbook
  • Van Brienenoord bridge, from a distance.Open gallery

    As well as developing expertise in renovation, Arup will take the lessons learned from this project into the design of future steel bridges.

  • Galecopper bridge, Netherlands, with traffic travelling across.Open gallery

    The eight bridges are a variety of cable-stayed, arched and beam-slab structures spanning strategic points in the Dutch highway network.