Not Quite Heineken but……!

HBPW’s sister company, Bridgespan, is proving that its structures can reach parts of the world that other bridge builders can’t!

The joint venture, between fabrication specialists, Arromax, HBPW and civil and structural design consultants, A. Torn Construction, has a practical reason for existence; to generate business for its owner companies.

“We design the bridges,” said HBPW Managing Partner Paul Withers, “Arromax fabricate them and Andy Torn’s team install them on to prepared footings or build the necessary footings for us to put more permanent structures on to.

“Our Unique Selling Point is that we are able to take our temporary and permanent bridges to places that many companies seem unable to access and, in doing so, we are using our skills to generate work for ourselves.”

The team has now developed a temporary bridge that features elements not weighing more than one tonne each.

“That means we are able to get compact, manoeuvrable structures into a range of tight locations that more traditional, bulkier bridges just can’t access because of crane lifting requirements,” said Paul.

Bridgespan was contacted by Buckingham Group to see if they could offer any design solutions for a temporary bridge to access the site where Salford Reds’ new rugby league stadium was to be constructed.

“We finished up erecting a temporary bridge across a stream so that large earth moving equipment could get to site during the construction phase of the stadium.

“Our approach is wholly practical and is always solution focussed. If you can identify a space or weight constraint, with key elements being access and portability, then there are some amazing opportunities for Bridgespan, something we are already proving on a daily basis,” added Paul