News & Insights – Page 7
Explore the latest news and insights from Spencer Bridge Engineering, including bridge project updates, early contractor involvement, safety and industry collaboration.
Kingston bridge span installed over Easter weekend to propel Wessex Package 7 towards completion
Spencer Rail has completed a significant milestone on Wessex Package 7 with the installation of a bridge span at Kingston. The installation of the Kingston bridge span was completed successfully on Saturday night, serving as another example of Spencer’s strength in delivering complex engineering installations with an innovative approach to reduced disruption at stations. ThisContinue reading "Kingston bridge span installed over Easter weekend to propel Wessex Package 7 towards completion"
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22 April 2014
Shipping of Cable Crawler gantries celebrates UK engineering and manufacturing excellence
Four huge “Cable Crawler” gantries have been shipped to Denmark in a celebration of British engineering and manufacturing excellence. Spencer Group, a world leader in bridge engineering, has delivered the gantries in readiness for work to begin on the world’s largest retro-fit cable dehumidification project, to be carried out on the Great Belt crossing. TheContinue reading "Shipping of Cable Crawler gantries celebrates UK engineering and manufacturing excellence"
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26 March 2014
Biggest gantries yet are built as Spencer Group prepares for world’s largest bridge cable dehumidification project
Huge gantries are under construction to enable engineering specialists Spencer Group to carry out the world’s largest retro-fit suspension bridge dehumidification project. The gantries are part of Spencer Group’s trademarked Cable Crawler system and are the largest yet built for work to enable prevention of corrosion to suspension bridge cables, for which the company hasContinue reading "Biggest gantries yet are built as Spencer Group prepares for world’s largest bridge cable dehumidification project"
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8 January 2014
Christmas blockade works completed for removing major bottleneck in Ipswich
A record-breaking programme of upgrades to Britain’s rail network was successfully completed over the Christmas and New Year period, providing new tracks, new and longer platforms, new lifts and footbridges at stations, upgraded signalling equipment and electrification equipment to allow cleaner, faster trains to run. Between 24 and 30 December 2013, Spencer Rail completed aContinue reading "Christmas blockade works completed for removing major bottleneck in Ipswich"
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2 January 2014