Port of Vasteras

Spencer Bridge Engineering provided the design, consultancy and management services on the moving bascule bridge as marine based bridges experts, selected by the Swedish Consortium following research into moving structures.

They identified the 128m span ‘Glasgow Science Centre Bridge’, designed and constructed by Spencer Bridge Engineering, as the most economic and elegant solution for their needs. Following initial discussions in Glasgow – when the client was able to inspect the bridge ‐ and subsequent visits to Sweden by Spencer Bridge Engineering’s design and engineering teams, negotiations were successfully concluded.

Spencer Bridge Engineering have profound experience working within port environments and working at height over water, as demonstrated by their work on the Port of Vasteras Moving Bascule bridge.

The team are therefore aware of the numerous risks and challenges these projects involve and are confidently able to identify these during planning and design stages to ensure all risks are mitigated and all areas of works are taken into consideration. This provides clients such as Kadesjos, with the confidence that Spencer Bridge Engineering can perform all projects using the most cost‐effective methods, despite working in remote and constrained environments.

The client, Kadesjos were also particularly pleased with the project team’s engagement with the local community and stakeholders throughout the project and during the maintenance period. For example, the bridge was fabricated using a local fabrication company in Sweden, close to the site location, demonstrating how Spencer Bridge Engineering utilise and support local SME’s close to project location.