- Date
- 22 February 2021
- Time
This event has now ended
Overview
Brougham Castle Bridge is a historic three-span masonry arch highway bridge that suffered significant scour damage to foundations and substructure with referred damage through the superstructure, in the Storm Desmond flooding of winter 2015/16.
This presentation gives an engineer’s account of the appraisal, investigation, assessment of structural action and the design & execution of repairs for stabilising the structure, and rehabilitating the bridge back into service. A copy of this Award-winning paper is available to download below.
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