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Nemetschek Structural User Contest 2013 - Category 2: Civil Structures
Category 2: Civil Structures
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Short description │
Wooden Footbridge with a Cycling Track
The wooden footbridge with a cycling track is a future project in terms of offering safety to cyclists and
pedestrians as the cycling track on the other side of the river is currently accessed with difficultly from
the main road. The wooden bridge will be 53.6 m long and 3.40 m wide with a curved vertical course.
The vertical radius of curvature is ~181.6 m in the middle span. Both ends of the bridge are linear and
~12.35 m in length. The highest point of the walking surface is ~1.56 m higher than the surface at the
beginning or end.
The bearing wooden structure sits on two end foundation blocks and two middle supporting pillars with
pile foundations. The complete wooden structure is connected with steel plate sockets and bolts. Many
connections are strengthened with steel plate ribs. The structure stability is based on diagonal steel
bracings which are anchored to concrete supports. Both fences are part of the bearing structure. From
the aesthetic point of view, the complete fence is decorated with shingle plates.
LoGing d.o.o., PE Ljubljana
Contact
Matjaž Žabkar
Address
Letališka cesta 5
1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Phone
+386 59059020
Email
Website
Personal information
: Matjaž Žabkar was born in 1979 in Novo mesto, Slovenia. From 1997-2002,
he attended to a Diploma study of Civil Engineering at the University of Ljubljana, specialising in “Steel
structures”. In the period 2002-2007, he worked on Architectural and Civil Structure projects, and in
2008 he became a certified engineer in the Slovenian Chamber of Engineers, IZS. Since 2007, he has
worked on planning and the optimisation of steel and membrane structures, foundations and other
concrete structures, and earthquake resistant structures.
Company information
: The company develops, manufactures and erects Office and Manufacturing
facilities, Storage halls, Functional constructions, Sports facilities and Mobile halls, Canopies and other
structures. The firm cooperates with many Slovenian and foreign partners, developing new products
and improving existing programmes and services. In Slovenia, LoGing is one of the leading companies
in the field of buildings with inflatable thermal membrane roofs with ETFE, PTFE or LOWE coatings.
The production capacity for steel structures is limited to 500 t per month.
Project information
Owner
Dipl.-Ing. Matjaž Žabkar
Architect
Dans arhitects
General Contractor
ProTehno d.o.o. Ulica pod Gozdom 19, 4264 Bohinjska Bistrica
Engineering Office
Loging d.o.o., Biro Udovč s.p.
Location
Bohinjska Bistrica, Slovenia
Construction Period
04/2013 to 07/2013
