98 SCIA User Contest 2007 • Category 3 • CAE Civil Works CAE Civil Works 3 Staaladviesburo Address Lavendelstraat 181 • 9100 Sint Niklaas (BE) Telephone +32 3 7663977 Fax +32 3 7666272 Contact Mr Willy Vercauteren Email [email protected] Website www.staaladviesburo.be Bridge Bosberg Houthalen - Helchteren Used software • ESA-Prima Win, SCIA•ESA PT Staaladviesburo SAB, is a consulting firm, specializing in expert advice and support on industrial structural steel constructions. SAB especially focuses on support for smaller firms without in- house structural consultancy and on non-standard constructions, restorations and renovations. SAB, founded in 2000, arose - after 40 years of experience - from Engineering Company Public Works TKB - ATENCO and with the cooperation of BSC British Steel Corporation. SAB can guide you through your projects with practical and theoretical assistance for: • Preparatory studies, drafts, calculations • New constructions • Restorations and renovations • Multi-storey frames, hangars, warehouses, crane girders, (grain) elevators, towers … Some references: • Naval lift Belgian Army – Zeebrugge • Pedestrian bridge – Diest • Restauration Royal Greenhouses – Brussels • Swamp environment and raptor cage – Zoo Antwerp • Mosque – London • Belgacom towers- gangway - Brussels Bridge Bosberg Houthalen - Helchteren The goal of this pedestrian bridge is to connect the wood and the heather land; they are actually separated by a national trunk road. The concept of the structure is such, that it is also accessible for wheelchair-users. The local authorities insisted that the form of the construction would be in harmony with the environment. The length of the structure is total ± 190 m, with an efficient width of about 2.50 m - is imposed by the ground profile of the terrain and the necessary free height above the national road. The distance between the platforms on each side is maximum 10 m. The total weight of the bridge construction is ± 60 ton. The road surface of the bridge is dimensioned for overloads of 5 kN/m2. The complete structure is built with RHS (rectangular hollow steel sections) A.E.355 D. The protection of the steel is executed by a high-quality blast and painting, carried out in the workshop. We used ESAsoftware mainly for checking deflections and optimising the steel-sections.
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