Renfrew Bridge sails forward ahead of final assembly
April 25 2024
A dramatic 'twin-leaf' bridge linking Renfrew to Yoker is taking shape with the delivery of the first deck section.
The south section of the 184-metre cable-stayed Renfrew Bridge, designed by Kettle Collective, was delivered by barge from the Netherlands, sailing up the River Clyde to its final resting place.
Civil engineers Graham will now begin the process of anchoring the section into position at Dock Street, ready for the arrival of the northern section next month. The new route will improve north-south connectivity in the west of Glasgow, improving access to the Advanced Manufacturing Innovation District Scotland and airport.
Renfrewshire Council leader Iain Nicolson said: “The opportunities that the new bridge, and its new connecting roads and active travel routes, will offer communities and businesses are exponential and the project as a whole will provide a substantial boost to the economy and attract more jobs to the area."
Expected to open by the autumn the bridge will incorporate dedicated cycling and walking routes.
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If we can't do the basics what chance is there of developing advanced techniques -- delusions of adequacy come to mind.
Walk then run.
https://hollandia.biz/en/projecten/clyde-crossing-swing-bridge/
https://www.victorbuyck.be/en/blog/govan-partick-footbridge-main-span-installed
So no economies of scale then.
Noah's ark build economics -- by them 2 halves at a time.
I wonder how much the transport costs were?
Did we pick up any boat people on route?
Do Orcadians count?
Get this guy signed up Scot Gov before Scotland is robbed of his talents by some foreign shipbuilding,statue renovating, bridge design and procurement specialist from abroad steals him. :)
Such experts as well
Ferrys, anyone?
I know nothing of the procurement process of this bridge, however I would assume a fabricator in the Netherlands, a country with great experience in lifting bridges due to their expansive canal system, can offer levels of quality and experience and a cost base that the UK can simply not compete with.
*An open goal awaits when the bridge fails...
Here's a procurement story of part of a building in glasgow. Stone was quarried in dumfriesshire, cut then containerised and shipped over to canada where assembled into precast panels. Then the panels were shipped back over to liverpool and driven up the road to Glasgow. No UK precast contractor came anywhere near the spec or the money.
Bookies have stopped taking bets on ground conditions being involved.
Main contractor is local'ish -- NI telephone number.
Engineering / design -- Danish HQ.
Steelwork fabrication -- Dutch.
Probably working on a build to print basis.
We must provide the on-site catering.
Road sweeping using brooms.
Not a great advert for a country / society that claims to want to have a future in manufacturing.
I fear the local contractor class is heavily into rentier capitalism -- only interested when they can name their price.
Not a good look.
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Surely it could have been done more efficiently locally rather than in the high cost / high wage Netherlands?
At least it didn't come from China like the deck of the QC aka the latest Auld Reekie tourist attraction.