Bear Scotland bridges manager Chris Tracey discusses the efforts to mitigate ice formation on the crucial road crossing which has been forced to close on four separate occasions, due to ice falling on to the carriageway from the cables and towers, since the bridges completion in 2017. Explore the results…
A barrier system will be installed to divert traffic from the Queensferry Crossing road bridge following failed attempts to keep it open when ice falls from the cable stays.
Bear Scotland has been testing different techniques in the hope of remedying a problem that has caused three closures to the bridge…
Structures specialist VSL will begin a three-month project today to clean all 288 stay cables on the Queensferry Crossing with the aim of preventing ice forming on the cables this winter.
The firm, part of the Bouygues group, will undertake the laborious task as part of efforts to keep the iconic…
There is scope for wind shielding used on the Queensferry Crossing to be used on other new bridges to prevent their closure during bad weather, according to a bridge expert.
Earlier this month it was revealed that wind shielding has enabled the Queensferry Crossing to remain open in high winds on…
The cables on the north tower of the Queensferry Crossing have been cleaned in a bid to mitigate the build up of ice this winter.
BEAR Scotland technicians have carried out the trial after Transport Scotland called for a solution to be drawn up to prevent a repeat of last winter’s…
Vibrations from the Forth Bridge and Queensferry Crossing could be harvested for energy under proposals put forward by academics at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh.
Heriot-Watt has teamed up with Georgia State University in the US to work on the proposals, which utilise energy trapped within bridges caused by wind and road…
Structural health monitoring systems (SHMS) could have stopped the truss end link failure that closed the Forth Road Bridge for three weeks in 2015.
One of the truss end links connecting the bridge to the north east main tower failed as a result of a seized pin in December 2015. SHMS…
The bridge that was never meant to shut this week closed for the third time in 12 months due to the risk of falling ice.
The Queensferry Crossing - which connects Edinburgh and Fife across the Firth of Forth river - closed at 4am yesterday morning, reopening to traffic at 10.10am.…
The M90 Queensferry Crossing has reopened to traffic after being forced to close due to a risk of falling ice.
Traffic Scotland announced this morning that the bridge has reopened. It was closed to traffic in both directions last night, with diversions via the A985 Kincardine Bridge. The closure came after…
Final calibration of structural health monitoring sensors on the Queensferry Crossing will take place this weekend.
Work will involve load testing, with data recorded from trucks driving over the crossing to inform the adjustments. The bridge will partially close overnight to facilitate the work, which will enable the ongoing monitoring of…
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