Bridges
ARTISTA offers fully integrated services that meet all financial and aesthetic needs, based on our experience having designed, built, maintained and managed numerous bridge projects.
From the onset of modern civilization, bridges have been both iconic images and vital transportation routes that have helped to connect our world. From early designs using natural resources, to modern engineering techniques and advances in building materials, bridge construction has evolved in unison with the increasing demands of humankind.
Today’s bridges have become lifelines for major cities, and transportation agencies face a myriad of challenges to optimize the flow of goods and people. From ensuring the operability of aging structures, to planning, financing, and constructing modern replacements that improve accessibility, solutions to the challenges posed by bridges are essential to social and economic development.
ARTISTA’s expertise extends to all types of bridges, from culverts, interchanges, to railway and pedestrian bridges, and even wildlife crossings. Having designed, analyzed, built, maintained, and managed numerous of bridge projects, we are able to offer fully integrated services that meet all financial and aesthetic requirements.
Leaders in Bridge Engineering
All bridges require optimal designs to ensure resistance against wind, earthquake, and other external forces. Innovations in materials, equipment’s and construction methods have allowed us to cross great distances in safer ways, while minimizing environmental impacts. To create infrastructure that is resilient and sustainable, our bridge experts work with the latest design tools, including BIM, 3D analysis and modeling systems.
We know that all bridges are unique and require a good comprehension of the local geology, hydrology and wind forces. The development of reliable computer software for predicting structural behavior’s, both during and after construction, has helped pave the way to higher, longer and more resilient bridges.
Bridges Are Local by Nature
We look at each opportunity with fresh eyes, and take into consideration local specificities, financial realities, and the desired purpose of the bridge to find the best solution. Our experts have worked on all types of bridges, from girder bridges to truss and cable-stayed bridges, and they have master all construction methods.
Innovative Solutions are also needed in bridge management. “We use specialized materials, new technologies and tools to support our capabilities. Think of Drones for bridge inspection, sensors for data collection and 3D capabilities in design.
Bridge Management, Inspection and Maintenance
Infrastructure agencies increasingly face challenging questions in managing their aging bridge assets. The Federal Highway Administration in the US estimates it will cost $20.5 billion annually for the next 16 years to update existing publicly owned bridges. The situation is similar across the world. In Canada, the number of bridges 50 years or older increased 50% between 2006 and 2010.
Our bridge experts help develop cost-effective ways to achieve ever-longer durability requirements. “We are experts in non-destructive testing and monitoring of bridges to assist clients with their asset management plans”. This is because more challenges are coming. Automatic trucks driving in a platooning mode will exert a new kind of stress on bridge structures.
At ARTISTA, our experience of bridge teams can be leveraged to help clients envision the complete lifespan of their projects from feasibility stage forward. Our teams provide expertise in areas such as statutory approvals and planning, heritage, construction methods and economics, foundations and materials and more.