Open AccessThe Barker Crossing: Royal Engineers reconnect Workington
Author(s) -
Caroline Livesey
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
proceedings of the institution of civil engineers. civil engineering/proceedings of ice. civil engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.25
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1751-7672
pISSN - 0965-089X
DOI - 10.1680/cien.2011.164.2.81
Subject(s) - bridge (graph theory) , span (engineering) , concurrency , engineering , forensic engineering , history , civil engineering , computer science , medicine , operating system
The British military routinely provides assistance to the emergency services during UK disasters. Since it was officially established in 1852, The Corps of Royal Engineers has constructed hundreds of bridges to aid civil communities worldwide, but the bridge at Workington was unusual in its expediency. The team delivered a 52 m span footbridge across the River Derwent, converting a greenfield site into a working crossing within 13 days. This paper illustrates some of the difficulties faced during the design, and highlights how familiarity with the equipment and concurrency of design and construction activities resulted in successful installation of the crossing in such a short time-frame.