BBR Construction, BBR System, Bureau BBR, BBR Group or BBR VT International is a Swiss construction firm specializing in cable construction projects such as suspension bridges and tramways. They built the first carbon fibre stay cable bridge.[1] The firm was started in 1944 by three engineers, Max Birkenmaier, Antonio Brandestini and Mirko Robin Ros.[2][3] Their stay cable technology has been applied to over 400 major structures around the world.[4]
Among their projects have been:
1961 the Schiller Street Bridge in Stuttgart, Germany, span 61 meters, a curved, stay cable bridge for pedestrians[5]
1991 the Gilly Bridge over the Isere River in Albertville, France, longest span 102 meters, a stay cable bridge with a single tower[5][6]
1996 the Storchenbrücke bridge[7] in Winterthur, Switzerland, main span 63 meters, the world's first carbon fibre stay cables bridge[1]
1997 the Godavari Arch Bridge over the Godavari River in Rajahmundry, India, Asia's second longest railroad bridge.[8][9]
2012 The Ada Bridge over the Sava river in Belgrade, Serbia.[10]
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^Hewson, Nigel R. (2003). Prestressed Concrete Bridges: Design and Construction. London: Thomas Telford. p. 21. ISBN 978-0-7277-3223-1.
^"BBR VT International". Tectus. Archived from the original on 12 January 2016.
^ abSengupta, S. (2000). "Case Studies of a few selected Stay Cable Bridges Constructed World over by the BBR Group". In Dayaratnam, P. (ed.). Cable Stayed, Supported, and Suspension Bridges. Hyderabad, India: Universities Press. pp. 173–191. ISBN 978-81-7371-271-5.
^Troyan, Leonardo Fernández (2003). Bridge Engineering: A Global Perspective. London: Thomas Telford. pp. 616, 638. ISBN 978-0-7277-3215-6.
^Photo "Storchenbrücke Winterthur".
^"Godavari Bridge". Structurae. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
^Sengupta, S. (2003). "Third Godavari Railway Bridge, India". Structures for High-Speed Railway Transportation (IABSE Symposium, Antwerp, Belgium, 2003). Zürich, Switzerland: International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering. pp. 150–151. ISBN 978-3-85748-109-3.
^"Bridge over the River Sava in the City of Belgrade Project: The Employer and Project Participants". Archived from the original on 2012-01-06.
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