Civil engineering works
Bridges and footbridges adapted to their environment
A footbridge or a bridge is much more than a crossing: this new element of the landscape must find its place in the space which surrounds it and then becomes a promenade above the river, the rocky breach, the city.
A civil engineering structure study is a design on a territorial scale. Each project is unique: by its location, its shape, its geometry, its materials…
The appearance of a bridge comes from its supporting skeleton.
“Form and structure are interconnected”
These two essential parameters of a structure must be managed simultaneously by the architect and the engineer, who must work together from the very start of the project.
Over time, B&M Engineering has acquired extensive experience as a project manager or as an execution design office on bridge and footbridge projects, and in particular cable-supported structures.
In our work, we seek finesse and elegance, with the aim of integrating the structure into its environment as best as possible. The right structural choice and durability are an integral part of our design approach.
project: Via Rhôna suspension footbridge
Project approach
B&M Engineering includes 3 architect-engineers who are involved from the earliest design phases.
In every project, we seek consistency between the profile of the structure, its structural typology, its urban and landscape integration, the materials used, and the construction methodology.
Types of work and materials
• Rigid structures (box, bow-string, trellis, etc.)
• Flexible structures (suspension bridges, cable-stayed bridges, Himalayan footbridges)
• Steel, aluminum, wood, concrete, composite
project: Blois bridge
project: Agly suspension footbridge
Services
Feasibility
Full project management (MOe) missions
(AVP – PRO – ACT – VISA – DCE – OPC – AOR)
Execution studies
(calculations, general and fabrication drawings)
OUR SKILLS
25 years of experience in civil engineering structures
More than fifty crossing structures studied
7 structural engineers including 3 architect-engineers, 2 designers
Projects in metropolitan France, overseas territories and abroad.
