Atkins Rotherham

Engineering Design Consultants

Atkins - the official engineering design services provider for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games
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The Lowry Centre Footbridge

Movable Bridges

   

The Atkins Rotherham Movable Bridges team provides inspection, design, preparation of full manufacturing drawings and commissioning of the machinery, power hydraulic and electrical control systems.

Over the last few years M G Bennett & Associates Ltd has acquired a highly respected profile within the engineering world for its involvement in movable bridges, footbridges and movable structures. We have a dedicated team of engineers with considerable knowledge and experience with a view to exchange information on their varied bridge projects.

Nick Cooper, BSc, CEng, FIMechE, FREng, Managing Director of Bennett Associates leads the highly qualified bridge team. Nick is primarily known for his detailed design of the operating and rotating mechanism of the complex wheel structure and mechanical interfaces for the Falkirk Wheel, the world’s first rotating boatlift. Bennett Associates was awarded the Structural Steel Design Award for 2002, for its involvement with the Falkirk Wheel.

Other movable bridge projects that Bennett Associates have been involved with include the Gateshead Millennium Bridge, the Dutch River swing bridge in Goole, the Glasgow Science Centre bridge and the Lowry Centre footbridge in Manchester. They have also been involved in the Forth Road Bridge main cable dehumidification project.

Our experience across a broad range of sectors enables us to develop cost effective and novel solutions. Our detailed knowledge and expertise of all engineering disciplines results in fully integrated and cost effective systems.

Schedule of Involvement of the Company and its personnel

For more information, contact us on 01709-373782

 

M G Bennett and Associates Ltd is now part of the Atkins - the official engineering design services provider for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games Group
Atkins - the official engineering design services provider for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games


 

Projects

St Ann Way Bridge Link - Gloucester
Dutch River Swing Bridge - Goole
Footbridges and Footbridge Design
Bridging Gaps - Movable Bridges
Pembroke Dock Ferry Terminal
Gateshead Millennium Bridge
Lowry Centre Footbridge
St. Katharine's Dock : Conversion to Automatic Operation
The Bridge of Scottish Invention
Port & Marine Facilities - Structural, Mechanical and Electrical Design
Torquay Pedestrian Footbridge and Inner Harbour Impoundment