Christmas Day installation takes place

Experts from Shrewsbury-based Beaver Bridges have successfully completed a very special Christmas Day installation.

The team installed the flagship architectural Active Travel Bridge for their client Hill Group. delivered as part of their new development at Little Chalfont, in Buckinghamshire.

The bespoke 43m x 4m Weathering Steel Warren Truss bridge which features an asymmetric perforated panel parapet was fully designed, manufactured, delivered, and installed in-house by the Beaver Bridges team, demonstrating their end-to-end capability and commitment to quality.

Hill Group engaged BeaverBridges over a year ago through its award-winning Bridge Concept to Completion service, which on this scheme included:

Bridge Optioneering
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Planning and Management of LUL Possession
• Foundation Design, Piling and Construction Works
• Bridge Design & Fabrication
• Temporary Works
• Transport Planning & Logistics
• Bridge Installation

Business director Richard Hinckley said: “It was a privilege to deliver this important bridge to our valued client Hill Group. With its innovative design, full credit goes to our in-house teams for driving this scheme, a fantastic example of collaborative working, careful planning, and precision delivery, completed safely and successfully on one of the most challenging days of the year.”

Adam Barnes, Hill Group technical director, said: “The successful installation of this new pedestrian and cycle bridge in the early hours of Christmas Day morning was truly a mammoth undertaking, and we are delighted that this stage of infrastructure works is now complete.

"The delivery of this new bridge across the railway line, providing direct access to Chalfont and Latimer Station, is a huge achievement and has been over a year in the planning.

"Thank you to the Hill team and Beaver Bridges for their hard work, dedication and professionalism to help us make this happen. It is a pivotal moment for the future of Little Chalfont Park, which will deliver 380 new homes for Buckinghamshire, alongside a wealth of green open space.” 

Beaver Bridges thanked all its supply chain partners particularly the Heavy Crane Team from Allelys with their Liebherr LG1550 Crane who safely lifted in the 74te bridge with the lift plan fully designed and managed by Beaver Bridges