TILLYNAUGHT BRIDGE ABUTMENTS

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Contractor designed abutments for replacement proprietary bridge deck on minor road.

Client – RJ McLeod (Contractors) Ltd for Aberdeenshire Council

Completion – 2012

Value – N/A

AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

Initial design of piling; consideration of alternative gravity abutments with tie rods and anchor blocks.

PRINCIPAL ELEMENTS

• Reinforced concrete abutments on spread footings
• anchor blocks within carriageway
• tie rods to abutments
• sheet piled scour protection
• patterned profiled finish to abutments

KEY FEATURES

Alternative design for contractor omitting piles; anchored abutment wall.

CONTRACTORS

Project Manager – Wallace Stone

Main Contractor – RJ McLeod (Contractors) Ltd