EXP Movable Bridges

#16 Bridges, Top Design Firms in Transportation, ENR, 2023 #19 Top Design Firms in Transportation, ENR, 2023

Movable Bridges Blending structural, architectural, mechanical and electrical disciplines, EXP’s decades of experience in the inspection, planning, design and construction of movable bridges has resulted in innovations across the asset life cycle. As a leading bridge engineering firm, EXP brings expertise in the inspection and condition assessment, planning, design and construction of movable bridges, including bascule, rolling lift bascule, trunnion style bascule, swing bridges, vertical lifts and drawbridges, among others. Our design experience includes both structural bridge design, as well as movable bridge machinery. In fact, the beginnings of EXP’s work in the design of movable bridges more than three decades ago led to redefinition of bascule bridge design with the “unbalanced” bascule leaf and state-of-the-art bridge controls. Since then EXP has led the design and construction management of countless more.

Value + Expertise

• Integrated, client focused approach • Leverage experience with technologies • Cost-effective, practical solutions • Fast-track + accelerated schedule delivery

Key Project Types

• Bascule • Drawbridge • Swing

• Trunnion • Rolling Lift

• Vertical Lift • Rail

Movable Bridges

1000+ bridges of all types (fixed + movable) planned, designed, repaired, rehabilitated + constructed

Providing innovative solutions to the world’s bridges

Whether new or rehabilitated, all bridges benefit from our team’s attention to detail and innovative approaches to bridge engineering. Our experienced and credentialed bridge engineering group has delivered numerous award-winning designs for movable bridges. No project is too big or too small. At EXP our engineers see opportunity in every challenge, and have even developed patents for their innovative designs.

Key SERVICES

• Planning, design + construction management for repair, rehabilitation, reconstruction or new structures • Inspection + condition assessment • Load rating • Finite element modeling + analysis • 3D modeling/rendering • Mechanical/machinery • Electrical controls/systems • Feasibility studies • Foundation design • Retaining wall analysis + design

• Seismic analysis/design • Geotechnical • Environmental + permitting • Materials testing • Constructability reviews • Cost estimating • Aesthetics/architecture • Structural health monitoring • Life-cycle cost analysis • Hydraulic modeling/scour analysis • Design of temporary works • Construction engineering + inspection

about us With a mission to understand, innovate, partner and deliver, EXP provides engineering, architecture, design and consulting services to the world’s built and natural environments. Our heritage dates back to 1906, when the earliest of EXP’s predecessor companies started its engineering infrastructure practice.