New Construction at Geisseggbrücke, Eriz und Horrenbach-Buchen

2002

The communities of Eriz and Horrenbach/Buchen had to replace the old, dilapidated concrete trough bridge. The choice quickly fell on timber as a building material.

This means that around 11 such bridges grow again per hour The Bridge - amazing! With the Geissegg Bridge, the long tradition of The new bridge blends in well with the townscape and timber bridges in the Bernese Oberland will be continued or landscape of the Eriztal. This is not least because a resumed. In contrast to the centuries-old bridges, the conventional look of the supporting structure and shape of payload is now around 10 times higher. Instead of the roof was used for this bridge. This is also due to the horse-drawn carriages weighing no more than 2-3 t, 34 t of covering with timber shingles, which was supported by the long timber wagons and coaches are to be expected today. Oberländische Arbeitsgemeinschaft für das Holz. This can be easily solved with modern timber construction technology. The short construction time of about 5 weeks for The Construction timber construction and about 8 weeks for stream shoring For the construction of the bridge 40.1 m³ of timber was and abutments was impressive. Despite the danger of used, which corresponds to about 78 m³ of round timber or flooding at the end of July, during which the makeshift about 35 fir trees in the forest. This amount of timber grows crossing had to be restored, the entire project ran smoothly. back in the Swiss forest in about 5.5 minutes. This is due to the good cooperation of all those involved in construction.

Timbatec Holzbauingenieure · Zürich · · Wien www.timbatec.com Built-in Steel Cross Beam Post Support

Shingle Work View of the Bridge

Construction Data Timber Construction Engineer Timbatec Holzbauingenieure Schweiz AG, Thun - Support system: Simple suspension system with struts 3600 Thun - Wingspan: 12 meters - Single-lane road + pedestrian walkway Timber Building Contractors Stauffer Holzbau AG Services Timbatec 3614 - Statics - Construction Engineering Office Widerlager - Text for Tender Max Gerber - Work plans 3612 - Construction management - Factory and construction site controls Building Owner Gemeinden Eriz und Horrenbach-Buchen

Timber Building Contractors O. Wyss AG 3537 Eggiwil

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