Spencer Bridge Engineering, a UK-based bridge specialist, has been awarded contracts for three bridge projects in Scotland.
The company is set to undertake complex engineering tasks on the Kessock Bridge, Forth Road Bridge, and Tay Road Bridge between 2025 and 2026.
The first project involves steelwork modifications, strengthening, and painting on the four towers of Kessock Bridge, which spans the Beauly Firth at Inverness.
Spencer Bridge Engineering will enhance access through the towers and introduce an integrated rescue system to improve safety for workers. This task demands close collaboration with the client, BEAR Scotland, and its designer, Jacobs.
For the Forth Road Bridge, spanning the Firth of Forth and connecting Edinburgh to Fife, Spencer Bridge Engineering will replace the lateral thrust bearings, which are critical to the bridge’s integrity.
The original bearings, dating back to the early 1960s, are part of the Forth Road Bridge Critical Element Programme. The replacement will involve temporary steelwork to facilitate the operation, with enabling works starting in 2025 and bearing replacement in 2026.
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By GlobalDataThe third project for Spencer Bridge Engineering is the replacement of two underdeck gantries on the Tay Road Bridge, which links Dundee to Newport-on-Tay.
The new gantries, designed by Spencer’s in-house team, will incorporate new features such as a web traction drive system. The £5m ($6.67m) project will be executed in partnership with the Tay Road Bridge Joint Board and its consultant WSP.
With over three decades of experience in Scottish infrastructure, Spencer Bridge Engineering, part of the Spencer Group, claims to have established itself as a crucial partner in the development of bridges, roads, rail, and marine structures.
The company’s operations director Glen Smithson said: “Having the ability to provide turnkey solutions, delivering both the design and installation works, enables us to have tight control of each element of the project and ensure we are delivering the highest quality works in the most efficient way.
“Our ethos of having strong collaboration with our clients ensures our projects are more closely tailored to each client’s individual needs and specifications.
“Our teams are adept at working in remote, exposed locations, with difficult logistics, which is another factor which makes us so well-equipped to work on so many Scottish infrastructure projects.”
