{"id":6335,"date":"2023-07-19T16:10:10","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T15:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/workingfordevon\/?post_type=dcc_docs_document&#038;p=6335"},"modified":"2025-01-13T15:53:47","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T15:53:47","slug":"scheme-name-stoke-meadow-footbridge-engineering-projects","status":"publish","type":"dcc_docs_document","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/workingfordevon\/document\/scheme-name-stoke-meadow-footbridge-engineering-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Scheme name: Stoke Meadow Footbridge &#8211; Engineering Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-rank-math-toc-block\" id=\"rank-math-toc\"><h2>Contents<\/h2><nav><ul><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#background\">Background<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#what-were-the-options\">What were the options?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#who-was-involved\">Who was involved?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"dcc-documents-cpt-fixed dccdocs-sticky dccdocs-hidden\">\r\n    <div class=\"grid-container\">\r\n        <div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x\">\r\n            <div class=\"cell medium-12\">\r\n                <a class=\"back-to-top hide-for-print\" href=\"#content\"><svg class=\"app-c-back-to-top__icon\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"13\" height=\"17\" viewBox=\"0 0 13 17\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M6.5 0L0 6.5 1.4 8l4-4v12.7h2V4l4.3 4L13 6.4z\"><\/path><\/svg> Contents<\/a>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:41.333%\"><div class=\"document-meta-acf-block clearfix \" id=\"block_b44354c7ea6485155a3f4ce541d46507\"><div class=\" dcc-documents-meta\"><div class=\"dcc-documents-widget dcc-documents-widget-block\"><div class=\"dcc-documents-widget-box2\"><p class=\"dcc-documents-published\"><span>Published<\/span> <time datetime=\"2023-07-19T16:10:10+00:00\">19\/07\/2023 4:10pm<\/time><\/p><p class=\"dcc-documents-updated\"><span>Last Updated<\/span> <time datetime=\"2025-01-13T15:53:47+00:00\">13\/01\/2025 3:53pm<\/time><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:58.666%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"background\">Background<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/workingfordevon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2023\/07\/stoke-meadow-243x300.jpg\" alt=\"Stoke Meadow footbridge.\" class=\"wp-image-6349\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Design\/ Check: DCC Engineering Design Group<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Contract: NEC 3 Option B<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Project Management\/ Supervision: DCC Engineering Design Group<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Works Duration: 1 week<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Year completed: 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Works value: \u00a327,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stoke Meadow Close footbridge was a timber footbridge initially built around 1980.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It connects a housing estate to Mincinglake Valley Park \u2013 a protected area with abundant wildlife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The timber deck was unfortunately rotting, so the footbridge was replaced in October 2021, and at the time it was EDG\u2019s first bridge deck made entirely of moulded fibre-reinforced polymers (FRP).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-were-the-options\">What were the options?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If the bridge were replaced with a like-for-like timber design, it is estimated that it would need a full replacement in 20 years, as well as repairs before this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We decided to experiment with a new innovation, fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP) bridge decks. FRP has excellent corrosion and weather resistant properties, requires little maintenance, and is expected to last 100 years or more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"who-was-involved\">Who was involved?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The project was managed and supervised by a technician within the EDG bridges and structures design team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The design was sub-contracted to an FRP specialist, due to it being the first time EDG have used the material.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Background Design\/ Check: DCC Engineering Design Group Contract: NEC 3 Option B Project Management\/ Supervision: DCC Engineering Design Group Works Duration: 1 week Year completed: 2021 Works value: \u00a327,000 Stoke Meadow Close footbridge was a timber footbridge initially built around 1980. 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