BBR Construction, BBR System, Bureau BBR, BBR Group or BBR VT International is a
Swiss construction firm specializing in cable construction projects such as
suspension bridges and
tramways. They built the first carbon fibre stay cable bridge.[1] The firm was started in 1944 by three engineers, Max Birkenmaier, Antonio Brandestini and Mirko Robin Ros.[2][3] Their stay cable technology has been applied to over 400 major structures around the world.[4]
Among their projects have been:
1961 the Schiller Street Bridge in
Stuttgart, Germany, span 61 meters, a curved, stay cable bridge for pedestrians[5]
1991 the Gilly Bridge over the
Isere River in
Albertville, France, longest span 102 meters, a stay cable bridge with a single tower[5][6]
1996 the Storchenbrücke bridge[7] in
Winterthur, Switzerland, main span 63 meters, the world's first carbon fibre stay cables bridge[1]
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abSengupta, S. (2000). "Case Studies of a few selected Stay Cable Bridges Constructed World over by the BBR Group". In Dayaratnam, P. (ed.). Cable Stayed, Supported, and Suspension Bridges. Hyderabad, India: Universities Press. pp.
173–191.
ISBN978-81-7371-271-5.
^Troyan, Leonardo Fernández (2003). Bridge Engineering: A Global Perspective. London: Thomas Telford. pp.
616,
638.
ISBN978-0-7277-3215-6.
^Sengupta, S. (2003). "Third Godavari Railway Bridge, India". Structures for High-Speed Railway Transportation (IABSE Symposium, Antwerp, Belgium, 2003). Zürich, Switzerland: International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering. pp. 150–151.
ISBN978-3-85748-109-3.
BBR Construction, BBR System, Bureau BBR, BBR Group or BBR VT International is a
Swiss construction firm specializing in cable construction projects such as
suspension bridges and
tramways. They built the first carbon fibre stay cable bridge.[1] The firm was started in 1944 by three engineers, Max Birkenmaier, Antonio Brandestini and Mirko Robin Ros.[2][3] Their stay cable technology has been applied to over 400 major structures around the world.[4]
Among their projects have been:
1961 the Schiller Street Bridge in
Stuttgart, Germany, span 61 meters, a curved, stay cable bridge for pedestrians[5]
1991 the Gilly Bridge over the
Isere River in
Albertville, France, longest span 102 meters, a stay cable bridge with a single tower[5][6]
1996 the Storchenbrücke bridge[7] in
Winterthur, Switzerland, main span 63 meters, the world's first carbon fibre stay cables bridge[1]
^
abSengupta, S. (2000). "Case Studies of a few selected Stay Cable Bridges Constructed World over by the BBR Group". In Dayaratnam, P. (ed.). Cable Stayed, Supported, and Suspension Bridges. Hyderabad, India: Universities Press. pp.
173–191.
ISBN978-81-7371-271-5.
^Troyan, Leonardo Fernández (2003). Bridge Engineering: A Global Perspective. London: Thomas Telford. pp.
616,
638.
ISBN978-0-7277-3215-6.
^Sengupta, S. (2003). "Third Godavari Railway Bridge, India". Structures for High-Speed Railway Transportation (IABSE Symposium, Antwerp, Belgium, 2003). Zürich, Switzerland: International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering. pp. 150–151.
ISBN978-3-85748-109-3.