COWI has designed some of the world’s largest bridges, including the 1018m main span Stonecutters cable stayed bridge in Hong Kong and the 1624m main span Great Belt suspension bridge in Denmark.
Today's innovations are often tomorrow's best practices. This applies to dehumidification of the interior of box girders for corrosion protection. Introduced by COWI on the Little Belt bridge in 1970, it is now used worldwide.
Cost-effective bid designs by COWI prepared for contractors have, for instance, led to construction contracts for the Faroe bridges in Denmark, the Normandy bridge in France and for the Öresund bridges between Denmark and Sweden.
Independent design check is often required by the client to verify the structural safety or constructability. Our extensive experience of design enables us to focus on the key issues.
IBDASIntegrated Bridge Design and Analysis System (pdf)