Queensferry Crossing

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Queensferry Crossing 

The Scottish Government invested over £1.3 billion in the cross-Forth transport corridor in the east of Scotland. The Queensferry Crossing forms the centerpiece of this project.

The Queensferry Crossing (formerly the Forth Replacement Crossing) is a road bridge in Scotland. It was built alongside the existing Forth Road Bridge and carries the M90 motorway across the Firth of Forth between Edinburgh, at South Queensferry, and Fife, at North Queensferry. The Forth Crossing Act received Royal Assent in January 2011. In April 2011, the Forth Crossing Bridge Constructors Consortium were awarded the contract and construction began in late Summer/Autumn of 2011.

The Principal Contract to build the new bridge and connecting roads was awarded in April 2011 to the Forth Crossing Bridge Constructors (FCBC) consortium. FCBC is a consortium of Hochtief, Germany, American Bridge from Pittsburgh, USA, Dragados from Spain, and Morrison Construction from Scotland.

In total, the overall Forth Replacement Crossing scheme is 13.7 miles (22km) long, including major motorway upgrades to the north and south of the bridge and also the first ever use in Scotland of variable mandatory speed limits to smooth traffic congestion via an Intelligent Transport System. This also controls dedicated bus lanes within the motorway hard shoulders – another first in Scotland.

Facts and figures

  • The biggest infrastructure project in Scotland for a generation
  • Structure length 1.7 miles (2.7km) – longest three-tower, cable-stayed bridge in the world
  • 16,869 cubic meters of concrete were poured into the water-filled south tower caisson in a 24-hour non-stop operation

Further information: The Fourth Bridges

Contact

Marzi Strutzke
Marzi Strutzke
MSc
Project Manager; Business Development Manager EMEA
phone: +49 (931) 35503-776

Effective Project collaboration with EPLASS:

In the Tender-phase of the Queensferry Crossing project, the Professional Edition of the "EPLASS Drawing Management" module was used for the complete digital review and approval processes. The project involved staff from multiple countries who had to be able to have site-independent access to all drawing documents. EPLASS Drawing Management enabled the parties to work in parallel workflows, bringing together international companies like Hochtief from Germany, American Bridge from Pittsburgh, USA, Dragados from Spain, and Morrison Construction from Scotland. This necessary cross-country collaboration, the need of a transparent overview of the processes and a well-organized review process lead the Forth Crossing Bridge Constructors (FCBC) consortium to choosing the EPLASS Common Data Environment (CDE) as their competent partner.