Ascoli Piceno, Italy, 2010, 2019
Client Municipality of Ascoli Piceno
Design of a skew arch bridge on the Tronto river, 90 m span, within a new by-pass in the Southern part of the town. Due to cost boundaries, it was instead selected a continuous composite deck alternative, also designed by E.D.In.
Lombardia, Italia, 2020
Client Italferr Inc
Reclassification assessment and upgrading for seven existing masonry bridges on the Curno-Ponte San Pietro segment, Bergamo-Lecco railway line. Noticeable the bridge on the Brembo River, opened in 1863 and comprising 11 arches with 32m maximum span.
Road and rail Fehmarnbelt Crossing, Denmark to Germany. Participation to the International Board for the review of the bridge alternative, comprising two twin 900 m cable stayed spans and 200 m span access viaducts for a total length of about 19 km, Client Femern A/S, Denmark, 2009
Stonecutters Bridge, when opened in 2008 second cable stayed worldwide with a centre span of 1018 m, Hong Kong. Participation to the International Board for the review of the design, Client ARUP & Partners Hong Kong-COWI-BMT Asia Pacific JV, 2002-2003
Favazzina viaduct near Scilla, with a main span of 220 m is one of the most relevant of the A3 motorway in Southern Italy. Scope of work comprised numerical analyses and construction drawings of steel deck components, Client INCO Inc., 2008
Rail bridge on the Po River, 200 m centre span, Italy, the main structure of the Milano-Bologna High Speed Line. Dynamic railway runnability analysis, Client Tecnoproject Ltd, 1995
Wadi Dib Bridge, 280 m centre span, Algeria, overpassing the artificial reservoir formed by the creek. Seismic response analysis, Client Tecnoproject Ltd, 1994
Wadi Kuf Bridge, 282 m centre span, Libya, the main span designed by Riccardo Morandi. Numerical analysis of erection stages for the retrofitting project, Client Tecnoproject Ltd, 1994
Kirumi Bridge, 150 m centre span, Tanzania, 1981-84, numerical analysis of the erection stages, Client GSLE Inc., 1981-1984
Designs or consultancy for international tenders, not awarded or suspended: 550 m span road and rail cable stayed bridge & access viaducts for the 3rd Tagus crossing (Client Tavetejo Consortium, 2008-2009); prestressed concrete cable stayed bridge, RN 77 motorway, Algeria (Client Condotte Inc., 2008); two cable stayed bridges on the Ragusa-Catania motorway (Client Condotte Inc., 2007); 490 m span road and rail cable stayed bridge on the Oresund (Alternative design development, 1995, Client CMF Sud S.p.A. and Burmeister & Wein A/S)
Preliminary project for the redevelopment and recovery of the slopes of the Aventino Hill, Rome, with mechanized connection between the Tiber and the Orange Garden, terrace overlooking the Tiber and cable-stayed bridge on the route of the ancient Ponte Sublicio, Client: Resources for Roma SpA, 2006
Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2017
Client Communauté Economique des Etats de l’Afrique Centrale
Road and rail cable stayed bridge on the Congo River, main span 200 m, within the Kinshasa-Ilebo link. Independent check of the design, in JV with Italferr Inc.
Denmark, in progress
Clients Ramboll A/S, SBJV
The Storstrøm is a road, railway and pedestrian bridge that crosses the Storstrømmen between the islands of Falster and Masnedø. Of about 4 km total length offshore, with 80 m typical spans and as main crossing a single mast cable stayed bridge with two twin 180 m spans. E.D.In. is collaborating to the preparation of the construction drawings, with scope of work the substructures of the entire bridge.
Colombia, 2016
Client Sacyr Colombia
The Hisgaura cable stayed bridge, main span 330 m, is located on the Malaga-Curos route in the Santander region and is the second for span in Columbia. E.D.In. carried out an independent check of the final design on behalf of the Contractor with strongly critical outcome, such to induce its fundamental review.
Sydney, Australia, 2015 – 2016,
Client Salini Impregilo Inc.
The Sydney North Rail is a 4 km link entirely on viaduct, comprising as main crossing the Windsor Road cable stayed bridge, centre span 180 m, and numerous spans between 30 and 40 m in length. Scope of work comprised the independent numerical analyses of the erection stages of the main crossing, as well as consultancy for the resolution of significant issues arisen during the construction, with permanent E.D.In. staff on site.
Long Beach, California, US, 2017-2018
Clients Musick Peeler & Garrett LPP, FCC – Shimmick –Salini Impregilo JV
The New Gerald Desmond cable stayed bridge will replace, with a main span of 410 m and a clearance of over 60 m, the existing steel arch truss. Scope of work comprised in a first instance the preparation of an expert witness report on the design of the composite bridge deck, featuring a post tensioned lightweight concrete slab. In a second phase E.D.In. carried out an independent check of the erection stages, with an “over the shoulder review” carried out at the offices of the designer ARUP in New York.
Santos Guarujà Suspension Bridge, Sao Paulo, Brazil, main span 750 m, main crossing in an important road link on the Sao Paulo Harbour, preliminary design. Client ECORODOVIAS, 2020, at the moment discontinued due to the Sars Cov 2 epidemic.
Feasibility studies for two 2200 m span suspension bridges on the Sunda Strait, Indonesia, Stretto di Messina SpA, 1996, 2009, 2012
Collaboration with Dr. William C. Brown (Brown Beech Ltd) for studies comprising suspension bridges on the Rion-Antirion crossing, Dardanelles Straits, Java to Bali crossing, third Bosphorus crossing, Izmit Bay, 1986-2003.
Humber suspension bridge, centre span 1410 m, then the largest worldwide, research project on the aerodynamic stability in erection, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, 1977-78.
F. Brancaleoni, D.M. Brotton: Analysis and Prevention of Suspension Bridge Flutter in Construction, International Journal for Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, Vol. 9, 489-500,1981
F. Brancaleoni: The Construction Phase and its Aerodynamic Issues, in Aerodynamics of Large Bridges, ed. A. Larsen, Balkema, 1992
Miscellaneous consultancy or designs for international tenders, not awarded or suspended: Chacao Suspension Bridge, JV with RAMBOLL A/S, client Salini Impregilo 2013, 3rd Bosporus Crossing, 1400 m main span, Client Impregilo, 2011
Turkey, 1985, 1988
The second bridge to be built across the Bosphorus, with its span of 1074 m links Ortaköy (Europe) and Beylerbeyi (Asia) in Istanbul. E.D.In. did collaborate with the Designer William C. Brown for the catwalk design and for the analysis of the erection stages. After completion was in charge of installing and operating for one year a semi-permanent monitoring system, leading state of the art at the time, with numerical analyses and identification of the experimental behaviour of the bridge, with the findings transferred to the design of the Messina Strait Bridge design.
F. Brancaleoni, W.C. Brown, C. Valente, SEMI-PERMANENT MONITORING OF THE FATIH SULTAN MEHEMET SUSPENSION BRIDGE, Proc. 2nd International Conference on Bridge Management, Guildford, Surrey, April 1993
