Varvsbron, Innovation in Bridge Design, Engineering & Advanced Surface Modelling

‘Varvsbron’, a pedestrian and cycle bridge; and a key part of ambitious plans to revitalise the city of Helsingborg, connects the main Public Transport hub, across the ferry link to Denmark and the existing harbour, to a new urban development of the docks called Oceanhamnen.

This paper charts the development of the bridge’s design, an innovative cable-stayed/suspension hybrid, with input from the bridge’s architect and the engineering team responsible for design development and detail design.

It will focus on how the team’s innovative use of parametric modelling software simultaneously confirmed the final aesthetic form, addressed complex structural and buildability issues, and ultimately made this distinctive bridge both structurally efficient and buildable.

The bridge posed challenges in terms of planning and execution, which were successfully overcome by world class engineering, skilled project management and efficient collaboration between all those involved.

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