Programme

Conference registration, where you will receive your name tag and other conference items, will take place in the conference foyer from 8:00 a.m.

Opening Ceremony Steel bridges 2024

The latest developments will be presented to overcome the continuous challenge of designing cable-supported bridges with longer and longer main spans being built in more and more harsh environments. The lecture will draw on the presenter’s involvement in the design and construction of some of the world’s longest cable-supported bridges throughout his carrier. Many long-span bridges have been built over the last 20-30 years, but there are always new challenges to overcome when crossing even wider straights, also allow for denser ship traffic with even larger ships. The normal closed mono steel box girder is becoming a double or triple box girder, the main cable diameter is increasing and can also become a double cable type, and long-span floating bridges are also becoming an emerging market.

Due to the deficient condition of the existing Rhine Bridge Leverkusen as well as due to
increasing traffic load the realization of a replacement is required. The bridge is part of the
motorway A1 between the motorway exit Cologne-Niehl and the motorway intersection
Leverkusen. The twin cable-stayed bridge spans the River Rhine with a main span of 280m and
a total length of 689m. At the west side of the river a pre-stressed concrete girder bridge with
typical span length of 68m and a total length of 378m completes the crossing. This technical
paper deals with special features of the design and the construction process of the cablestayed
bridge.

A special conference lunch will be held on the first floor of the Nebula Restaurant.

The European Steel Bridge Awards are given by ECCS every two years to encourage the creative and outstanding use of steel in construction of bridges. The objective is to give European recognition
to steel and composite bridges emphasizing the various advantages of steel in construction, production, economy, sustainability
and architecture, and to attract the interest of clients,
architects and engineers in using more steel within the bridge construction sector, thereby making the steel industry more competitive.
The Awards are open to steel and composite bridges of which steel structures were designed or fabricated in the ECCS Full Member countries primarily. If the project is multinational, it can also be submitted. The awards are dedicated to the owner,
general contractor, the architects, the engineers and the steelwork contractors of each outstanding steel bridge project submitted from ECCS Full Member countries in order to esteem their
collaboration and the excellence of their work. The construction must have been completed and be ready for use within the last
three years, in the period between the 31st May 2021 and the 31st May 2024. Previous entries are not eligible. Two main categories of bridges will be awarded – Road and Railway bridges and Cycle and Footbridges. In addition, the jury may award Special Awards.

A special conference lunch will be held on the first floor of the Nebula Restaurant.