• Transformational project for the Glasgow City Region.
• First opening road bridge across the River Clyde Connecting Renfrew with Clydebank and Yoker.
• Glasgow City Region City Deal.
• Work, health, social and community benefits.

• Categorisation of Modern Methods of Construction.
• Implementation of modular bridges on highways and HS2.
• Development of flexible abutments.
• Decarbonisation of bridge substructures.
• Implications for design, construction and procurement.

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• Pre-cursor events are vital in preventing structural failures.
• Unlike practice elsewhere in the world, the construction, management and operation of transport structures (excluding rail) is not regulated or subject to independent forensic investigation should a structure partially or catastrophically fail without loss of life. 
• The CROSS confidential reporting system has expanded to include confidential reports of pre-cursor and failure events in bridges and other transport structural assets, in all transportation fields. 
• The presentation sets out the context why reporting is needed, what CROSS does then outlines the initiative and how engineers and managers can report issues confidentially.

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• Showcasing some recent bridge designs in the Republic of Ireland by BEAM + CAKE, including bridges with difficult access following the success of the Bracklinn Falls Bridge installation in Callander, Scotland.

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