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Jerry Cutter BSc CEng FICE FCIHT RMaPS
Jerry Cutter graduated in 1976 and worked for Higgs and Hill Plc on a number of prestige building projects in London and the Channel Islands before joining Flint & Neill in 1987 for the Severn Bridge Strengthening Contracts; he was based at the Severn Crossings for the next 17 years.
Jerry first became involved with the Samuel Beckett Bridge project in early 2007 acting as Flint & Neill's Project Engineer for the Procurement Stage Review. Jerry was subsequently appointed to act as Resident Engineer for the steelwork fabrication and erection stages of the project and went on to manage the development of the operational and maintenance protocols and manuals for the bridge.
Jerry is a Director of Flint & Neill, based in their Gloucestershire offices, where he is responsible for a number of maintenance and refurbishment projects on several of the UK's major bridges.
Philip Brown BEng CEng FICE
Philip is Chief Engineer for Graham Construction, a national civil engineering and building contractor, operating throughout the UK and Ireland.
A Chartered Civil Engineer, he has worked for Graham since 1993 on a variety of civil engineering projects. As Chief Engineer he leads the company’s engineering team with responsibility for construction planning and programming for all civil engineering projects, value engineering, design development and co-ordination of temporary works designs.
In recent years, he has been responsible for delivering some high profile projects including Dargan Bridge in Dublin, Stobcross On-Ramp Refurbishment at Kingston Bridge in Glasgow, Samuel Beckett Bridge in Dublin, Peace Bridge in Londonderry, Dounreay Low Level Waste Vaults in Scotland and Grimsby River Terminal.
Philip is a member of the Editorial Advisory Panel for ICE’s Bridge Engineering Journal and has authored three papers published there. He is also a professional reviewer for ICE.
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25 FEBRUARY 2013
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18:00 - 19:35
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Lecture
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This lecture is fully booked. It will be broadcast live online with viewers having the opportunity to ask questions, or watch the recording later at your convenience. Visit ice.org.uk/lectures
The Samuel Beckett Bridge, Dublin City’s newest bridge, is now established as a landmark movable structure spanning the maritime gateway to the city.
The bridge is located east of the city’s centre and within the ‘heart’ of the newly developed docklands area, facilitating an important urban transport link for private car use, public transport, cyclists and pedestrians; and contributing towards the improved environmental, commercial and social development of the urban area in which it is located.
This Samuel Beckett Bridge lecture is based on the paper of the same name that was awarded the John Henry Garrood King Medal at the 2012 ICE Annual Awards Ceremony. It will explore:
- The basis of the bridge’s structural and operational design
- How the main river support was constructed
- The manner in which the superstructure was fabricated and positioned
The Samuel Beckett Bridge is a Calatrava-designed, cable-stayed, steel box girder structure, with a span across the River Liffey, of 123 m. It rotates through 90°, has an asymmetric shape reflecting a harp laid on its side, with the base to the cable-stayed steel pylon set outside of the river’s navigational channel – 28 m from the river’s south quay wall. The pylon curves northwards to a point 46 m above the water level with 25 forestay cables set in a ‘harp’ formation.
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