Designing with carbon consciousness: decarbonisation guidance for bridges

Overview

This presentation provides an overview of key developments being explored within the UK around bridge decarbonisation, covering three aspects:

• Firstly, showcasing the research completed by Jimmy Barratt-Thorne at the University of Cambridge, comparing how embodied carbon differs for nine different forms of bridge substructure and foundations.
• Secondly, how the orientation and material choice within a wingwall contribute to the embodied carbon of a bridge.
• Finally, showcasing a configurator tool developed to evaluate alternative prestressed concrete beam and deck slab arrangements, that ranks the options and highlights the lowest embodied carbon solution.

The presentation aims to share knowledge that reduces the embodied carbon within bridge designs and advances decarbonisation across the bridges sector.

Who is this event for?

The event is open to students, graduates, technicians and apprentice members of the ICE. 

Programme