Span plans: Specialist contractor Dorman Long Technology had to overcome a series of challenges when planning the lifting of sections for three major bridges in China

摘要

Two of the longest bridges of their type - the Sutong cable stayed bridge, and the ChaoTianMen arch bridge -are currently being built in China under the lifting engineering guidance of Dorman Long Technology (DLT). DLT also designed the unusual lifting arrangement for a third bridge in China - the Shibanpo Bridge. All thee projects, together worth more than USD 4.3 million, presented particular challenges to the UK-based heavy lifting contractor.