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Volume 164, Issue 3
August 2011
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Review Article| August 01 2011

Work starts on Scotland’s new Forth replacement crossing project Available to Purchase

Lawrence Shackman;
Lawrence Shackman
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Mike Glover
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT Lawrence Shackman TEL +44 141 272 7581 EMAIL lawrence.shackman@transportscotland.gsi.gov.uk WEB www.transportscotland.gov.uk/road/projects/forth-replacement-crossing
Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1751-7672
Print ISSN: 0965-089X
ICE Publishing: All rights reserved
2011
Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Civil Engineering (2011) 164 (3): 99.
https://doi.org/10.1680/cien.2011.164.3.99

Transport Scotland finally awarded the main contract for a new cable-stayed road bridge across the Forth estuary in April 2011. Lawrence Shackman of Transport scotland and Mike Glover of Jacobs–Arup explain the journey to date, including some innovative cost-saving measures.

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2011
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