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CAE Civil Works
Ingenieursbureau Stendess N.V.
Address Grote Baan 18 • 9920 Lovendegem (BE)
Telephone +32 9 370 71 25
Fax +32 9 372 43 95
Contact Mr ir. Jurn De Vleeschauwer
Email mail@stendess.com
Website www.stendess.com
A steel and concrete engineering company
The engineering firm Stendess was founded by an experienced
team specialising in the study and design of steel constructions.
From its establishment in 2002, Stendess has made high quality
and full service provision its top priority. Thanks to this integral
service, where the design of the metal superstructure and the
concrete substructure are calculated and drawn by experts in
the same office, the building owner and principal contractor
retain 100 % control over the complete structure.
Stendess can follow up on cross-border projects in accordance
with most standards and codes: Eurocode, NBN, NEN, DIN, NF,
AISC, Britisch Standards and specific national codes.
Key activities
• Industrial buildings: steel factories, power plants, depots,
etc,
• Other buildings: service buildings, concert halls, sport facilities,
swimming pools, apartment buildings,
• Bridge constructions: arch bridges, cable –stayed bridge,
suspension bridges, bascule bridges, swing bridges, orthotropic
bridge, mixed steel-concrete bridges,…
• Off-shore projects: lock gates, Roro, oil rigs, …
• Industrial equipment: silos, cranes, craneways, storage
tanks,…
• Erection engineering: longitudinal and transverse repositioning,
skidding, lifting, bridge launching…
Locations of the constructions: Belgium, the Netherlands,
France, Germany, United Kingdom, Spain, Sweden, Saudi
Arabia, Greece, Singapore, Chili, Brasil, Cameroun, Russia, Thailand
…
Used software • SCIA•ESA PT, ESA-Prima Win
72 SCIA User Contest 2007 • Category 3 • CAE Civil Works
Bridge ‘Olsene’ across the ‘ Leie’ river
Bridge ‘Olsene’ across the ‘Leie’ river
The existing concrete bridge had to be replaced by
a new bridge and this for two reasons. Firstly, the
stability of the existing bridge was no longer guaranteed
for the increased traffic intensity. Secondly, the
free passing under the existing bridge was limited in
height and width and too small for the current ships
to pass.
The new bridge is a steel bridge with a span of 110
m, consisting of 2 drive lanes of 4 m and 2 lanes for
pedestrians of 2,5 m. The bridge is an arched bridge
(bowstring) with inclined arches of which the cross
sections vary as well in height and in width along
the bridge span. For the bridge deck an orthotropic
steel deck with longitudinal trapezoidal stiffeners
was chosen. The bridge is different from a classic
bowstring bridge because the suspensions of the
deck at the arch are not connected to the main deck
beams. The suspensions are connected at the transverse
beams, which support the main deck beams.
The whole bridge was completely preassembled in
the workshop, so that the assembly on the spot could
be done smoothly.