FIRST FLUOROPOLYMER BRIDGE IN NZ!
Here is a sneak peek of the Toki Poutangata Footbridge almost ready for delivery to site. We are proud to announce that the bridge is to be the FIRST IN…
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Here is a sneak peek of the Toki Poutangata Footbridge almost ready for delivery to site. We are proud to announce that the bridge is to be the FIRST IN…
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Over the past few months we have been working hard to develop our in-house capability to efficiently take complex artwork from artists and architects intended for laser cut panels, and…
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The Rapid Response Bridge is a quick and economic farm bridge or access bridge for landowners and farmers in NZ. We have been working with Bridge It NZ to develop…
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Last updated 6 Feb 2023 Are you looking for a FREE simple pedestrian bridge design to get your project started? If you are wanting a cost-effective and simple pedestrian bridge…
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We have dedicated this page to capturing and recording our work preparing Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of footbridges. Within these posts we will also consider and discuss the various LCA…
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First images of 100m long Manganui Gorge Suspension Bridge Revealed! It’s the start of a fresh new year and we are pleased to share some of the first images of…
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The Manganui Gorge Bridge is a 100m long suspension bridge close to the summit of Mt. Taranaki located in New Plymouth, New Zealand. It has an impressive 93m clear span…
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We did it! Toki Bridge won GOLD at Friday night’s prestigious ACE New Zealand Awards. We went up against the "big guns" (Aurecon, Beca, WSP, et al) and the MEGA Auckland projects…
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We were super thrilled and honored on Tuesday night (2nd August 2022) for the Water of Leith Cable-stayed Footbridge designed by DC Structures Studio to be recognized as the WINNER…
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Whakapono – Belief Tumanako – Hope Ko te aroha – Love The Toki Bridge opening day (29th March 2022) for the Toki Bridge was a joyous and fun experience for…
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Was great to get out of the office yesterday and onto the “Timber Trail” (centre of North Island). Was a beautiful crisp clear sky morning. In these photos we are…
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Last week Buller District Council hosted a public open day to present the "Waterfront Redevelopment" project. The project includes the Toki Poutangata Footbridge as designed by DC Structures Studio. The…
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The name chosen for the bridge “Toki Poutangata” (or Toki for short), describes a ceremonial adze of chiefly authority, and consists of a pounamu blade lashed to an elaborately carved…
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Longford Cable Stayed Bridge in Gore, New Zealand is a 90m spanning cable stayed pedestrian bridge. It is a 3m wide cable stayed bridge with a 32m high steel mast.…
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On 17th June 2020 we performed the final inspection of the Wairoa Cycleway truss footbridge. The final solution is a breathtaking show-case of good steelwork craftsmanship and the final colour…
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In January 2020 DC Structures Studio had great fun working with with Professor F. Barpi and his students from the Politecnico di Torino (Turin Polytechnic, Italy) to help judge their…
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On Wednesday night (12 Feb 2020) I had the pleasure of presenting at the University of Auckland for the Auckland Structural Group (ASG). The presentation focused on the design and…
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The Laurent Swale Footbridge (AKA the "Blue bridge") is close to completion and was recently featured in the local Cambridge Press. See article below. More info can be found here:…
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Work started last week on the design of the Wairoa Clip-on Walkway Trusses. The concept was the winning solution as part of the successful Brian Perry Civil tender for the…
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The Rainforest structures featuring a “canopy walk” and “look-out tower” were designed for Edifice Contracts Ltd as part of a Design and Construct tender for Taranaki Regional Council. The structures…
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Completed May 2020 The Waroa Clip-on steel truss walkways are an economic but vibrant cyclebridge solution. The crossing features seven 25m long steel truss bridges to span the Wairoa River…
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February 2019 to February 2020 The Piha Footbridge is an lightweight economic steel truss footbridge designed for a residential developer in Piha, Westcoast Auckland. Clad in beautiful Accoya timber this…
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The Laurent Swale Footbridge is an economic but vibrant footbridge solution. The 20m steel footbridge was designed for Spartan Construction as part of a design and construct component of the…
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This week marked a major milestone as bridge piling was completed for the Laurent Swale Footbridge in Cambridge (NZ). The footbridge construction is being led by Spartan Construction as part…
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We are please to have completed the Water of Leith bridge. It was recently published in the Otago Daily Times under the headline of "Elegant new Leith bridge ready". We…
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The Water of Leith Bridge is taking shape on site! Last week the beautiful 22m high steel wish-bone mast was erected to accompany the 45m long steel superstructure bridging over…
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In 2018 we worked with Waitomo District Council to come up with cost effective options to rejuvenate an existing footbridge in Te Kuiti. The options were focused on rehabilitating the…
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This work was for a concept design of a pedestrian bridge crossing over the Whakatane River. The pedestrian bridge was proposed for connecting to the southern bank immediately adjacent to…
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We've just released our Environmental Policy: Sustainable Bridges. At DC Structures Studio we recognise that as designers of large infrastructure our working practices and the designs we develop have potentially…
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Water of Leith Bridge Update: The works currently occurring on site are the installation of seven 18m long steel driven piles that will support the eastern end of the bridge…
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We all intend to plan ahead, but too often let the day-to-day minutia get in the way of making a calendar for the year. Sure, you can’t know every detail to anticipate. Heck, you can’t know half the priorities that will pop up in any particular month.
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