NZ Standard Footbridge Design

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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Manganui Gorge Suspension Bridge - Final Visualisation

Manganui Gorge Suspension Bridge

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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BRIDGE NZ AWARDS 2022 WINNER!!!

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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Toki Poutangata Steel Railway Truss Bridge - View accross railway

Toki Poutangata Pedestrian Bridge

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

Longford Cable Stayed Bridge

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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8 - Turin Footbridge Design 2020 - Dora River Footbridge (G13)

Turin Polytechnic – Footbridge Design Course 2020

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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Wairoa Walkway Truss

Design of Wairoa Steel Truss works started…

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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Piling at Laurent Swale Footbridge

Laurent Swale Footbridge – bridge piling started!

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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Water of Leith Footbridge - Steel Mast and Steel Super Erected October 2018

Water of Leith Footbridge – steelwork mast erected!

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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Whakatane River Pedestrian Bridge - DC Structures Studio - Image 1

Whakatane River Pedestrian Bridge

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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Water of Leith Bridge - DC Structures Studio

Water of Leith Footbridge – construction underway…

Exciting News! Construction for the Water of Leith Cyclebridge finally got underway last week. The Council, Construction Team, and Design Team met onsite on Tuesday 31st July to review and…

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Plummers Point Glulaminated Timber Bridge Visualisation - DC Structures Studio and Edifice

Plummers Point Glulaminated Timber Bridge

Plummers Point Glulaminated Timber Bridge was a cyclebridge design we did for Edifice Contracts Limited (Edifice) as part of the July 2017 "Omokoroa 3 Bridges" Tender. The project was for…

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Newnham Rd Cycle bridge - DC Structures Studio & Edifice 2017

Newnham Road Cycle Suspension Bridge

Newnham Road Cycle Suspension Bridge was a design we did for Edifice Contracts Limited (Edifice) as part of the July 2017 "Omokoroa 3 Bridges" Tender. The project was for the…

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DCSS Travis Wetland Wildlife Bridge NZ - From Travis Road

Travis Wetland Wildlife Bridge, Christchurch

In 2017 we collaborated with Colin Meurk, President of the Travis Wetland Trust to come up with cost effective wildlife bridge options. The wildlife bridge was needed to enable people…

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