Hammersmith Bridge: engineering reports
Reviews by AECOM and the University of Cambridge's Professor Fleck of the modelling and analysis taken of Hammersmith Bridge by other engineering consultants.
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In September 2020, the Department for Transport (DfT) commissioned consultants AECOM to review the recent engineering studies of the bridge바카라 사이트™s condition. AECOM conclude that our understanding of the bridge바카라 사이트™s behaviour has improved considerably since the CCSO was written and recommend that it is revisited, alongside 15 other recommendations.
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