Geoff Freedman Rural Bridges is a Design Consultancy offering low cost bridge solutions for all countryside use and locations.
Experience
- 11 years in Consultancy and Contracting
- 36 years in the Forestry Commission
- 10 years as Rural Bridges Consultant
- Designed, supervised, assessed over 500 bridges
- Many designs based on specific full scale testing and research
Specialisms
- Range of off-the-shelf low cost footbridges – spans up to 20m
- Proven low cost road bridges – spans to 20m
- Patented aerial mast footbridge design – spans to 24m
- Low cost steel truss footbridges – spans to 20m
- Timber bridges – stress lamination – spans to 20m
- Construction in remote rural locations
- Sustainable structures with measured CO2 emissions
- Assessment and Inspections of structures
- Design of repairs and maintenance
- Feasibility studies
Endorsements / Qualifications
- 22 major awards
- 3 Professional Fellowships
- Chartered Engineer and Chartered Environmentalist
- PhD in Timber Engineering
- 23 published papers on bridge research and construction
Service
- Bridge condition and load assessments
- Bridge Design, tender, supervision and certification
- Bridge design and build
- Road networks design and build
- Training courses on Forestry Bridges and Forest Roads
