CATHARINA BRIDGE WINS THE EUROPEAN CONCRETE AWARD

Awards

BRIDGE SOLUTION IN ULTRA HIGH PERFORMANCE CONCRETE

Catharina Bridge in Leiden, the Netherlands, wins the European Concrete Award 2018 in the category 'Civil Engineering'.

The project was executed for the city of Leiden by a team consisting of DP6 Architectuurstudio, Gebr. Schouls, and Pieters Bouwtechniek in close collaboration with Hi-Con. The bridge deck and piers are made of prefabricated elements in Hi-Con's Ultra High Performance Concrete CRC i3®, specifically developed for larger structures in marine environments.

The elegant bridge features a minimalist and organic design and is very slender in relation to its span (1:81 slenderness ratio) – a slenderness necessary due to the required clearance height under the bridge, made possible only by Hi-Con's CRC i3® concept.

Hi-Con contributed specialized knowledge in design, calculations, and assembly strategy and execution, and supplied the complex bridge elements and JointCast material for assembly to realize the demanding project.