Head Office, UK & Export Sales Compass Works, 410 Brightside Lane, Sheffield S9 2SP Tel: +44 (0) 114 2611126 • Fax: +44 (0) 114 2611165 • Email: enquiry@ekspan.co.uk Website: www.ekspan.com CASE STUDY Background Information The existing FIP expansion joints on the A38 Tamar Bridge were installed 15 years ago as part of the strengthening and widening works programme undertaken between 1999 and 2001. The joints are situated at the end of the main span, at either end of the bridge’s Saltash tower and Plymouth tower. Report findings and recommendations by AECOM (consultants to the Tamar Bridge team), taken from the quarterly ongoing structural inspections between 2012 and 2015, highlighted these joints had reached the end of their serviceable life and consequently were in need of u

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