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Fife

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Repair and Maintenance of Masonry Arch Bridges

Building Conservation Masterclass

at Charlestown Workshops

Friday 29 August, 2014, 9.30 – 4.30

£135 + vat

Photograph – ‘Roman’ Bridge, part of the designed landscape at Penicuik Estate.

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Repair and Maintenance of Masonry Arch Bridges

The UK boasts an enormous number of masonry arch bridges, many are the work of some of the

world’s foremost architects and Engineers. This masterclass looks at all aspects of masonry arch

bridge construction and the materials utilised to determine the most appropriate repair schemes.

Programme

09.30 – 09.45 Welcome and context for the day Rosamond Artis, Director,

SLCT

09.45 – 10.15 How arches and vaults work Dr Bill Harvey, Obvis

10.15 – 11.15 Stone arches - some typical

defects and remedies

Gary Salter, Senior

Executive Engineer, Sligo

County Council

11.15 – 11.30 Coffee

11.30- 12.15 Non destructive investigation of

masonry arch bridges

Bill Revie, Construction

Materials Consultants Ltd,

Stirling

12.15 – 13.00 Specifying mortars for masonry

bridge repairs Rosamond Artis

13.00 – 14.00 Lunch

14.00 – 14.45 Analysing complex arching

structures Dr Bill Harvey

14.45 – 15.30

Masonry arches supporting public

roads – case studies from Sligo

County Council

Gary Salter

15.30 – 16.15 Helifix - bridge repair &

strengthening

John Heseltine, Helifix

16.15 – 16.30 Q & A