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Design
CTS have four in house Chartered Civil and Structural engineers who can provide design drawings, calculations, Design Check Certificates and prepare AIP’s for technical approval.
All drawings are prepared using the latest CAD technology and are available in a variety of formats to suit customer requirements.
CTS’s extensive experience enables them to design bridges and structures using readily available material sizes thus avoiding costly wastage or ‘over designed’ components.
Because CTS design the bridges that they manufacture the cost for design is absorbed/ incorporated in the final bridge cost. Attention to detail ensures cost effectiveness and durability
Manufacture
CTS have manufacturing facitities comprising a 4.5 acre site with factory occupying a 2335m2 footprint. To enable construction we utilise 5 overhead cranes each of a ten tonne lift capacity.
Careful manufacture is undertaken by 25 experienced time-served joiners and fabricators, including coded welders to the highest standard, all tested to weld procedures to BS EN ISO 15609 in accordance with BS EN 287.
Installation
CTS offer an installation service for all bridges and structures. The installations are planned by trained engineers. Site visits are undertaken to assess crane requirements. Risk assessments, method statements, Safe Systems of work are provided.
Our team incorporate fully qualified personnel to ensure safe erection. These include qualified slinger banksmen and ”competent persons” as defined by BS7121; the Safe Use of Cranes