Chris Fernandes

Principal Engineer, Arcadis Consulting (UK) Ltd

Chris is a Chartered Civil Engineer with the ICE and a Principal Engineer with Arcadis. He has over 13 years of experience working on rail bridges and civil structures projects in the UK and Canada and leads design teams on bridge strengthening and renewal projects.

My Speaker Sessions

Wednesday 12 March 2025

14:40

Rehabilitation of Cart Road Railway Underbridge, Cardiff

14:40 - 15:00
  • Cart Road Bridge, Cardiff is a Grade II listed three span masonry railway underbridge which, before the works, was in very poor condition. 
  • This presentation will describer the project background and how it fits in within the wider Core Valley Lines works for Transport for Wales.
  • Our paper will also examine mistakes that were made in the assessment and initial strengthening of this bridge which can apply to other masonry bridges and which dangerously overestimated the strength of the bridge. 
  • Lastly, we will present the latest advances used in the installation of the MARS System and discuss the problems associated with re-casing masonry bridges.

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