Robert Falconer

Consultant, Goldhawk Bridge Restoration

Bob is a former director of Goldhawk Bridge Restoration Ltd, installers of the MARS System, the most environmentally friendly method of strengthening masonry bridges.

He was a lecturer at the University of Greenwich specialising in Bridge Assessment and Design and, since 1984, has been a consultant to Structural Survey Partnership in the assessment of bridges.

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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