tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6470543006314152962.post8572556862971252789..comments2024-03-11T16:49:27.614+00:00Comments on The Happy Pontist: £4m to design white elephantThe Happy Pontisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15252272118786667592noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6470543006314152962.post-163651773005818782013-08-12T20:25:20.497+01:002013-08-12T20:25:20.497+01:00Sorry, no idea!Sorry, no idea!The Happy Pontisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15252272118786667592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6470543006314152962.post-8449887621980205662013-08-12T15:09:48.851+01:002013-08-12T15:09:48.851+01:00Thanks for the blog - I really enjoy it.
"...Thanks for the blog - I really enjoy it. <br /><br />" it's a staggering expenditure"<br /><br />I agree, any idea how it breaks down between preliminary structural engineering and the other activities?<br /><br />Hughnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6470543006314152962.post-67499568592258203632013-07-30T01:01:17.706+01:002013-07-30T01:01:17.706+01:00Man how do I get in on designing a bridge that wil...Man how do I get in on designing a bridge that will never be built for four millions pounds! (That's like six million plus dollars!)<br /><br />I will design anything you want, as long as it never gets built, for two million pounds. Hell I will put a dome over it and grow you a rainforest. <br /><br />How do you get these jobs, who do I have to go drinking with? Seriously how do you get these jobs?<br /><br />SAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6470543006314152962.post-71704218737784256982013-07-29T17:07:01.188+01:002013-07-29T17:07:01.188+01:00Thanks for these figures, which are different to t...Thanks for these figures, which are different to those I can quickly find on the web (105m span, and 130m length). If you take Gateshead's reported £22m in 2001, and apply 2.5% inflation for 12 years (which is a reasonable average over that period), you get a present-day cost of £29.5m. Over a 155-metre length, that works out at £190k per metre of deck. I will update the blog post to reflect that number unless you have other figures to offer?<br /><br />PS: Do you like the flowerpot bridge?The Happy Pontisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15252272118786667592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6470543006314152962.post-88151809243865393262013-07-29T16:08:41.174+01:002013-07-29T16:08:41.174+01:00...even allowing for the higher total project cost......even allowing for the higher total project cost of £22m published on the Gateshead Council website, the 2001 cost per square metre is either £21,485 or £17,742 and the linear cost is £142k.Martin Knightnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6470543006314152962.post-4072023001110648502013-07-29T15:47:11.590+01:002013-07-29T15:47:11.590+01:00Completed in 2001, the final construction cost of ...Completed in 2001, the final construction cost of the Gateshead Millennium Bridge was £17.7m GBP. The design of this movable pedestrian and cycle bridge adopts a parabolic plan form with a variable deck width of between 7m and 9m. The curving plan fulfills the briefing requirement for a connection from quay level to quay level. The direct distance between quaysides is approximately 128m and the distance along the c/l of the deck curve is approximately 155m. Using an average 8m deck width and depending on whether or not you accept the 155m distance is a consequence of the brief, the cost per square metre is either £17,285 or £14,275. The cost per linear metre is £114k. Even allowing for inflation, the reported cost of £300k is much too high.Martin Knightnoreply@blogger.com