Symposium on Sustainable Bridge-strengthening at Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences

The preservation and sustainable strengthening of bridge structures for increased traffic volumes is currently one of the greatest challenges in constructive civil engineering.

At the symposium, which was held on 2 November 2016 and organised by Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences in cooperation with the Concrete Information Centre and the Chamber of Engineers of Baden-Württemberg, experts reported on the latest projects and innovative methods in bridge-strengthening.

In his talk, Dr.-Ing. Ioannis Retzepis, Managing Director of KREBS+KIEFER in Karlsruhe, referred to his experience and examples in the computation and strengthening of existing bridges.

In the specialist programme and moderation by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jan Akkermann, the participants from the professional world and students gained an overview of the state-of-the-art, implemented solutions and future-oriented developments.

KREBS+KIEFER Ingenieure has been involved in the field of existing bridges for many years and has successfully developed an instrument for the differentiated proof of traction safety under the utilisation of building reserves, using the advanced technical bending guidelines, which was used as part of the recalculation guideline, level 4.