Bridge Analysis for EUROCODE Standards at Rejlers
Challenge
Rejlers is a multidisciplinary company primarily active in Scandinavia, with over 3,000 employees working in various fields, including bridges and civil structures. For the relaunch of their bridge and civil structure division, they were seeking an efficient bridge simulation tool for their bridge classification projects.
Solution
Rejlers chose BRIGADE/Standard, a highly efficient modeling tool designed for the analysis and design of common standard bridge structures in an easy-to-use environment.
Results
Using BRIGADE/Standard turned out to be a successful choice for Rejlers. In a short period of time, the first user, who had experience with other bridge analysis software, managed to complete the project without needing the initially planned introductory course.
Deciding which bridge analysis tool is right for your team is not always straightforward. It can depend on the type of bridges you plan to work on, the types of analyses you will be conducting, the level of experience among users, and perhaps, their past experiences with different analysis software.
For the engineers at Rejlers, the prerequisites were clear, and not all the items on their wish list were about the technical performance of the software.
How to decide which bridge analysis software to use
As the bridge engineering team at Rejlers makes a fresh start and aims to grow rapidly, including both senior and junior engineers, they have a clear understanding of the types of projects coming up in the next year. Consequently, the requirements for their analysis tool were quite specific.
Rejlers needed an analysis tool that would be easy to use, quick to learn, yet robust and powerful. Working on the classification of road and railway-standard types of bridges, they decided to use BRIGADE/Standard. BRIGADE includes the predefined vehicles and combinations needed to perform classification analysis according to EUROCODE (including the national additions in TRVINFRA-00331).
Support for bridge simulation
Some users in the Rejlers bridge team have previously worked with BRIGADE/Plus, as well as other bridge analysis tools. Björn Lööw, Business Unit Manager at Rejlers, is one of them. Björn highlights the excellent support as a major reason for choosing BRIGADE, with TECHNIA as their simulation software supplier. From Björn’s experience, he consistently receives good, knowledgeable support from the BRIGADE support team. For the analysis team at Rejlers, this means that if they encounter any technical issues, the support team will help them resolve the problem to keep the project moving forward.
Rejlers is looking to expand their bridge and civil construction division. As the team grows, there may be an opportunity for them to also use BRIGADE/Plus, which offers a general modeling tool enabling advanced analysis and design of all types of bridges and civil structures.
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